Ants in My Pants (Rookie Readers) Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)This is a cute book with a good rhyme.My just-turned four year-old son loves it and even knows it well enough to complete the sentences.

As for being a book for Reading Rookies I think it depends on how you define `rookie'. "Ants in My Pants" has no more than three sentences per page, but the font is small and the vocabulary is fairly advanced with words like: window, crawl, right, carpet, tiptoe, kitchen, maybe, bread, bedroom, instead, closet, favorite, crumbs, pocket, and together.

With my own daughter (just turning 6 y.o.) I have found that she can read it, but I'm not sure how much of her accomplishment is her remembering the poem, and how much is actually sounding out words.A sample of text follows so you can judge the level for your own child(ren).

I see them in a circle.
There are twenty, maybe more.
First they talk together.
Then they march across the floor.

Four Stars.[B+].Good read-aloud that toddlers on up should appreciate.The drawings are large, bright and humorous.This book would make a good addition to the home shelves if your crew likes silly poems.

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Product Description:
All Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about rhymes, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the help of fun, lively, colorfully illustrated stories.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.