Customer Reviews

Snow Day (Ready-to-Read. Level 1)

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I teach first grade. My kids and I love all the Robin Hill School characters. They are age appropriate and have developed strong readers in my classroom.

I feel that the "Robin Hill School" Ready-to-read books are somewhat advanced despite being categorized as Level 1 books. According to the description at the back of the book, Level 1 is "starting to read - simple stories, increased vocabulary, and longer sentences". Well, my 5-year-old is reading and can manage other readers at level 1 such as Barron's First Book series, e.g. A Mop for Pop (Get Ready Get Set Read) and also the Step Into Reading Ready to Read series, e.g. The Snowball (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1). She could not however read all of the Robin Hill School books fluently and independently (compared to the other readers I listed), though she managed this particular title quite well. I personally found some of the other titles in the series to be more advanced than other early readers categorized as Level 1 (sentences are much longer and the vocabulary used is also a bit more advanced). This is what confuses parents (as attested to by some of my friends) - some early readers appear to be too easy and some too difficult though they are labeled under the same level. However, I do understand that children also progress at different paces in reading.

Anyway, the stories in the Robin Hill School series are actually quite engaging and interesting. This particular story focuses on a little girl Nia who wishes she can have a snow day and the fun she has when it happens. I do like the series (we checked the entire set out from our local library) as the stories are engaging and visually appealing. I plan to reintroduce these books to my daughter in a couple of months as she builds her vocabulary and reading skills.