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School Stories Your Dog Didn't Eat
Scary Stories to Read When It's Dark
Silly Stories to Tickle Your Funny Bone
Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk
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Reading Rainbow Readers series
REVIEW BY MIRIAM DRENNAN Summer reading programs are getting younger and younger, in terms of grade level. It's not uncommon for children as young as first or second grade to read an assigned number of books during the summer months; whether it is required or not, this is a good idea for new readers especially. It helps retain reading skills learned during the previous school year and encourages independent reading. Seastar Books, North-South Books's newest imprint, has joined forces with the phenomenally successful Reading Rainbow television series and created a series of books specifically designed for this type of progression. The first two in the series were introduced last month: School Stories Your Dog Didn't Eat and Scary Stories to Read When It's Dark. School Stories includes excerpts from books by such greats as Jean Van Leeuwen and Peggy Parish. Each story deals with some aspect of school, and might be helpful even for little ones who are attending school for the first time. Scary Stories are more funny than scary, particularly since they include such endearing friends like Frog and Toad. This month, two books are added to the series: Silly Stories to Tickle Your Funny Bone and Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk. Silly Stories includes hilarious stories by Dav Pilkey of Captain Underpants fame and the late James Marshall. Pet Stories includes pets from the usual cats and dogs to the unusual, such as Danny's dinosaur. The stories are carefully excerpted to whet young readers' appetites for the full text versions and ultimately, more advanced works. Children who are already familiar with the characters featured in the stories will be thrilled to read about them all by themselves.
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