Sunday, March 23, 2008

Big pig and little pig / David McPhail


Big pig and little pig is a simple story of two pigs who decide they are so hat that they need to build their own pools. The big pig builds a tiny pool and the little pig builds a big pool. They each then enjoy their own creations. This is a very simple, funny story with a simple narrative which is intended for beginning readers.

I would say that the message and text of this book is simple enough for beginning readers. The story is intentionally short which is also meant to accommodate beginning readers. I think the strategy of this beginning reader is probably correct and proper for very early readers and those readers having difficulty learning to read. The problem I have with this reader is that is maybe a little too simple for beginning readers. If beginning readers only read these level 1 readers then I think they would get board fairly quickly, because they are not challenging enough. Then they should probably be encouraged to go onto level 2 readers.

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