Where Is the Chimp?

by Elizabeth Scully, Laura Gomez (Illustrator)

Overview

This book focuses on consonant digraphs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781668946473
Publisher:	Cherry Blossom Press
Publication date:	08/01/2024
Series:	In Bloom
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 5 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Scully has been a classroom teacher and reading specialist for 20 years in Western New York. A graduate of Cornell University, she continued her studies in Language and Literacy at Harvard University. She is a trained Reading Recovery teacher and certified at the Associate Level with the Orton-Gillingham Academy. When she is not crafting stories about the animals in her life, Elizabeth is busy trundling her family of boys around town.

Laura Gomez is a Spanish illustrator living in France. She likes to draw funny characters and colorful scenes. After having worked on many books, she still dreams of igniting children's imaginations.

Editorial Reviews

12/01/2024

PreS-K—Most of the stories in this simple series for young readers are about sports or animals, some anthropomorphic and some not. In one title a math teacher cannot control his unruly class so he helps them form a music band, and it remains unclear how this helps them learn math. Each story is comprised of two labeled chapters. In some books the chapters tell two different stories, in others the chapters are two halves of a single story. Pages have one or two simple or compound sentences. Some include questions, exclamations, and dialogue. Illustrations are cute and colorful but lack shading and depth. All of the books are labeled "Level A" and include two helpful pages of back matter. One is a list of key terms and phonemes focused on in the book, the other includes the entirety of the book's text on one page, including word count. VERDICT The narratives are inconsistent, but the focus on phonological awareness and sight words make this series a nice addition to a classroom or school library.

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