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Summary: Silly Reading Fun
Review: Colin and Jacqui Hawkins created Pat the Cat to help their daughter learn to read. The rhyming split pages helped her recognize new words simply by changing a single letter as she turned each page. They then wrote Jen the Hen, Mig the Pig, Tog the Dog and Zug the Bug. These stories are filled with rhyming humor and have been compared to Dr. Seuss, which is why I think I like them so much. For the first time, the five books have been brought together in a "starter pack" so your child can start on their road to reading. The books are really hilarious and will make your children laugh out loud. Pat the Cat is my absolute favorite. He says: "Every cat should wear a hat." on the cover and then you open the book and find the last page has his picture and the word PAT. Then on all the shorter pages, you have c, f, m, h, b, r, s and n and line up with the AT so each page makes a different word as in cat, fat, mat, hat, bat, rat, sat, Nat. The story is silly and starts with: "Do you know Pat the cat? Your child can then sound out the word C-A-T. Turn the page and you will find a very fat cat saying: "Fat, I'm not Fat!" Two little caterpillars comment on everything on each page. All sorts or animals including Nat the Rat and Tat the Bat climb into his hat. Then Pat tries to get into his hat and the caterpillars have something to say. Jen the Hen teaches children how to send a letter to a friend. Mig the Pig likes to wear a bright wig and also eats "fig" pie. Tog the Dog likes to Jog and so he gets into all sorts of trouble on his run through the pages. Very creative! Zug the Bug goes fishing with a dog names Pug and then they glug down milk from a jug. The slug is quite the character in this book and the two caterpillars are just hilarious. This set will teach children that reading is fun and they will soon be asking to read more books. This is a lovely introduction to reading, with great illustrations.
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Summary: Your child will love these books
Review: I just started reading these books to my daughter and she loves them. The silly rhymes make her smile and laugh and she's only 3 months old! I can't wait until she's reading them herself. Each of the books tells a short story and does it in a way that is very entertaining. I wish DK would print more Pat the Cat books. I'd love to introduce my daughter to more of Pat's friends.
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