I Shop With My Daddy (level 1) (Hello Reader) [Paperback]

Grace Maccarone (Author), Denise Brunkus (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Hello Reader

Father and daughter banter cheerfully up and down the grocery store aisles and finish up the chore with a delicious treat. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 1. The simple, rhyming text of this Hello Reader! book (just a few words to the page) takes readers on a shopping trip to the grocery store with a little girl and her father. They choose plenty of healthy foods, but every time the child suggests something sweet, "Daddy says, `Not today.' / So I put it away." The expedition ends happily with a stop at a frozen yogurt stand outside the store. Children will find plenty that is familiar within these pages, from the supermarket setting to the tug-of-war between parent and child. Best of all, the cartoonlike line-and-wash illustrations make the characters sympathetic and the book inviting, all the while providing clues to the words with clear pictures of familiar foods. A good choice for children looking for books that don't look babyish but have very simple vocabulary. Carolyn Phelan

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590501968
• ISBN-13: 978-0590501965
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #825,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Grace Maccarone is the author of many children's books, including Mother, May I?, Thank You Prayer, and Bless Me. She lives in Greenburg, New York.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Both Kids Love This Book!, June 23, 2000

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B. Bennett "ParisTexas" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Shop With My Daddy (level 1) (Hello Reader) (Paperback)

My four year old and two year old both love this book. The text is simple and rhyming, allowing both of them to "read" it as well. The story follows a girl shopping with her father, occasionally picking up a treat. Her father says "Not Today" and she "puts it away". Imagine my delight at the toy store when my son threw a package on the counter. "Not today," I told him. "So I put it away," he responded and put it on the shelf! My kind of literature that influences life!

5.0 out of 5 stars Daddy says, "Five stars!", September 5, 2006

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S. (Oreland, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Shop With My Daddy (level 1) (Hello Reader) (Paperback)

I shop with my 3-year-old daughter. She loves this book, and I also like it a great deal. The pictures are detailed enough to give us tangents for conversation -- we talk about what she'd like to buy next time we go shopping. I've even used the cashier page to start talking with her about money, and why I go to work (so we can pay for things we want to buy). And as the previous reviewer noted, it provides an awfully good role model, when the little girl puts treats back on the shelf!