Bug in a Rug: Reading Fun for Just-beginners - Hardcover

Cole, Joanna; Calmenson, Stephanie; Tiegreen, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688122086 ISBN 13: 9780688122089

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1996

Synopsis

Includes simple stories and poems, labeled pictures, and rebuses to help young children discover the pleasure of reading

About this title

About the Author:

Joanna Cole s a former elementary school teacher and librarian and a frequent contributor to Parents magazine. In Asking About Sex and Growing Up she provides a reassuring blEND

of scientific fact and practical guidance, written for the audience that needs it most. Joanna Cole lives in Connecticut.

From Booklist:

Ages 3^-6. The authors state their belief that "the key to reading with young children is to have fun without pressure and without formal teaching." Toward that end, they offer "no-pressure activities" that youngsters can both enjoy and use to practice such pre-reading skills as letter-sound recognition, finding picture clues, and "reading" rebuses. The authors occasionally seem to forget their own advice; for example, though they note that "learning the alphabet in order is not as important as becoming familiar with each letter and the sounds it makes," their first selection is an alphabet poem presenting the letters in order. Still, the quality of the book is very good, the selections are varied and incorporate current ideas that will fit in nicely with a whole language curriculum, and Tiegreen's colorful cartoons, often the most essential component of the activity, are up to the task. Kids will have fun, and parents and early-childhood educators will welcome the highly interactive approach. Lauren Peterson

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0688122086
• ISBN 13: 9780688122089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 47
• Illustrator: Tiegreen Alan