Purple Is Part of a Rainbow (A Rookie Reader)

by Carolyn Kowalczyk, Gene Sharp (Illustrator)

Overview

A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. This book introduces vocabulary and the concept of parts of a whole with examples such as a petal on a flower and a whisker on a kitty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780516420684
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/1985
Series:	A Rookie Reader
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.08(d)
Lexile:	190L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Carolyn Kowalczyk is the author of several nonfiction books for children.

Editorial Reviews

ea. vol: 30p. (Rookie Readers Series). CIP. Childrens. Oct. 1985. PLB $6.50. Gr 1-2 Neither of these ``Rookie Readers'' is a great addition to the beginning-reader genre. Both sport pedestrian watercolors and mediocre plots. A word list appears in the back of each. Katie couldn't play basketball, ride a bike, climb a tree, stay up late or play at the park like her big brother and sister because she is too little. But being small paysDad can pick her up but not the older siblings. A lame ending for a negative story, particularly since the siblings pictured look small enough to be lifted by Dad also. Of the two, Purple Is Part of a Rainbow is slightly better. Two-line rhymes such as , ``A sail is part of a boat. /A beard is part of a goat'' form the text. But who cares? Stick with the many more competent easy-to-read series. Margaret Gross, Madison School, Hinsdale, Ill.

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