The Surprise Family
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 068815476X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Absolutely Charming" according to Lisa Barone. We found this book a delightful surprise. The story is quite sweet and the repetition comforting. My 2+1/2 year old has made this one of his favorites. The protectiveness of both the boy as mama and then the hen as mama is wonderfully reinforcing. We love t. Decodability Ranking Level 4 Judy Ramirez Use Lynn Reiser's care-giving characters to DECODEnglish!Engaging stories like this one are fun for your child to read when explicit pronunciation, spelling, and decoding skills have progessed to Level 4. Other Amazon titles with similar linguistic complexi. "The Surprise Family" according to grandmaash. Our first grader laughed out loud when he read this book. Its an age appropriate book, with a cute story line. I purchased it as a homeschooler, because I noticed it was on the local schools First grade reading list, and I thought it would be helpful to see
A baby chicken accepts a young boy as her mother and later becomes a surrogate mother for some ducklings that she has hatched.
He "was not the kind of mother the chick had expected, but she loved him anyway." When she is fully grown, she hatches a clutch of abandoned eggs and unknowingly mothers five ducklings. The subtle messages of love, expectation, and parental roles will appeal to adoptive and extended families as well. . This warm, caring book should find a place on the shelf next to P.D. The clean, simple, cartoonlike watercolors are placed in appealing juxtaposition to the text. Some illustrations are boxed into squares and rectangles, whi