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PRAISE FOR Mittens: “The beautiful physical immediacy of the new pet story will draw emergent readers. Preschoolers will enjoy the kittens story, as they recognize how it feels to be a small creature in a giant world.” ALA Booklist
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PRAISE FOR Follow Me, Mittens: “A good offering for brand-new readers...delivers on all counts...just what an emerging reader needs.” Kirkus Reviews
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Can Mittens find a way to join in the holiday fun?
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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.
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Nick is getting ready for Halloween, and Mittens wants to help. But the only thing he seems to be good at is making a mess—until Mittens finds his own way to contribute to the special night's spooky good fun.
The youngest of readers will delight in the appealing kitten's easy-to-read celebration of a favorite holiday!
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Itand#8217;s Thanksgiving and four adorable mice are putting on a play for their woodland friends in this holiday favorite, now available in a Green Light Reader edition for beginners. and#160; and#160;
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CLAP!and#160;CLAP!and#160;HURRAH!and#160;HOORAY!and#160;The Thankgiving Mice are putting on a play!and#160;Toldand#160;inand#160;verse,and#160;cute costumed mice scurry on stage toand#160;explainand#160;about the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving.and#160;Full of wordplay and repetition, this holiday favorite is now available in an easy reader format.
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A family of four Halloween mice dress up in costumes for a midnight romp in the pumpkin patch. But they weren'tand#160;expecting a menacingand#160;cat to be lurking nearby.and#160;Good thing they have a clever plan to scare him away in this Level 1 Green Light Reader.and#160;Delightfully simple words andand#160;lots of repetition encourage repeat readings.and#160;
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.