Customer Reviews

Happy Birthday, Biscuit!

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I am so used to the "I Can Read" Biscuit stories that I was surprised by this one which features more words and longer sentences. In fact, it wasn't until I checked and rechecked the cover that I realized it was a read-aloud book (lol).

That said, it could be used for a practice reader for advanced kindergarteners or first graders. Three pages of text follow so you can judge for yourself:

"Now it's time for birthday treats," said the
little girl. "Make a wish, Biscuit."

Woof!

"Funny puppy! You want to open your birthday presents!"

Four Stars. Nice Read-aloud that should appeal to older babies and toddlers. I wouldn't purchase it for kindergarteners or older children unless I was going to use it as a practice reader. In general, the "Booklist" review does a very good job in summarizing the book.

My daughter has a Biscuit Easter book. It was one of her first books...and is really worn out b/c she's flipped the pages so many times. I was very excited to find this book as we approached her first birthday. I was expecting to get a board book, possibly with some "touch and feel" like the Easter book. Instead I received a hard cover book with standard weight pages. I returned it. The book would have been demolished in less than a week.

This is not so much a negative review regarding the book, more of a word of caution.

Biscuit is a perfectly adorable puppy and this is him and his little owner girl celebrating his birthday with a pack of his friends from his other adventures. Unfortunately the story seems a bit short, since they included some "activity" pages in the back instead of making a larger book. Such once-offs as activity pages should be kept to disposable mediums as coloring books and not included in a keepsake item like this. Once the kids take the markers and crayons to it to do the "activities" the rest of the book is only asking to get colored on as well, and it made the book shorter as well.

My daughter likes the title but it seems too short in comparision with others, and the price. There's just not enough to it. A Biscuit birthday should be a bit more exciting than this.