This week's been all about book birthdays, and I'm going to use it to shoutout one last read, which hit the shelves earlier this week. This read is the latest in a series for beginning readers with tons of thought placed into reading tools. You might think that the cover looks a little familiar...and you'd be right! I reviewed another book in this series not that long ago (HERE) I was very won over by the thought, fun, and tale goodness, and found it very well done for this reading category. So of course, I was eager to get my hands on the next book and see if it was just as good.
To say I'm heading into this one with high expectations is an understatement...but I bet I'll be more than satisfied. So, off we go!
THE WILD TRIP
Pat & Pals Series, Book 7
by Sue Marasciulo
Illustrated by Mangoyu
Beginning Reader / Graphic Novel
123 pages
ages 3 to 18
Pat and his pals are back in the seventh installment of the Pat & Pals series! And this time, it’s a chapter book with a hilarious story in a vibrantly illustrated graphic novel, The Wild Trip: A Decodable Chapter Book for Graphic Novel Fans.
This story includes decodable text based on a limited number of previously learned phonics rules, making it perfect for readers who have mastered decoding single and multisyllabic closed syllable words, as well as vowel-consonant-e syllables.
Alongside this comical decodable story, this book includes sections designed to assist educators and parents. These sections feature vocabulary words, questions to develop inferencing and comprehension, and suggestions for connecting reading and writing.
If you love Hot Chips, Mad Fish & Other Tales, Can Ten Pigs Fit in a Tub?, Bed Hog & Other Tales, Fox Trot & Other Tales, Jill and Pat's Egg Shack, A Picnic For Kit, and Pat & Pals Decodable Readers Theater Scripts, this new one won’t disappoint! Follow along with the latest adventures of Pat and his pals!
This story includes decodable text based on a limited number of previously learned phonics rules, making it perfect for readers who have mastered decoding single and multisyllabic closed syllable words, as well as vowel-consonant-e syllables.
Alongside this comical decodable story, this book includes sections designed to assist educators and parents. These sections feature vocabulary words, questions to develop inferencing and comprehension, and suggestions for connecting reading and writing.
If you love Hot Chips, Mad Fish & Other Tales, Can Ten Pigs Fit in a Tub?, Bed Hog & Other Tales, Fox Trot & Other Tales, Jill and Pat's Egg Shack, A Picnic For Kit, and Pat & Pals Decodable Readers Theater Scripts, this new one won’t disappoint! Follow along with the latest adventures of Pat and his pals!
MY TIDBITS
Get ready for another exciting adventure...and that while working on those reading skills.
This is the latest addition to a series, which focuses on beginning readers and helps them build their skills while having fun. There is a quick guide to steer into the world of decodable books and how to use the various learning tools, but then, the fun begins with several adventures. These hit the pages with in graphic novel style, letting each scene support the text, while introducing a humorous and enjoyable mini-adventure. There's a sticky-word help at the end as well questions for reading comprehension, which rounds this off to create a lovely addition to homeschooling, classrooms, or simply, extra-reading practice.
My favorite aspect of this book is the fun. While it does aim to help readers and offer guidance to improve their reading abilities, the author and illustrator do not forget that the audience wants to be entertained. The tales are anything but boring and offer enjoyable back-and-forth with personality-packed characters. The graphics are bright and energetic, but simple in their layout so as not to overpower with details. The text is kept short and concise, never allowing readers to feel overwhelmed, and yet, making sure to practice certain skills. It's a great combination, which draws readers in without letting them feel as if they are being directly taught.
I can only hope that there will be future additions to this series, since practice makes perfect and this is a fun way to accomplish that.
And here they are...
Now that Sue is retired, she has more time to focus on her passion for writing decodable books that will help beginner readers and those with dyslexia become independent readers. She enjoys hearing about how so many children are learning to feel successful with decodable books!
Sue lives in South Carolina with her husband, Al and their two rescued dogs, Scrappy Doo and Sunny. Sue has three sons, Matt, Greg and J.P. Her middle son, Greg is a professional wrestler with AEW and every now and again, Sue makes a brief appearance on the show with her famous van!
https://suemarasciulo.com/
Mangoyu, also affectionately known as Mango, spent the 2020 pandemic online happily bothering wrestlers with funny cartoon drawings of themselves, blissfully unaware that someday, the beloved world-famous Sue (mother of wrestler Trent Beretta) would discover her silly wrestling doodles. Two years later, Sue would ask Mango to join her on the exciting adventure of illustrating a children's books for kids with dyslexia.
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