The Best Way to Play
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1997 · Est. 10 min read-aloud

The Best Way to Play

By Bill Cosby, Varnette P. Honeywood (Illustrator), Varnette Honeywood (Illustrator)

Part of the Little Bill series

Little Bill learns imagination beats any video game.

3.5/5 Goodreads · 457 ratings
40 pages· 1,179 words· Est. 10 min read-aloud
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Little Bill and his friends are obsessed with Space Explorers. When the new video game releases, they can't wait to play. But after trying it at Andrew's house, they realize their imaginations offer far greater adventures. Can they find joy beyond the screen?

From the publisher

This easy-to-read story about friendship by comedian and storyteller Bill Cosby is now a Scholastic Reader! Little Bill and his friends LOVE the TV show Space Explorers. And so when the new Space Explorers video game comes out, they each want a copy. But when Little Bill asks his parents to buy him the game, they say no. So Little Bill and his friends go to their friend Andrew’s house to play the game. What they discover, though, is that the video game isn’t nearly as much fun nor as challenging as what their imaginations can dream up!

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
40
Words
1,179
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Early Reader
Lexile
360L
Themes & topics
Books about imaginationBooks about video gamesBooks about playingBooks about social themesBooks about imagination and play
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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
2.5
F&P level
~K
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
19890
Publication
Published
September 1, 1997
First published
January 1, 1997
Publisher
Cartwheel
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780590956178

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