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It's Time!

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This luciously illustrated book for the very young follows a variety of animals on a barnyard romp as they rush to celebrate the the arrival of the farm's newest additions--a litter of adorable puppies. The text is masterfully crafted to appeal to young listeners who will delight in the refrain and be drawn to wonder, "Time for what?" The charming illustrations add to the warmth and excitement of this appealing picture book, which parents won't mind reading again and again.

IT'S TIME! is a must for the well-rounded preschool, kindergarten or first grade library. The story is instantly engaging to young readers, the illustrations are enormously appealing, and the rhyme is flawless. The ability to recognize patterns of rhyme is an important early literacy skill, one that helps children develop phonemic awareness (a phoneme is the smallest unit in spoken language). Rhyme should be a large part of the early childhood literacy curriculum as this important skill is a precursor to later reading success. IT'S TIME! offers young children the opportunity to participate in the story on the first reading by anticipating the rhyme. Through subsequent readings, the child will easily memorize this buoyant text, giving him or her the ability to "read" this joyful book independently. I have acquired thousands of books in my 24 years of teaching 3 to 6 year old children, and I know what appeals to these little people. IT'S TIME! is one of those books that is dragged off the shelf and onto a little lap time and again.