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32 pp.
| Holiday
| September, 2004
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TradeISBN 0-8234-1825-1$15.95
(3)
K-3
Holiday House Readers series.
Dr. Clock uses his time machine to go to the Ice Age so he can investigate saber-toothed cats. Though he doesn't realize it until he returns home, his baby accompanies him, returning with a hat full of specimens. The illustrations help extend the funny story and provide visual cues to the words.
149 pp.
| Roaring Brook
| May, 2003
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TradeISBN 0-7613-1779-1$$15.95
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LibraryISBN 0-7613-2859-9$$22.90
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4-6
Topher is the star of his middle school play, as the lead in Rumpelstiltskin. Despite being teased by the school bully, he makes the character his own and brings down the house with the help of his little sister and his best friend. Although much of the dialogue is forced, some genuine humor lights up this amusing story.
32 pp.
| Holiday
| March, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-8234-1661-5$$16.95
(2)
K-3
Dr. Clock, armed with notebook and pen, uses his time machine to travel back to the dinosaur era and make significant scientific observations. This easy reader juxtaposes a deadpan text with humorous illustrations that subvert the serious science attitude. While the book is fiction, there's a lot of real science beneath the surface. Readers will need to engage in careful observation themselves to spot all the humor in the book.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2002
32 pp.
| Random
| January, 2002
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LibraryISBN 0-375-91248-7$$11.99
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PaperISBN 0-375-81248-2$$3.99
(3)
K-3
Early Step into Reading series.
This text about two children and their dog who repeatedly climb up and sled down a snowy hill uses rhyme and repetition in a very limited vocabulary to engage the earliest reader. The cartoon-style art is congenial, and, despite the limitations of form, the silly story is amusing enough to hold the attention of a child busy sounding out "BUMP. PLOP. They all stop."
32 pp.
| Clarion
| September, 2002
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TradeISBN 0-618-15966-5$$14.00
(4)
PS
Bunny, a pesky pig, insists on helping her older brother Tuck make a haunted house for Halloween. Instead of helping, she messes things up, then falls asleep in the Monster's Coffin. When she wakes, she unintentionally adds to the frightening effects and gains her brother's approval. Weston's simple watercolor and pencil illustrations lack variety, but her story deals with sibling rivalry realistically and warmly.
32 pp.
| Holiday
| March, 2000
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TradeISBN 0-8234-1487-6$$14.95
(4)
K-3
When aliens enter a boy's house, he tries to alert his parents, but they think he's imagining things. The next morning they're amazed by a photograph he took of the space guys. Although the rhyme is uneven, the story, which uses very basic language for beginning readers, is amusing, and the simple illustrations provide clues to the action.
32 pp.
| Holiday
| March, 1999
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TradeISBN 0-8234-1419-1$$14.95
(3)
K-3
Dot introduces her cat, Fuzzy, to her new pet fish. Unfortunately, Fuzzy can't resist dipping his nose or paw into the bowl whenever Dot isn't looking. Playful, cartoonlike watercolors illustrate the four short chapters, which incorporate interesting words such as zip, flash, and swish into the simple sentences.