Specially
priced books for non-profit reading programs.
$2 each with minimum order
The New Reader series These
early reader books were first written as stories for a remedial reading
class that Frank B. Edwards was teaching as a parent volunteer in
Kingston, Ontario. The kids loved them and were always anxious to
assume the roles of the characters in the books so they could read
their favourite lines aloud. When Frank showed the text to illustrator
to illustrator John Bianchi, John insisted on creating art for a new
series of books.
Since
the first three titles were released in 1999, the books have been
reprinted several times and been welcomed to primary classrooms across
North America. The stories offer a mix of standard literacy reading
strategies — repetition, rhythm, some rhyme, predictability, counting
sequences, close links between text and illustrations — with clever,
funny stories and simple surprise endings.
A Crowded
Ride in the Countryside
By
Frank B. Edwards. Illustration by John Bianchi
ISBN
978-1-894323-02-5,
Reg.$5.95 24
pages, 8 x8 inches Grades
K-1
A
farmer
driving to the county fair encounters a series of hitch-hiking animals.
As the truck fills up with pigs, cows, sheep, chickens and a dog, the
animals have to help the driver climb a steep hill. Their dramatic
arrival at the fair involves a collision with the pie stand. Features
rhyming text.
By
Frank B. Edwards. Illustration by John Bianchi
ISBN
978-1-894323-39-0,
Reg.$6.95 24
pages, 8 x8 inches Grades
K-1
When
the zoo animals wander through an open gate, they end up lost in the
city and seek help at The Downtown Lost & Found office. As more
animals crowd into the waiting room, the monkey helps keep things
organized until the zookeeper finally arrives to rescue them.
By
Frank B. Edwards. Illustration by John Bianchi
ISBN
978-1-894323-04-1,
Reg.$5.95 24
pages, 8 x8 inches Grades
K-1
After
the farmer climbs into bed for the night, her animals leave their
stalls for a late night frolic but predictably they drop out of the
fun one by one until only the rooster is left. Features rhyming text
and a classic counting backwards pattern.
By
Frank B. Edwards. Illustration by John Bianchi
ISBN
978-1-894323-06-2,
Reg.$5.95 24
pages, 8 x8 inches Grades
K-1
A
visitor takes a ride on the zoo's tour bus but has trouble finding the
animals who all play a game of hide and seek. Each page features a clue
to the missing animals' whereabouts before they jump out to surprise
him. But at the end, they all disappear one more time.
