Captain Cat and the Pirate Lunch. (Ready to Read Pre-Level 1) Emma J. Virjan. 2021. [December] 32 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: Three yellow birds land on a ship. Three yellow birds want to take a trip.
This is a Ready-to-Read PRE-Level 1 book. Don't expect more than that. Don't expect this to be a super-amazing, entertaining read that you will cherish forever. It is a simple story with minimal text and minimal illustrations. That being said, for the story to make sense, you have to do a LOT of reading between the lines, work with your assumptions/presumptions, and reason out what is happening. You almost have to ask yourself WHAT are the characters feeling or thinking, WHY are the characters doing this or that, etc.
For better or worse, I read this the first time and was just plain confused. I read it a second time and came up with a story that almost makes sense? The text isn't the clearest. It may be simple, but, in my opinion, it isn't clear.
© 2022 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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