Customer Reviews

Amanda Pig, School Girl (Easy-to-Read, Puffin)

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

We gave this book to our daughter just before she started kindergarten. It was perfect. The experiences that Amanda had with riding the bus and making friends helped her get ready for her own new adventures. The lighthearted easy-to-read pages made reading the book fun for her and the chapter book format was a terrific introduction to this style of reading. She read the book over and over and over again, giving her lots of practice before school even began. We love Amanda Pig!

I am really surprised that this book is out of print. It's a cute little book about the first days of school and the adventures of Amanda Pig, a little girl who has been waiting and waiting until she is old enough to ride on the bus and go to school like her brother Oliver.

In regards to reading level I would say that this book is something a second grader might be reading. While the print is still fairly large there are quite a few words on some pages. See Amazon's "search inside this book" feature to judge for yourself.

Vocabulary includes words like: finally, ribbons, purple, animals, Alexander, laughing, lollipop, answer, skyscraper, suitcase, astronaut, and tomorrow.

Both of my children (boy and girl: 4 and 6 this month) enjoy this book and it is a fairly good read-aloud.

I particularly like that there is a chapter structure to the book as I think it gets new-readers prepared for the appearance of chapters in the future. In addition, I think the subplot about Lollipop's (Emily) shyness is dealt with nicely. As is Amanda's mistake of taking the teachers chair when the children gather for circle time. There is no hysterics or scolding, only a pointing out that Amanda made a mistake and that it is easily rectified.

Four Stars. Artwork is attractive and the stories are engaging for toddlers on up. Publishers Weekly has the reading level as appropriate for beginning readers (age 5 - 8) but I think that there are quite a few words per page and that it would be to much for a kindergartener and even most first graders.

This book is characterized as a Level Two reader, which is described as "reading together, short sentences, simple dialogue".
The stories are interesting with colorful and cute illustrations by Ann Schweninger. Here, Amanda Pig starts school and is very excited! She takes the school bus and meets a shy piglet named Lollypop, who soon becomes Amanda's best friend. The pair share adventures in school through four short chapters. I'd recommend this series to children who are beginning to develop some measure of independence in their reading and have completed the level one readers. It also makes an excellent read aloud for younger children.

I ordered this for my granddaughter who will be attending kindergarten this fall. I like this series of Oliver and Amanda books for their content and the ease of reading for those children gaining those skills. She seems to enjoy the story and would recommend this book to parents and grandparents of K-2nd graders.

My 6 year old daughter loves this whole series. Very cute and easy to read.

This book was fine but just not the book for us. DS had not problem reading it just not interested in the subject. I think it would be great for a girl who was getting ready to go to school or at the very least going to school. Amanda is so excited about going to kindergarten and she makes a friend who is not. Recommended as a reader for 2-3rd grade.

My 2- and 4- year-olds really liked this book. They both seemed captivated by the bright, interesting pictures and the interesting stories. I especially like the fact that Amanda was interested and excited about attending school, that her brother helped her out on the first day of class, and that she (Amanda) tried to alleviate the anxiety of one of her classmates. Overall, the book teaches great morals.

I am really surprised that this book is out of print. It's a cute little book about the first days of school and the adventures of Amanda Pig, a little girl who has been waiting and waiting until she is old enough to ride on the bus and go to school like her brother Oliver.

In regards to reading level I would say that this book is something a second grader might be reading. While the print is still fairly large there are quite a few words on some pages. See Amazon's "search inside this book" feature to judge for yourself.

Vocabulary includes words like: finally, ribbons, purple, animals, Alexander, laughing, lollipop, answer, skyscraper, suitcase, astronaut, and tomorrow.

Both of my children (boy and girl: 4 and 6 this month) enjoy this book and it is a fairly good read-aloud.

I particularly like that there is a chapter structure to the book as I think it gets new-readers prepared for the appearance of chapters in the future. In addition, I think the subplot about Lollipop's (Emily) shyness is dealt with nicely. As is Amanda's mistake of taking the teachers chair when the children gather for circle time. There is no hysterics or scolding, only a pointing out that Amanda made a mistake and that it is easily rectified.

Four Stars. Artwork is attractive and the stories are engaging for toddlers on up. Publishers Weekly has the reading level as appropriate for beginning readers (age 5 - 8) but I think that there are quite a few words per page and that it would be to much for a kindergartener and even most first graders.