Usborne Book Review: The Complete Book of Farmyard Tales
When you want to read books with a younger child, then Usborne’s Complete Book of Farmyard Tales is a good place to start. The Complete Book of Farmyard Tales is centered around the happenings on a not so typical farm. The book is intended for emerging readers, but can also be a read aloud book for younger kids, from ages 2 and up.
Contents of The Complete Book of Farmyard Tales
The Complete Book of Farmyard Tales contains all twenty stories from the series, making it a great addition to your library, without the hassle and cost of buying all twenty books separately. The book will be a favorite for kids age’s two to eight, and can easily be read alone by kids who have learned their basic phonics skills.
A CD also comes included with The Complete Book of Farmyard Tales; so that your child can listen to the stories when reading time is just too short. The CD is better for older kids, especially those who are just learning to read. You can use the CD in the car, or as a guide for silent reading, as well.
Dual Text
Usborne’s Complete Book of Farmyard Tales is one of only books that uses a dual text system to help building reading skills. There is text at the top of the page that is intended for emerging reader and text at the bottom of each page that can be read by an adult or by more advanced readers.
The text at the top of each page is simple, and easy for new readers to grasp even with only minimal phonics training. This book is excellent for bedtime stories, since it is an interactive text that brings adults and children into the story by taking turns reading out loud.
The best thing about the dual text is that your family will be able to use The Complete Book of Farmyard Tales for many years to come.
Building Awareness
The Complete Book of Farmyard Tales is also a great way to introduce your child to the adventures that happen on a farm. The stories are funny and interesting, so you won’t get tired of reading them even when your child begs to hear one of the stories again and again. But with twenty stories to choose from, you may not even have to read the same story twice.
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