Arthur's First Kiss (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)
After hearing rumors that Francine is planning to kiss Arthur at her  party, Arthur's sister, D.W., saves the day in an unexpected way. Devious  Francine tricks Arthur with a kissing game, and Muffy leads him out to the  garage to await his fate. D.W., walking by with their dog, Pal, catches on to  the plot, and sends Pal through the cat door to warn Arthur with a few sloppy  kisses of his own. "Run for your life!" yells D.W., and Arthur does, but not  without a pause to snag a big piece of cake for his new bodyguard!Children are enraptured with Marc Brown's stories of the unique aardvark hero on  PBS, as well as in many early reader picture books. And with the entertaining  "Step into Reading" sticker book series, there's a bonus--two full pages of  peel-off stickers enable kids to practice their reading and writing skills.  Certain words in the story are printed in blue ink--young readers are encouraged  to find the corresponding sticker picture and place it over the blue word. The  second page of stickers illustrates places and themes and allows budding writers  to try their hand at creative writing as they make up stories based on the  sticker images--in this case, aquarium scenes. Don't missArthur's Reading Raceor any of  Arthur's other "Step into Reading" adventures. (Ages 3 to 6)--Emilie  Coulter