See Me Run

by Paul Meisel

Overview

Colorful photographs of rabbits, chicks, cars, fish, dogs, cookies, and other fun objects, rhyming text, and a fun game help children learn numbers. This book not only teaches children how to count but how to connect numbers with a value.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823426386
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	06/01/2012
Series:	I Like to Read Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	BR (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Paul Meisel is the author and illustrator of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor books See Me Run and I See a Cat, both I Like to Read® books. He has written and illustrated nonfiction in the Nature Diary series: My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis (AAAS Excellence in Children's Books Finalist, CCCB Best of the Year List, Science Best Books for Curious Kids, Virginia Readers' Choice) and My Happy Year by E. Bluebird (a JLG selection). The Schmutzy Family, written by Marilyn Rosenberg and illustrated by Paul Meisel, was a National Jewish Book Award Finalist. Paul lives in Connecticut.

Editorial Reviews

"Cartoon drawings done in acrylic ink, pen and colored pencils offer a variety of dog breeds; eyes are wide and tongues hang out in their expressive faces as they frolic through the pale green, grassy park. . . . this imaginary rumpus is just right for beginners to successfully read and reread."—Kirkus Reviews
 
"New readers will appreciate the repetition in the easy-to-read text and the humorous pictures of the playful pups."—The Horn Book Guide

From the Publisher

A dog set free to run and roam in a dog park uncovers an archeological surprise.

In a manner reminiscent of a Dick and Jane reader, Meisel begins his minimal, patterned text with the simple and repetitive "See me run. / I run and run." Hearing the story from the dog's point of view, newly minted readers will work through each page's basic sentence structure with plenty of opportunity to decipher the story's action through words and pictures.Several word-family patterns are incorporated as the star pooch of this canine adventure leads a group of romping dogs across a great lawn: "Will they get me? / No, no, no! / We go and go," through a large mud puddle. Finally, they pursue some serious digging: "We dig and dig and dig and dig. // What is this? // It is big." A large dinosaur skeleton rises and gives chase, resulting in dogs frantically running once again. Cartoon drawings done in acrylic ink, pen and colored pencils offer a variety of dog breeds; eyes are wide and tongues hang out in their expressive faces as they frolic through the pale green, grassy park.

Formatted in a larger trim than the usual early reader, this imaginary rumpus is just right for beginners to successfully read and reread. (Early reader. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews