Catch Me If You Can! (Green Light Readers Level 2) (Paperback)

by Bernard Most (Author) "He was the biggest dinosaur of them all..." (more)
Key Phrases: biggest dinosaur

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2-These three easy-readers combine brightly colored illustrations with short simple stories. Readability is determined using the Reading Recovery model, and each book features a meet-the-author section. In Sometimes, an alligator engages in all sorts of activities, such as cooking, ice fishing, and playing the banjo. The text is repetitive: "Sometimes I am happy. Sometimes I am sad." The reptile has lots of expression, and even nonreaders could recite/read this story after hearing it once or twice. Catch Me features a T-rex that frightens all of the other dinosaurs, except for one, who turns out to be his loving grandchild. The illustrations, done in markers, reflect Most's typical flat style. Written in rhyming couplets, Shoe Town is the best of the bunch. After her children move out, a mother mouse just wants to relax in her shoe home. Various nursery-rhyme characters ask to move in, but she insists they get their own shoes. The cow jumping over the moon keeps a count of the population of "Shoe Town" as it grows. Stevens's illustrations are irresistible, and the tale works well as a read-aloud or read-alone.
Sharon R. Pearce, formerly at San Antonio Public Library, TX
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Gr. 1, younger for reading aloud. This story in the Green Light Reader series is as much a cuddly read-aloud fantasy for young preschoolers as a book for beginning readers. The text is short, with lots of repetition, and the pictures add to the fun about the great big dinosaur who frightens everyone ("They were afraid of his great big claws. They were afraid of his great big feet. But most of all, they were afraid of his great big teeth"). Just one little dinosaur isn't afraid, and when she's caught at last, she gets a hug from her Grandpa dinosaur, who loves her. Like Steig's Pete's a Pizza (1998) and McCourt's I Love You, Stinky Face (1997), this is a book to read and act out with shouts and kisses. Hazel Rochman

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 20 pages
• Publisher: Green Light Readers; 1 edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152020012
• ISBN-13: 978-0152020019
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,402,189 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reading Recovery, July 9, 1999

By A Customer

One of the most important aspects to this new series of books, is that the texts are consistent with the type of book used in the Reading Recovery program. Previously, if you wanted supplemental books for your child that were predictable, had rhyming or repetitive text and real picture cues, you had to wade through the lists made available, title by title. There are hundreds of books that fit this description, but it takes hours to search for individual books. Green Light Readers promises to publish strictly this type of book. And the few I've seen are still current, use popular authors and are lively and interesting. I hope the publisher takes this idea even past the first two levels.