From the Train

by Megan Borgert-Spaniol, Rob Parkinson (Illustrator)

Overview

Linh sees many things while she rides on the train. This simple fictional story pairs with the nonfiction book I Ride.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728475936
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2023
Series:	My World (Pull Ahead Readers - Fiction)
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	BR-999L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 6 Years

About the Author

Megan Borgert-Spaniol is a writer and editor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She likes to write about food, animals, and human nature. She also loves dreaming up fun characters and telling their stories.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a great little book for a new reader or a child learning about transportation. Reviewer Rating: 5"—Children's Literature

From the Publisher

12/01/2022

K-Gr 1—This new series for beginning readers follows the traditions and ordinary daily routines in the lives of a diverse set of young children and their families. Diversity has improved in children's books across the board, but there's still a dearth of titles with brown faces at the forefront in the very earliest readers. These books do an excellent job of filling that bill. Short, simple sentence structure and repeated words make these perfect entry level books. Kwanzaa candles are explained in an age-appropriate way in less than 50 words. The making of roti is distilled into less than 10 sentences. An index and a "Did You See It?" section is included in the back matter. The illustrations are bright and clean, but flat and somewhat pedestrian in nature. While these titles have first-rate content for readers who are just starting out and center underrepresented cultures, it is difficult to justify the steep price when there are more affordable series doing the same thing. VERDICT Purchase where sturdy to fill a diversity hole in this part of collections and/or to have library binding instead of hardback for titles of this sort.—Jennifer Noonan

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