THE SUPER CUTE! series features books at the First Grade Reading level. There are 13 books in the series and each focuses on a baby animal -- Bears, Cats, Cows, Deer, Dogs, Goats, Horses, Monkeys, Pandas, Penguins, Rabbits, Sloths,and Wolves.
The books range from AR 1.0 to AR 1.7 , and have 99 to 121 words. So not too much text.
One thing you should know is that this series is most likely meant for Libraries and Classrooms. At least that's what the price and binding suggests. But let me give you some information on the two books that my library has.
Review: BABY DOGS
BABY DOGS is one of the easiest practice readers in this series.
WHAT I LIKED about BABY DOGS were the simple sentences and the large font. I also liked that the pages are color saturated with cheerful photographs of puppies, their moms and human friends.
Here's the text from the first page:
Young dogs arecalled puppies.Dogs can bepuppies untilage 2.
In the photo below you can see that color runs from page edge to page edge. And that the text is presented in a happy and non-threatening format.
It would have been nice if more types of puppies were shown, but Labs are certainly beautiful dogs, and ones that children are likely to be familiar with.
This book introduces a few terms --like bond -- that children might not be familiar with. And the glossary at the end gives adults a chance to show children how definitions can be looked up. Contents address topics like what the definition of a puppy is, litters, cleaning, drinking milk and playing. Also when a puppy can be adopted, and the fact that puppies 'bond' and learn 'commands'.
BABY DOGS would make a nice practice reader for young children. The large font and simple sentences were well chosen. And Puppies certainly have a broad appeal.
This book introduces a few terms --like bond -- that children might not be familiar with. And the glossary at the end gives adults a chance to show children how definitions can be looked up. Contents address topics like what the definition of a puppy is, litters, cleaning, drinking milk and playing. Also when a puppy can be adopted, and the fact that puppies 'bond' and learn 'commands'.
BABY DOGS would make a nice practice reader for young children. The large font and simple sentences were well chosen. And Puppies certainly have a broad appeal.
Pam~
BABY DOGS
by Kari Schuetz
Reading Information:
Word Count: 106
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader: 1.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162347
Lexile: 360L
Review: BABY CATS
BABY CATS is one of the books in this new BLASTOFF READERS series. It's at the mid-1st Grade level.
WHAT I LIKED about BABY CATS were the same things I liked about BABY DOGS. The sentences were simple, the font was appropriately large, and photographs were large and cheerful.
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| Is this adorable or what?!? So cute. |
WHAT I DIDN'T particularly like was that some of the pictures were fuzzy. They might have done that for the cover, to give the beautiful little kitten a warm glow; but other pictures later in the book were also fuzzed.
In addition, I thought some of the content was 'a waste of time'. Whereas just about every text block in the BABY DOGS book provided information, this book pointed out that "kittens stretch out to relax. Big yawn!". And twice it talked about how cats/kittens snuggle for warmth, and twice it pointed out that kittens are cleaned with a tongue.
SO, BABY CATS is not quite as nice as the BABY DOGS book, but probably worth borrowing from the library, as the kitten photos --fuzzy or not-- are absolutely adorable. And this will certainly help motivate young readers.
Pam~
BABY CATS
by Bethany Olson
Word Count: 106
Accelerated Reader: 1.4 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162344
Lexile: 420L
OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES
BABY GOATS
Word Count: 94
Accelerated Reading level: 1.0 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162378
Lexile: 300L
BABY HORSES
Word Count: 99
Accelerated Reader: 1.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162348
Lexile: 430L
BABY PENGUINS
Word Count: 116
Accelerated Reading level: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162379
Lexile: 330L
BABY PANDAS - This book now has it's own review. Find it here.
Word Count: 104
Accelerated Reading level: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162350
Lexile: 330L
BABY MONKEYS
Word Count: 104
Accelerated Reading level: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162349
Lexile: 360L
BABY BEARSWord Count: 112
Accelerated Reader: 1.3 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162377
Lexile: 460L
BABY RABBITS
Word Count: 107
Accelerated Reading level: 1.4 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162351
Lexile: 440L
BABY SLOTHS
Word Count: 120
Accelerated Reading level: 1.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162352
Lexile: 570L
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