Friday, April 22, 2011

Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

Hop on Pop
Random House, New York, 1963.
Harcover edition, 64 pages, ISBN 0-394-80029-X.

This terrific early reader is pure Seuss, complete with quirky characters and zany happenings. Although there is essentially no plot line, on each page the book introduces easy sight words in large text with ample white space between.  Two or more short rhyming words are shown and then used in a simple sentence. The action illustrations clearly explain the text. At the end are a few groups of run-together words to encourage beginning compound deciphering.

Best pored over by children learning to decipher language and adults who help them.

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