playful pals level 1 [Hardcover]

Nora Gaydos (Author), BB Sams (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2003 | Age Range: 1 - 7 years

Readers who loved the best-selling Animal Antics will snap up this new Level 1 book with its colorful characters in funny situations. - 10 stories focus on different short vowel sounds and simple consonant sounds - 40 colorful incentive stickers - Letter, sound, and word skills in an appropriate sequence for reading development - Strong picture clues - Extended activities - Parent Guide

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Nora Gaydos has more than ten years of experience teaching kindergarten, first grade, third grade, and fourth grade. She has a comprehensive understanding of how beginning readers develop from pre-readers to independent readers. As a teacher, she was inspired to create the Now I'm Reading! program after seeing firsthand how children learn to read. Her goal was to build a series that was fun, motivating, and "just right" for beginning readers. Visit www.nowimreading.com to learn more about Nora Gaydos and the Now I'm Reading! series.  

Product Details

• Age Range: 1 - 7 years
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Innovative Kids (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584762039
• ISBN-13: 978-1584762034
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.8 x 5.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nora Gaydos is an elementary school teacher in Connecticut with over ten years of experience teaching kindergarten, first grade, third grade, and fourth grade. She has a comprehensive understanding of how beginning readers develop from pre-readers to independent readers. As a teacher, she was inspired to create the Now I'm Reading program after seeing firsthand how children learn to read. Her goal was to build a series that was fun, motivating, and "just right" for beginning readers.

To learn more about Nora and the Now I'm Reading! series visit the Now I'm Reading! blog at www.nowimreading.wordpress.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Starting at the very beginning February 1, 2005

By lspswr

Format:Hardcover

Playful Pals is one of two Level 1 books in the Now I'm Reading! series. The set contains ten 10-page books which feature short-vowel sounds simple consonant sounds, and beginning sight words. The ten books are: Rat Naps, Fox Hops, Pig Sits, Bug on a Rug, A Bed for Pets, The Plant, Hop Frog Hop, Drips and Spills, A Trunk for Buck, and Egg Legs. The set comes with a Parent Guide booklet which explains how to get the most out of the books and help your child to be a successful reader. Each book comes with 5 incentive stickers (50 in all) to reward your little reader. Books 1-5 feature mostly three-letter words and some four-letter words. Books 6-10 feature mostly four-letter words and some five-letter words.

The books are great for holding the child's attention and interest through funny stories and pictures. My child learned to read with this series and has taken those phonics skills to more advanced levels. These are books your child will WANT to read! Highly recommend!

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Homeschooler recommends these readers October 17, 2003

By A Customer

Format:Hardcover

As a homeschooling mom of a 7-year-old girl who is - make that, was - struggling with reading at every turn, let me highly recommend these books. She loves them! No more tears, tantrums, just a joyous smile of accomplishment! Take it from someone who has shopped - extensively - this is what you need for reading training without needing a master's in education yourself!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, Beginner Reading to Interest Boys November 11, 2005

By MamaDog

Format:Hardcover

We tried so many beginner reader books and they just did not hold the interest of my boy. I almost created my own. But then we discovered this series and since then, he just cruised through them and is now an avid reader.

The pictures are colorful, the stories are cute and intriguing, and they have stickers that relate to each story that can be used as rewards for completing each small book.

We have now moved on to the "independent" ones and he still goes back and wants to cruise through the levels 1-4 ones just for fun.

Highly recommend!!