Overview
Mittens the kitten and Max the dog show that playtime is best when shared with friends! Mittens the kitten wants to play with his friend Max the dog. But where is Max? Mittens looks for all of the places where he can usually find Max, including the doghouse and near his food bowl. But Max is nowhere to be found, until Mittens discovers that Max has been looking for Mittens, too! This My First I Can Read Book is perfect for shared reading with toddlers and very young children. Basic language, word repetition, and whimsical illustrations make this book just right for the emergent reader.
Full Product Details
Author: Lola M Schaefer ,
Susan Kathleen Hartung
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Volume: 151
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.200kg
ISBN: 9780061702273
ISBN 10: 0061702277
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 25 October 2011
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR Mittens: The beautiful physical immediacy of the new pet story will draw emergent readers. Preschoolers will enjoy the kitten's story, as they recognize how it feels to be a small creature in a giant world. ----ALA Booklist
PRAISE FOR Follow Me, Mittens: A good offering for brand-new readers...delivers on all counts...just what an emerging reader needs. ----Kirkus Reviews PRAISE FOR Mittens: The beautiful physical immediacy of the new pet story will draw emergent readers. Preschoolers will enjoy the kitten's story, as they recognize how it feels to be a small creature in a giant world. ----ALA Booklist
PRAISE FOR Follow Me, Mittens: ""A good offering for brand-new readers...delivers on all counts...just what an emerging reader needs.""-- - Kirkus Reviews PRAISE FOR Mittens: ""The beautiful physical immediacy of the new pet story will draw emergent readers. Preschoolers will enjoy the kitten's story, as they recognize how it feels to be a small creature in a giant world.""-- - ALA Booklist With one or two easy sentences in large print per page, this charming story is one that beginning readers will enjoy again and again, and the warm illustrations carry the sweet and playful story line to its surprising ending. - School Library Journal
Author Information
Lola M. Schaefer is an educator, writer, and gardener, and the author of many acclaimed books for children about math, art, science, technology, animals, and nature. She uses shovels, hoes, rakes, and scissors when she works in her garden. Lola M. Schaefer grew up in Indiana, and now lives in northern Georgia. In addition to illustrating the books about Mittens, Susan Kathleen Hartung has provided the art for numerous picture books, including One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Davidson Mannis. She lives in Brooklyn, Michigan.
