Book De*ion
Pal is a pup who’s a bit on the quiet side. But after some gentleprodding and encouragement from a few “talkative” friends, the pupfinds the courage to speak up and take his final bow-wow!

From Booklist
Reviewed with Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook's Mouse'sHide-and-Seek Words.

PreS-K. These effective new books from the Step into Reading seriesare labeled "phonics--ready to read." In Pup, this means usingrhyme and repetition; in Hide-and-Seek Words, it means findingsmall words in big ones. A small, black-and-white dog greets hisnew owner, but unlike the other animals, who quack, honk, and oinkwith impunity, Pal says nothing. When a cat meows at him, Palfinally speaks his piece: "Bow wow wow." Prereaders can use theirskills to match the animals with their sounds. The book extends theconcept by introducing sounds made by inanimate objects such astrains and tugs. The colorful pages feature sprightly, simplyshaped characters and animals. Hide-and Seek Words stretchesreaders a bit more with its word-within-a-word concept. In onepicture, for instance, the busy mouse rides a train; in the nextpicture it starts to rain. The word rain is highlighted in redwithin the word train. Plate/late, trip/rip, string/ring are just afew of the combinations, all of which work very well with the peppyart.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ilene Cooper

Card catalog de*ion
After Bo and Pal, his silent new puppy, go for a walk and hear thevarious sounds of animals and objects around them, Pal finallyspeaks up.

Book Dimension
length: (cm)19.7 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.8

兰登书屋出版社出版的Step into Reading分级阅读系列，致力于为孩子们创造最成功的阅读体验。这套系列丛书热销二十五年，全系列主要共分为1-5个级别（另增加了导读与独立阅读两个系列），每页包含2-60个单词，适合学龄前儿童至小学生阅读。整套系列都是原汁原味的英语原版图书，书中用词地道，词汇丰富，插画漂亮，有助于改善孩子的英语阅读能力。本系列书籍的内容包罗万象，有图画书、数学、经典童话故事、励志故事和科普类等。