![]() Many of the other titles have scores, but I only averaged in the scores that were specifically for the beginning readers since the text was changed from the originals. Only one book ( The Greedy Python) had a reader specific AR test at level 2.7. Lexile average was 560L based on three books, one of which ( Pancakes, Pancakes) was Adult-Directed. All of Carle’s art has been resized and the layout has occasionally changed to accommodate the larger traditional text of the beginning reader. Some of the text has been altered and some words have been simplified. Reviews: Horn Book (as readers) DifficultyĪll of these readers were published as picture books first. Links: World of Eric Carle at Ready to Read || Eric Carle’s Website || Richard Buckley’s page at Simon & Schuster The first five Eric Carle Ready to Read readers. My only recommendation is snap these titles up as soon as possible! Your patrons will thank you! Without a dedicated website for the series or author, it’s hard to tell what the future of this series is. It’s been over a year since a title was released. It’s a great help to the kids working through their sounds and words. The graphic illustrations are eye-catching and clearly illustrate what is going on in the picture. There’s a reference page at the beginning of each book that encourages parents about how to help their children experiment with the different word family sounds - to create new words and sound combinations. Flip-a-Word books are the ones that I give parents looking for those first readers for their kids.Įach book covers three different word families. These are the easiest of easy books for beginning readers. There are supplemental word lists and an activity page for kids to practice identifying sight words after the story, which I did not count in the unique word count. All of the books have very few words, between 20-35 unique words in the text. Reviews: Horn Book, School Library Journal DifficultyĪ rather bizarre section to write this time because I did not find a single Accelerated Reader, Lexile, or Fountas & Pinnell level for any of these books.
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