Rebus Treasury
PreSchool-K-- The introduction suggests that young children can be assisted in reading by watching for the pictures that pepper the short stories on each page. Each picture is followed by the word it represents, which saves guessing or searching in a glossary, but also ruins the fun. The 44 one-page stories, written and illustrated with watercolor cartoons by a variety of people, are like Dick and Jane: the effort to keep them simple makes them tedious. " 'I can't find my (picture) teddy bear,' said (picture) Rebekah one day after coming home from the (picture) park. 'Did you leave him by the (picture) swings?' asked (picture) Mother. 'No.' (picture) Rebekah shook her head. 'Not at the (picture) swings.' " Gimmick takes precedence over story, and the result is liable to bore beginning or prereaders and those who are trying to help them. --Carolyn Jenks, formerly at Oyster River Elementary School, Durham,Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.