Annie and Snowball and the Cozy Nest (Ready-To-Read Annie & Snowball - Level 2) [Hardcover]

Cynthia Rylant (Author), Suçie Stevenson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Ready-To-Read Annie & Snowball - Level 2

Someone is building a nest on Annie's porch. Annie can't wait to show her favorite cousin, Henry. Every day they watch the nest grow bigger and bigger.

One day give small eggs appear. Annie and Henry love seeing the mother robin with her nest. But it's not easy to be patient. When will the baby birds hatch?

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

In this springtime entry in the Annie and Snowball Ready-to-Read series, Annie, her bunny, her cousin Henry, and his dog Mudge sit on the porch swing and watch as a robin sits on the five eggs in her nest. Then, one day, they hear the “cheep cheep” of hungry baby birds. Accessible to preschoolers as well as beginning readers, this gentle story has bits of childlike humor and plenty of good cheer, which arises from the colorful ink-and-wash artwork as well as the simple text. Even readers who don’t share Annie’s fondness for dressy dresses will enjoy this happy extended-family story. Preschool-Grade 2. --Carolyn Phelan

About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

SuÇie Stevenson is the acclaimed author and illustrator of more than fifty books for children, and is best known as the illustrator of the popular Henry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant. She lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with her little cocker spaniel, Gracie.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight (February 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416939431
• ISBN-13: 978-1416939436
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,124,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of numerous distinguished novels and picture books for young readers. In addition to her beginning-reader series: Henry and Mudge, Poppleton, and Mr. Putter and Tabby, as well as her Cobble Street Cousins early-chapter series, she is also the author of the Newbery Medal-winning Missing May, the Newbery Honor Book A Fine White Dust, and two Caldecott Honor-winning picture books.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Annie and Henry are all excited about the little robin and her "five blue eggs" and you will be too!, July 11, 2009

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This review is from: Annie and Snowball and the Cozy Nest (Ready-To-Read Annie & Snowball - Level 2) (Hardcover)

Springtime is always a pleasant time and May was an especially nice month. Annie went to her cousin Henry's birthday party. Of course her bunny Snowball was sitting on the table and Henry's dog Mudge had his eye on the birthday cake. Once she was back home sitting on the porch swing enjoying the nice weather with Snowball, Annie noticed something very interesting nestled above the climbing roses. "Snowball, look . . . a nest!" Of course this was something that Henry had to come over and look at!

They watched and waited to see who was building the nest bit by bit. There were "even some small bits of fur" in there. Finally they saw a little robin perched inside the nest. Annie sat on the porch swing day after day watching the robin sit on her nest. Annie's dad picked her up so she could peek inside the nest and Henry's dad did the same thing for him. There were "five blue eggs" in the nest. Everyone was very excited and could hardly wait for the eggs to hatch. They were told that "mother birds do not like fingers touching their eggs, but there was no harm in watching.

This is an easy reader that is geared toward a successful reading experience. The plot of the story is fun and has just the right amount of excitement and tension to coax the young reader along to the end to find out what happens to the mother robin and her babies. The illustrations are colorful and are very appealing. This is a level two "Ready-To-Read" book that encourages independent reading. There is "varied sentence structure" and it has "paragraphs and short chapters." This book is a sure fire draw to any beginning reader!