Customer Reviews

The Fox on the Box (A School Zone Start to Read Book, Ages 4-7, Level 1)

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This is the first book that my kindergarten son was able to read independently. After practicing with Level 1A books at school, he was so proud to be able to pick up this book and read it from start to finish. He got a big kick out of the surprise ending and has read it over and over to anyone who will listen--in person and on the phone. The sentence construction is very simple ("The fox sat on a box.") but it's a sweet, funny story that is enhanced by beautiful watercolor illustrations. Even our 15 month old daughter now loves to sit in his lap to have him read it to her. Although he'll outgrow it soon, his reading confidence has been helped a great deal by having books of his own that he can read. We're adding more of Barbara Gregorich's books to his library for just that reason. It's an easy investment to help him develop a lifelong love of reading.

This is a wonderful first reading book.The book is structured so that there is a page with words and then a page with an illustration only. This structure gave my son a break from concentrating. Reading a book like this made his first reading experience enjoyable.

I thought this book would be great but I was wrong. It has about six sentences in the whole book. Almost all of them are: The fox ____ on the box. The filler words are jumped, played, sat, ate, etc. The word "ate" is a sight word so they don't even sound it out. A reader that can read words with ed at the end are too far along to be reading a book with all the other words being the same on every page. A beginning reader will not know the ed ending and if you tell them then they know the whole book since it's almost the same on every page. This book is lame. Check out my much better review of BOB books. I reviewed set 3.

If you're using a reading program such as Hooked on Phonics, I would say skip this series. Most reading programs have sufficient books of this caliber for your child. If you're not using a program, this is a helpful book to work with new readers.

Love this book! I can remember this being the very first book I ever was able to read by myself, so I was so happy when I found it available. Now, my kids can also learn to read with a book, I was able to remember existed for the last 30 years!

Young children, especially 3- and 4-year-olds, love this book. It's easy to follow, the illustrations depict the story, and, best of all for this age level, the book ends with a reversal of circumstances. An easy beginning reader, and lots of fun. Good to discuss cause-and-results with children, too.

This is a nice book for beginning readers. It has a simple story, lots of rhymes and beautiful pictures. My 4 year old likes trying to read the story and my 2 year old loves listening and looking at the pictures.

this is a super book for learning to read. my 3 year old loves it. the story is cute, the rhyming is fun and the pictures are great too. definitely a great way to introduce reading to toddlers.

My son enjoyed this book. Its great for beginners. Gives them nice breaks with the pictures. My son is 3 years old and wanted to learn how to read. I recommend this book and The Bob Books for the beginners.

K. Platt
Fishers, IN