Biscuit's Big Friend
What's This Book About
For fans of Clifford and Spot, welcome everybody’s favorite little yellow puppy, Biscuit, in an I Can Read adventure!Ruff! Sam is a big dog and Biscuit’s newest friend. Biscuit wants to do everything that Sam does – like running fast and fetching sticks. But it sure is hard for a puppy like Biscuit to keep up with such a big dog.In this encouraging story of friendship, Biscuit shows that small puppies can do big things! Biscuit’s Big Friend, a My First I Can Read book, is carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and sweet illustrations–which means it’s perfect for shared reading with emergent readers.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Alyssa Satin Capucilli is the award-winning creator and author of the Katy Duck series and the bestselling Biscuit series, which has sold over twenty-four million copies. A dancer as well as a writer, she lives with her family in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Pat Schories is the author-illustrator of many early readers for children. Her most recent books include Squeak the Mouse Likes His House, Pie for Chuck, and Pants for Chuck, all “”I Like to Read”” books published by Holiday House. She has also created several wordless books about a dog named JACK. Pat is also the illustrator of the highly acclaimed BISCUIT series of “”I Can Read”” books written by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and published by HarperCollins Her early readers include simple text with lots of repetition. She makes sure her illustrations mirror the text, which is vital for children learning to read. Pictures become reading cues. Her books are endlessly useful for encouraging careful observation, language development, sequencing, plot development, and ultimately, a love of books and reading. Many of her books have won awards, including Junior Library Guild Selection, Bank Street College of Education’s “”Best Children’s Books of the Year,”” CCBC Choices, select state awards, and starred reviews.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780064442886
- Publication Date
- December 23, 2003
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Original Publication Date
- July 1, 2003
- Page Count
- 32
- Word Count
- 137
- Audience
- First Reader
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2002276245
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 48966715
- Lexile® Level
- 250L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~H
- ATOS® Book Level
- 0.8
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 70783
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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