The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Milgrim, David

Ride Otto Ride!

32 pp. | Atheneum | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-689-84417-4 $$14.95

(3) K-3 Ready-to-Read series. Boring old Dick and Jane have been replaced with a funny robot and his animal friends in these simplest of beginning readers. With chunky shapes and heavy black outline, the personable illustrations provide a lively embellishment for text that at times is just one repeated word, ("Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk") but still manages to tell a coherent, entertaining story.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann