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SLIPPERS AT SCHOOL [series] by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Janie Bynum Slippers wants to go to school with Laura, but school is no place for a puppy. When she isn’t looking, he nuzzles his way into her backpack. Slippers rides the bus, then visits the classroom, the cafeteria, the gym, and even the principal’s office, all without Laura noticing—but plenty of other people do! Kids will squeal with delight over knowing more than Laura and seeing the incongruity of a puppy in a school’s hallowed halls. Like its predecessors, Slippers at Home and Naptime for Slippers, Slippers at School works beautifully as both a read-aloud and an early reader. |
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From School Library Journal
“The frisky pup from Naptime for Slippers (2005) and Slippers at Home (2004, both Dutton) wants to go to school with his young owner. An open backpack presents an irresistible opportunity. Laura doesn’t notice when a wet black nose, then a pair of shiny eyes, and then one brown ear appear, but her classmates do. A boy excitedly points to A dog! but Laura thinks he is referring to her artwork. The children turn to look, but there was nothing to see. Slippers was gone. When the cook shouts A dog! in the cafeteria, everyone thinks she means a hot dog. The mischievous pooch also gets curious looks in the gym and principal’s office before returning to Laura's backpack. Bynum’s watercolor cartoons depict a familiar classroom setting and add humor to the pup’s secret adventures. Children will enjoy the funny misunderstandings, and the simple text is well suited to emergent readers.” |
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| ..................................................................................................................................................... Reading level: Baby-Preschool (Emerging Reader) Publisher: Dutton Children's Books (July 2005) Language: English ISBN: 0525471898 Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 in., 32 pgs, hardcover |
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