Celebrations Around the World

April 1, 2013

PreS-Gr 2-This engaging early-reader series has a simple text that supports fluency and comprehension. In Celebrations, a variety of world celebrations are divided by season. Season explains how to harvest select fruits, vegetables, and grains and provides clear information about the different crops gathered. In Places, the larger font and single sentence per page format is perfect for young readers learning about careers. Teamwork shows how working together makes a job go faster. Each book offers a "Note to Parents and Teachers," "Now Try This!" activities that extend the topics, and a link that leads readers to the publisher's selected websites. The large, color photographs, one per page, generally provide visual clues that help extend the texts. Sometimes, however, it's an imperfect match. For example, in Teamwork, a photo of kids in a basketball huddle does little to illustrate that "Children work together when they do chores." Additional purchase where early readers are needed on these topics.

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