I Like Mess

My 3 year old daughter loves this book and all the other level one books in the Real Kids Readers. I believe we have all the level one readers, and many of the level two and three readers. My 4 year old daughter loves them two. They are enjoyable to read. I usually do not like the real photo formate but I love it in these books. Works great! Short, fun, rhyming sentences.

Very nice bit of photography here. I usually don't care for this particular format, but in this case it works. It does seem to hold the interest of the kids, even the boys and is simply cute. Very nice first reader.

My three year old twins love this book. They pour over the photographs. They puzzle over the vocabulary (the older sister, Jill is a 'pill' It was a challenge to figure out how to explain that to three year olds! I settled on 'an annoying person') Anyway - the girls mostly know their letters and some of the sounds. I noticed one of my daughter's noticing that 'mad' and 'Dad' differed only by one letter. A very interesting moment, to be sure.What fun!

We bought this book along with several other first readers recommended by a library. This is my favourite. My son likes reading it, and I still enjoy reading it with him. It makes us both laugh - sometimes a few simple words can really capture a great little story.

This is a great first reader. Each page has one or two sentences with words that are easy to sound out or easy sight words. The pictures are actual photographs of what appears to be a five or six year old girl. There's also a parent page at the back which tells what words were used in the book and gives little phonic hints to help your child read those words. The story is about a girl who makes a mess with paints -- something all kids can relate to. My child loved the feeling of accomplishment at being able to read a real book. What fun.