DK Readers: Winking, Blinking, Wiggling & Waggling (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) [Hardcover]

Brian Moses (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: DK READERS

Can you flap your ears or wiggle them? Can you see in the dark or in every direction? Read about animals that can. Longer sentences and an expanded vocabulary make this series of 48-page books slightly more challenging: Level 2 is appropriate for children who have started to read but still need help. Information boxes full of background information will stimulate inquisitive minds. These books contain between 700 and 850 words, and they are approximately 70 percent pictures and 30 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3-Distinctive color photographs on white backgrounds illustrate brief sound bites about eyes and ears and how animals use them. The text consists of introductory rhymes ("Eyes are for looking,/seeing, and staring./Eyes are for watching,/gazing, and glaring"), riddles ("He sleeps by day/and hunts by night./His loud 'hoo hoo'/gives mice a fright"), and short explanations. There is no cohesive narrative. An attractive browsing volume for newly independent readers.-Lisa Smith, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY MY FIRST FARM BOOK. 48p. photos. glossary. index. DK. 2000. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-7894-5214-6. LC number unavailable. PreSchool-Grade 1-This concept book covers the usual farm animals and machinery, as well as a wide variety of crops from vegetables to cereals and tropical fruits to flowers. It concludes with pages on animal noises, farm colors, and counting. The color photography is quite good in most cases, though some pictures are dark or cluttered. Unfortunately, there is too much here to absorb in one sitting, and far too much of the content reflects its European origins. One illustration shows a John Deere tractor attached to a British plow that looks nothing like the ones used in this country, and youngsters familiar with American bison are likely to laugh at the photo of water buffalo labeled "buffalo herd." A marginal purchase.
Eldon Younce, Harper Elementary School, KS
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789454149
• ISBN-13: 978-0789454140
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,722,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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