Whose Shoes Would You Choose?: A Long Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs

by Brian P. Cleary, Jason Miskimins (Illustrator)

Overview

Come along with me and learn all about reading! Brian P. Cleary's wacky sentences and Jason Miskimins's colorful art will make phonics fun! Find activities, games, and more at www.brianpcleary.com.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761342076
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Series:	Sounds Like Reading , #6
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	6 - 7 Years

About the Author

Brian P. Cleary is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best known for his books written for grade-school children that explore grammar, math and poetry in humorous ways. In his role in the digital division of American Greetings, he's put words in the mouths of Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, William Shatner, Meghan Trainor and more. The multi-million selling author has performed poetry workshops in 500 elementary schools across the county. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Jason Miskimins grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from the Columbus College of Art & Design with a BFA in illustration. He currently lives in North Olmsted, Ohio, where he creates illustrations for books and greeting cards.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2

Cleary does a masterful job of explaining such potentially dry topics as "long vowel sounds with consonant digraphs" and "inflectional endings" by using comic, incongruous situations to get his point across. The silliness of "Racks of slacks are by the yaks with the snacks" will appeal to children, and the accompanying cartoons' clean lines will be equally inviting. On each spread, the featured words are illustrated in a clean white space in a separate box on the left, and the rest of the page uses those words in a sentence accompanied by a cartoon that amplifies the humor of the situation. The vocabulary gradually becomes more challenging. In his introduction, Cleary states that: "The bridge to literacy is one of the most important we will ever cross. It is my hope that the 'Sounds Like Reading' series will help young readers to hop, gallop, and skip from one side to the other!" Mission accomplished.

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