I understand the pedagogy behind the controlled vocabulary, but I still don't enjoy reading such constrained texts, especially when the words are repeated so much. ( )

Thoughts from a famous evangelist.

When Pip the mouse floats off with Otto the robot's balloon, Otto and Zee the Bee go to the rescue.

Great fun for Level One early readers. It reminded me of [a:Mo Willems|33274|Mo Willems|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1199684071p2/33274.jpg]'s Elephant and Piggy series, but the humor was a little quieter (imo) and the relationship interactions not quite as poignant. Insightful, with adventure and irony as well as laughs - I wish I was four years old again.

I also wish my library had more in the series. We'll see if the ILL requests come in. And thank you Amy for reviewing these & alerting me to them. ( )

beginning reader