Ladybug's Birthday (Sidebyside) [Paperback]

Steve Metzger (Author), James Williamson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Sidebyside

Ladybug plans a party with only two friends in her small house, but as more and more insects show up, she is sure her birthday is ruined.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 29 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590025996
• ISBN-13: 978-0590025997
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #798,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steve Metzger is the bestselling author of more than sixty children's books, including "Detective Blue" (starred review from School Library Journal), "The Mixed-Up Alphabet," and "Skeleton Meets the Mummy." He is a former teacher of young children and currently enjoys reading his stories during school visits. Steve had a typical 1950s childhood growing up in Queens, NY. He currently lives in Manhattan (not far from Central Park) with his wife, teenage daughter, and Biscuit, a talkative cat.

Customer Reviews

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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ladybug's Birthday, June 19, 2000

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This review is from: Ladybug's Birthday (Sidebyside) (Paperback)

Since I am an elementary school teacher, I always buy my nephew theme presents for his birthday. I happened upon this book while looking for an offbeat fiction book about ladybugs. It was surprisingly entertaining. The plot is very positive as ladybug's friends take turns solving problems they have caused by bringing additional guests to her birthday party.The text is kid-pleasing with lots of alliteration (family of flighty fireflies, sprinkling of spindly spiders, etc)and predictable language. The illustrations are simple, yet bright and eye-catching. It is part of a Scholastic series called "Side by Side, Books for collaborative reading". According to Scholastic, "the structure of the text encourages taking turns because it combines a read-aloud book with an emergent reader, which results in true collaborative reading". Although the emergent text has been highlighted, is much larger than the read-aloud text, and is isolated on the left hand page, I'm not sure how well this book would work as a true emergent text. The reading levels rise sharply after the very simple introductory pages. This is a small quibble as the language is engaging and predictable and young children love to chime in to "read" a book whether that involves true reading (decoding the words) or merely repeating memorized words. The book has 29 pages so would be most appropriate for children aged 4-6.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for little ladybugs!, January 4, 2007

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S. Martin (KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ladybug's Birthday (Sidebyside) (Paperback)

My kindergartener had a ladybug birthday party, and we gave this book as the party favor. She loves anticipating what is coming next and reading along with me! Everyone will love this little ladybug party story!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book on acceptance and cooperation, May 12, 2008

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Jeanne Reyes (Hollywood, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ladybug's Birthday (Sidebyside) (Paperback)

This book has nice graphics, and the kids (one 4ys old and 2 3yrs old) like it. As a mom I like the underling lesson on it: "sometimes things don't go like planned, but with cooperation everything can turn out ok (or better than planned)". Little kids might or might not fully comprehend the lesson, so adult may want to point it out or ask questions.