Book Description

Early Bird looks and looks, but he can't seem to find a worm to play with. A jumping frog and a tiny field mouse try to help out, but there just aren't any worms to be found. Early Bird is about to give up when he meets a friendly fellow in a funny hat--it's Wiggly Worm! Long out of print, this Richard Scarry classic will delight a whole new audience of readers! ... Read more

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A favorite of mother and son
When my son was born, I immediately began to look for Early Bird, but it seemed to be out of print. Luckily, my mother found my copy and it has become a favorite for a new generation! The simple humor captures the imagination of my son as much as it did mine. Typical of Scarry, there are so many different images to spark discussion. The illustration (pictured in the Amazon entry) of the family eating dinner alone provides endless opportunity to discuss foods, health, nutrition, etc. I HIGHLY recommend this book and I am so happy that it is back in print!

revisiting own childhood
This was one of my favourite books as a young child and I am really pleased to be able to find a copy to give to my own daughter for her 2nd birthday. I think the pictures are great and the book has a good message about making friends. I still get a warm feeling when I think of this book.

Glad It's Back
"Early Bird" by Richard Scarey was my 25 year old son's favorite book as an infant. He delighted in learning the names of the different animals and in the story itself. Now that he's going to be a father I can think of no other book that he would like to treasure and share with his new baby. I am glad that it's back in print so I can send it to him as soon as possible so another generation can enjoy the delights that Early Bird brought him. ... Read more

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"Little Mouse. Big Lion. Big, big trouble. Who will save the mouse? Who will

save the lion?" This simple retelling of the classic Aesop fable will be a

treat for kids and their parents as an adventurous mouse proves that even small

creatures are capable of great deeds--like rescuing the King of the Jungle.

With big, bold illustrations by Lisa McCue and large type, this Early Step

into Reading book is perfect for kids just beginning to learn how to read.




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The Lion and the Mouse
My 4 year old daughter really loves this book. I read it to her almost ever night. The words are easy for her to read and understand. ... Read more

Book Description

The sun and the moon shine down on a young boy as he spends a day by the

sea. "Sun shines on the mountains, sun shines on the sea. Sun shines on my

pillow, and says wake up to me."




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Great illustrations
My 17 mo daughter loves this book. She loves to point out the sun or the moon on each page. She hands it to me to be read to her at least once a day.

great first read
my son is 3, and he really likes this book. it has large print, so he can read some of the words. he talks about sunshine and moonshine during the day, and he got it from this book. it's memorable and easy to read over and over. get it. ... Read more

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What do cubs like to do best? Next to going up and down on an escalator, they like to go in and out through revolving doors at the fast food place. This super-simple Early Step into Reading book guarantees beginning reader success! ... Read more

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Bertie the Bus wants to race, and Thomas happily takes up the challenge. Bertie takes an early lead, but a patient Thomas proves there are advantages to riding on tracks instead of roads. Beginning readers will delight in this charming adaptation of the classic Thomas the Tank Engine story Thomas and Bertie. ... Read more

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Perfect for young Thomas fans
Most Thomas fans know the story of the race between Thomas and Bertie. This book simplifies the story and has easy to read large print. My young Thomas fan pulls this book off the shelf first every day. If your child likes Thomas he'll want to learn to read this book. ... Read more

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Fat looks thin. Happy looks sad. A house of mirrors is be a very confusing place. But there's nothing confusing about this Early Step into Reading Book in which words and pictures are so super-simple and so super-clear that reading success is practically guaranteed. ... Read more

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Cat wants a snack.Cat sets a trap.Cat gets...in trouble!Simple

sentences and snappy illustrations make this a purr-fect first step into the

joy of reading.




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Suspence for a four-year -old
This was my sons first book. What I liked most was that it made him want to keep reading to see what happened next to the poor cat. The words are very short, perfect for beginers, and the repetition helped gave him plenty of practice.

My daughter's first read
This book is wonderful for early readers. It is repetative (necessary for children), but still fun. Every word in the book can be easily sounded out by a young reader. I find early reader books with words that children can not possibly read on their own to be counter-productive. This book is a self-esteem builder. My daughter read it on her own and then read it to my husband. She was very proud and so were we.

Not a cat person, but liked the book!
These books (the "Early Step Into Reading" books ) have been a great confidence boost for my daughter. Yes, they are partially memorized, but she has learned to sound out words. This is the 3rd "early step" book for [my daughter], and by far the best, since it's based on more than one basic rhyme. I'm glad I bought the library binding. I know I'll use it for my younger daughter when she learns to read! ... Read more

Book Description

One morning Hen wakes up and finds a gigantic egg in her nest. Whose ege can

it be? Here's a hint, Hen--it doesn't belong to that wily Fox!




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My 2 year old daughter loves this book!
As I am typing this review my two year old daughter is looking at the picture of the "Big Egg" book and saying "Big Egg!" Each night we read many books together. She picks them out as we go. I can always tell which books she prefers based on the order in which they are picked. "Big Egg" is always one of the first books to be read. She loves the simple language and colorful pictures and I enjoy reading it to her repeatedly. It's fun to "act" out the different animal voices the Hen encounters on her search for the parent of the "Big Egg."

Sweet story that makes young readers laugh
Easy and fun to read, with nice values. The illustrations help make it funny also. A family favorite.

Favorite Book
Great book to start your child reading with. Big Egg is my 4 year old daughter's favorite book. The pictures and story are funny and interesting. I like it as well! This book gets my daughter's HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!

Great Beginning Reader
This was the first book that my daughter read on her own, and what joy she had on her face when she read the last page! A wonderful use of simple words and repitition makes this a great book for children just starting out to read. I wish there were more books like this one! Catherine, mom to Caroline

I like this book because I was the first one to read it.
I am the author's son. The picture's area great, and I like the story. It's really funny, and I think your younger kids will enjoy it. If you send my mom a book, she will autograph it for you free. Your friend, will Canin ... Read more

Book Description

Waggy dog, shaggy dog, doggies in a bunch. Floppy dog, sloppy dog, doggies

eating lunch. Kids will love this bouncy, colorful book, bursting with every

kind of dog imaginable!




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DOGS,DOGS AND MORE DOGS
My son is just beginning reading and loves to read this book. Words are easy to sound out, simple words that a five year old boy can practice with. In addition, he loves the dogs! There are so many dogs to learn about. We have taken the book to the dog park and tried to find the many dogs in this book. When we find a dog that matches, he gets so excited, because now he can read the name of the dog. The book is colorful and entertaining for children. As a parent,I can enjoy watching my son learn and have fun doing it. ... Read more

Book Description

Illustrated in full color. Watch out below! Here comes a giant snowball

tumbling down a hill, picking up everything--and everybody--in its path!




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Great fun for learning to read
Our kindergartner enjoyed this book as he learned to read. Some of the words were challenging, but the lively illustrations and silly plot kept him entertained. And as a parent, it kept me entertained too, even at a five-year-old's reading pace. The illustrations are clever and full of little, subtle details that you wouldn't expect during the first reading so there are always new things to discover. A great one to pick up for a child learning to read.

Excellent Book
This book is great. The words rhyme as you read along which makes it fun to read for young children. The pictures are bright and colorful and go along with the words on each page. The pictures make youngsters laugh. My 3-year old son memorized this book in 2 readings and now thinks he can read. Now he asks for new books to read all the time. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to get their children excited about reading. ... Read more

Book Description

Mr. Rabbit's feet are stuck in cement and all of his friends are trying to

get him out. Follow their hilarious hijinks in this delightful tale of what

happens when you don't pay attention to where you are going.




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Great Book!
With great illustrations, my 3 years old son can read out the story even without knowing the words. The story is about a rabbit that was struck in the street with cement. The animals in busy town tried to find ways to get the rabbit out, including using big fan, dump truck, stick, and finally power shovel to scoop him up. It is amazing that just with the simple questions, like "Can we blow him out?" can arouse the interest of the little reader to read the book. This is one of favourite bedtime stories for my son. It is really a great book. I highly recommend this book for toddlers.

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, THIS BOOK IS FUN!
Like other richard scarry books this one has the usual FUN cast of characters....The pictures are charming and the words are not imtimidating. It would be easy to follow and predict the words because the pictures are so discriptive. This was a great early reader book.:) ... Read more

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Have you ever seen a fly fly, or a duck duck? You will have when you read this book! In See the Yak Yak, comical illustrations help beginning readers decode the simple text and decipher the riddle rhymes while they learn about homonyms, words that sound alike but that have different meanings. This melodious menagerie will have kids kid-ding around for hours! ... Read more

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See the Yak Yak
I used this book to introduce high-level pre-schoolers to homonymns. The illustrations made the lesson fun and was an excellent teaching tool from cover to cover.

It works!
My son is 5.3 yrs. After reading through it twice together he was able to read it by himself. The graphics enable the reader to envision why a homonym is a homonym. The words are nicely spaced and easy to read. I had the same experience with Sunshine,Moonshine which is another of the books in the Early Step into Reading series. I highly recommend it.

DELIGHTFUL!
My seond graders loved it! A teacher's delight. It's the best book of playful homonyms I have seen in my twenty-two years of teaching. Wish I had found it sooner! ... Read more

Book Description

One bear goes up. Two bears come down. But when one bear goes down the up, chaos ensues! From Stan and Jan Berenstain, masters of the super-simple, comes an Early Step into Reading/tm/ book that features those marvelous magic moving metal stairs so fascinating to all children--the escalator! ... Read more

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In this town there, is a house.In this house, there is a box.And in this

box, there is...a very nice surprise!




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A Book within a Book
The new Early Step into Reading books are terrific. With only a few simple words, they convey an entire story. I especially liked THERE IS A TOWN. It starts off with a town and narrows it's focus down to a street, a house, etc. then starts over inside a dollhouse and goes in the reverse. I thought my niece would especially like it. ... Read more

Book Description

What do you do if you can't sleep? Count sheep! That's what the restless hero of this rollicking tale does. And when sheep don't work, he counts kangaroos by twos and monkeys by threes. But when he gets to bees by fours, the animals run amok! Then it's a countdown to dream time. With energetic, bright illustrations and rhythmic text, this is a great introduction to the idea of counting by sets, a precursor to multiplication. ... Read more

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Charmingly Illustrated
The illustrations in this book took me back to my childhood, and reminded me of the magic I used to feel when I first discovered picture books. It makes me wish other book illustrators took some lessons from the past and applied their knowledge to make children's books fun again. I will recommend this book to any parent who wants to give their child the same excitement they felt when they cracked open their favorite picture book.

a great book
excellent book for younger children.illustrations are done very professionally and with great energy. ... Read more

Book Description

Train wheels.Plane wheels.Gear wheels.Rear wheels.What if there were

NO wheels?How would people go?




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A reading teacher
This book is perfect for the child who is learning their letters and wants to READ. The word WHEELS is on every page. After reading this book a few times, your child will be able to pick the word WHEELS out. Great fun! Great confidence builder! Great sing-song wording!

A lively fast paced fun read for short attention spans
I checked this book out at the library and my two year old has me read it to him at least 5 times in a row before he will let me stop. This is the first book he has shown an interest in other than ripping the pages on Green Eggs and Ham. The illustrations are bright and colorful, showing things that little ones are interested in, with only short phrases that make the pace fast and keep those pages turning. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a child fascinated with moving vehicles. ... Read more

Book Description

Ducks in muck. Ducks stuck in trucks. Trucks stuck in muck. How will the trucks and ducks get unstuck?

Discover what happens to a group of friendly ducks when they play in the muck and then are taken away in a truck! ... Read more

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Ducks in Muck
This book is really simple. I would recommend it to kids ages 3-6. It has rhyming patterns to help teach the kids how to read. It's about ducks and truck getting stuck in muck, the ducks get away but the truck is still stuck in muck.

A Hit in The Toddler Room!!!!
I am a co-teacher in a daycare with 18-27 month olds and this book is a definite favorite!! They ask to read it about a hundred times a day and just love the "quack quack" and "vroom vroom" sound effects we make to go along with the story. Some of them can just about read it to us all by themselves just by hearing it so often as well as the clear pictures. They love knowing where the missing boot is, and counting the trucks, as well as identyfing the colors. Great book!

DUCKS IN MUCK!
"Duck-in-muck...duck-in-muck..duck-in-muck!" That's what my 2 year-old son walks around saying as he holds this book out for my wife and I to read to him! He loves it! Great read aloud!

Ducks in Muck
Great book, simple and fun. My 5-year old was reading it in no time, and now he loves to impress everyone on how well he can read. Can't wait for the movie. ... Read more

Book Description

Elmo's bringing a present to Oscar. But the mysterious wrapped gift has a curious effect--it's making Elmo sneeze! And every time Elmo sneezes, something funny happens. The youngest readers will love following along as Elmo's sneezes cause laundry to fall off a line and much more in this Early Step into Reading™ story ... Read more

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The Best Elmo Book
This is my Baby Daughter's absolute favorite book. I bought it when she was five months old, because she had the Chicken Elmo toy that she really liked. She just loves this book. She's eight months old and it's really the only book that captures her full attention. (The Hungry Caterpillar comes in second.) We've tried buying other Elmo books, but she's just not as interested in them.

Fun and Funny
My daughter (22 months old) loves this book. The main characteris Elmo, and features a couple of the other sesame Street characters. The book has a great rhyming pattern and my daughter loves when Elmo sneezes and as a consequence knocks thimgs down. My daughter loves all the Early Step into Reading books I've purchased. They offer alot of Sesame Street titles which are great. These books are wonderful for the next step in reading (going from picture books to longer stories with a plot).

Wonderful Book for little ones
This is one of the best books I've found for my daughter. At 21 months this is her absolute favorite book. She won't go anywhere with out "Achoo". She's giggles at every page and can identify all the people inside. We use it to practice colors and shapes. We love to sneeze whenever Elmo does. This is a must have for toddlers. I just placed several more of the Early Step into Reading series in my shopping cart.

Travel With Elmo!
Travel with Elmo as he sneezes his way through town! Told in rhyme, the illustrations are vivid and little kids have a lot to look at in each spread!My two year old son loves the EARLY Step Into Readings! ... Read more

Book Description

Theodore and Hank visit a cove--but it seems to be haunted! The two tugboat friends speed away to safety after they hear a strange sound. But when Theodore has to go back to the cove on a mission, he realizes that things are not as they appear, and the strange sound is not so scary after all! A perfect early reader for Halloween! ... Read more

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Great story!
My son and I love this story, although there seem to be more words on each page than other books in this early reader series.My son is a big Theodore fan so that helps him pronounce the names and makes him want to learn how to read the whole story.The words in the story are all one and two syllables. ... Read more

Book Description

Illustrated in full color. Slimey, Oscar the Grouch's pet worm, plays the

bookworm in this delightful ode to reading. "B is for books. All kinds

of books! Books about counting. Books about cooks..."




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