Happy Halloween, Mittens (My First I Can Read Series)

by Lola M. Schaefer, Susan Kathleen Hartung (Illustrator)

Overview

Mittens the kitten wants to help Nick get ready for Halloween. But when Mittens tries to paint spooky faces, put up spooky cobwebs, and make orange cookies, he makes a mess instead! Halloween activities take center stage in this sweet beginning reader about Mittens.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062025906
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/31/2011
Series:	My First I Can Read Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	312,081
Lexile:	360L (what's this?)
File size:	14 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Lola M. Schaefer is the author of several books for children, including An Island Grows; Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed, an NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts; and What's Up, What's Down? She lives with her husband, Ted, in the mountains of north Georgia, where she occasionally observes the back end of a black bear, coyote, or gray fox.

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.

Editorial 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.

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Nick has perhaps more help than he needs as he makes Halloween decorations. His kitty, Mittens' attempt at hanging up a cobweb ends with him covered in cobweb. Nick's spooky cookies look nice, but Mitten just makes a mess and ends up covered in cookie dough. He runs away from Nick's scolding, leaving cookie dough tracks behind him. But he gets to lick the dough off his coat. Then he goes to help Nick, who is hanging up a ghost to blow in the wind. But the ghost is not spooky and Nick cannot figure out how to make it scary. Mittens to the rescue! Like any cat watching something sway back and forth, Mitten attacks the ghostly shape. Rip! Mitten's claws shred the bottom half of the ghost into strips. Now the ghost is spooky. Part of the "I Can Read" series, this is a cute story of a little boy and his kitten, which will surely be read time and again. It has nice repetition of words and nice flow to it. Part of the "I Can Read/My First Reading" series. Reviewer: Sarah Maury Swan

Children's Literature - Sarah Maury Swan