325. Best Buddies: A Pie for Us (An Acorn Book) Vicky Fang. Illustrated by Luisa Leal. 2023. [October 17] 48 pages. [Source: Library] [Early reader; early graphic novel]
First sentence: This is Sniff. Hello. Woof! This is Scratch. Nice to meet you! Meow! They are best buddies. Well, sometimes.
Premise/plot: There are three stories in this early reader. There are color coded speech bubbles. Young readers will always be able to know who is speaking.
The three stories are "The Pie," "The Box," and "The Thing." In the first story, these two decide to team up to out-best their human(s). Can working together help them in reaching the goal--getting the PIE. In the second story, "The Box," Scratch LOVES, LOVES, LOVES the box. Sniff is less certain of the box, or the appeal of the box. But how does the box really feel about Scratch??? In the third story, Scratch and Sniff discover a new "thing." It is a mirror. How will these two respond to their mirror-second-selves????
My thoughts: This one was a DELIGHT. I absolutely loved it. It is definitely an early reader. Simple and basic in many ways. Yet there is humor in the stories. I think the book and series will prove appealing to those just learning to read. Definitely recommend for classroom purchase in addition to school and public libraries.
326. Best Buddies: Save the Duck (An Acorn Book) Vicky Fang. Illustrated by Luisa Leal. [December 2023] 48 pages. [Source: Library] [Early reader; early graphic novel]
First sentence: This is Sniff. Hi. Woof! This is Scratch. Hello! Meow! They are best buddies. Well, sometimes.
Premise/plot: There are three stories in this early reader. There are color coded speech bubbles. Young readers will always be able to know who is speaking.
The three stories are "The Roll," "The Tail," and "The Toy." In the first story, Scratch and Sniff get into trouble with their human(s) when they play with the toilet paper! In the second story, Scratch and Sniff enjoy chasing each other's tails. In the third story, these two argue over a toy duck....
My thoughts: I enjoyed both books. This is the second book in the series. There will be a third book coming in another month or two. All should be 2024 Cybils eligible. I absolutely LOVED this one. I thought the story about the toilet paper was hilarious. All six stories I've read so far (three in each book) have been great fun. Definitely recommended to parents, teachers, and librarians.
© 2023 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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