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20th out of 35 books
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See Me Run
by
Paul Meisel
Happiness is a day in the park for a pack of joyful canines. Their doggy day becomes even more wonderful when they discover a mother lode of bones! But when the bones magically arrange themselves as a T. rex, the dogs find themselves running once again, this time away from the giant skeleton.
Hardcover, 24 pages
Published
August 1st 2011
by Holiday House
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Genre: Controlled Vocabulary
Summary: A pack of dogs spend a day running around and enjoying the park, and then something spectacular happens--they dig up a dinosaur!
A. As the winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel award, there is no doubt that this book serves as a wonderful first read. The author's use of controlled vocabulary make the reading perfect for the intended audience.
B. The author was very conscious about the type of writing and vocabulary he used in this title, for it is a great piece to...more
Summary: A pack of dogs spend a day running around and enjoying the park, and then something spectacular happens--they dig up a dinosaur!
A. As the winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel award, there is no doubt that this book serves as a wonderful first read. The author's use of controlled vocabulary make the reading perfect for the intended audience.
B. The author was very conscious about the type of writing and vocabulary he used in this title, for it is a great piece to...more
See Me Run (I Like to Read) by author: Paul Meisel] follows a pack of joyful canines who romp and run in the park until a surprising twist occurs.
A variety of dogs in a park run, chase one another, jump in mud, go for a swim, and dig, dig, dig! But there's a surprise for them at the end. This controlled vocabulary tail, er tale, uses just 29 words. The story has lots of humor.
The strength of this book are definitely the illustrations. Meisel's pen and ink, acrylic ink and colored pencil artwork...more
A variety of dogs in a park run, chase one another, jump in mud, go for a swim, and dig, dig, dig! But there's a surprise for them at the end. This controlled vocabulary tail, er tale, uses just 29 words. The story has lots of humor.
The strength of this book are definitely the illustrations. Meisel's pen and ink, acrylic ink and colored pencil artwork...more
This is a delightful little story! The language is very simple and repetitive but in a sparkling way as opposed to a boring repetition. The title is also the first line of the story. I read it and thought OH NO! Shades of Jane, Dick and Spot! But luckily that was the closest Meisel came to those dreadful stories. The hero of the story is a dog, natch. he and his dog pals have fun playing, getting dirty, getting clean (in a river) and having a wonderful time. Then they decide to dig. And dig. Unt...more
Dogs, dogs, dogs. They run, they jump, and run and run. A book about dogs, this easy reader, follows the day of dogs. The dogs begin by chasing one dog. While they are running they find some mud puddles and jumped in and have some fun. After that they need a bath so they find a stream. Following their bath they begin to dig and encounter something that sends them on the run once again.
This book is a good stepping-stone for children that are beginning to learn how to read. There are words that...more
This book is a good stepping-stone for children that are beginning to learn how to read. There are words that...more
his book received the 2012 Theodor Seuss Geisel honor and was selected by the Junior Library Guild for Fall 2011. The illustrations are done in a variety of inks and pencils, with rich color and movement of the characters. The dogs in the story are full of personality and convey action beautifully. Children will enjoy looking for each dog on successive pages, probably picking out a favorite to follow throughout the story. One dog is the leader, but it is nevertheless fun to follow the action the...more
The text of this book is very simple and repetitive as it is really designed to be a first reader. (The opening page: "See me run. I run and run.") The real beauty of this book - as a story time read aloud - are the fabulous illustrations and the giant surprise the dogs receive when they, "dig and dig and dig and dig." One dog leads and amazing pack of a dozen dogs on an adventure through a meadow, mud puddle, and joyous bath in a river (this is the only book out of four where the dogs enjoyed a...more
Wow. This is an impressively stupid book. In the grand tradition of Dick and Jane: "See me run. I run and run. See them come. They come and come." And then they all dig, unearthing the skeleton of a dinosaur, which proceeds to get up and chase them. ("What is this? It is big. It is mad.)
Perhaps I'm being too harsh. The illustrations are fine. The dinosaur thing is kind of funny. Perhaps it would be good for young ESL students. But even then, I think you can do better.
(Note: I received a free adv...more
Perhaps I'm being too harsh. The illustrations are fine. The dinosaur thing is kind of funny. Perhaps it would be good for young ESL students. But even then, I think you can do better.
(Note: I received a free adv...more
May 22, 2012
Fjóla
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
4 - 6 year olds, easy reader
Shelves:
children-s-books
This is an easy reader book, and that's why we liked it. Most of the easy reader books we find at the library are quite old, worn and faded, if not old fashioned as well. This one was brand new, modern, with bright, fun pictures of dogs, and it seemed like a good read. And it was, until the last two page spreads were the dogs come across the skeleton of a dinosaur, the skeleton which then proceeds to rise up and come to get the dogs. Quite scary, if you ask me. At least to me son it was, and aft...more
A dog enjoys an outing in the park where there's plenty of room to run, which all dogs seem to love to do. One dog becomes four, then eleven, then more, as they all chase the first dog and do all sorts of canine things, such as wallowing in mud, swimming in the water, and digging. But they are all in for a big surprise once their digging is finished. This is a simple text intended for beginning readers who will surely enjoy the story. The pen and ink, acrylic ink, and colored pencil illustration...more
This book is one of the 2012 Honor books for the (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award because it is a well-written beginning reader book for children. This book shows how far we have come since the days of the Dick & Jane books. A group of dogs go on a run one day and encounter a big surprise. While using simple beginning reader language, this book still creates a fun and entertaining story for children to read. The full color illustrations add to the action and adventure of the story. Picture cues,...more
Meisel, P. (2011). See Me Run. New York: Holiday House.
Enjoy a great book about dogs with these easy to read words and short structured sentences. You will love the illustrations of the variety of dogs shown. The excited dogs spend the day at the park doing many things like, running, jumping in the mud, swimming, chasing each other and digging. It all comes to a halt when they find some bones that magically turn in to a T. Rex.
Enjoy a great book about dogs with these easy to read words and short structured sentences. You will love the illustrations of the variety of dogs shown. The excited dogs spend the day at the park doing many things like, running, jumping in the mud, swimming, chasing each other and digging. It all comes to a halt when they find some bones that magically turn in to a T. Rex.
Geisel Honor Award book - This is an Early Easy To Read book. There are only 29 different words of which there are 2 five letter words, 9 four letter words, 11 three letter words, 6 two letter words, 2 one letter words. The story does not have a traditional beginning, middle, and end. It follows a dog who is joined by his dog friends as they run, get wet and muddy, and then dig up a dinosaur fossil that runs after them in the end.
One of my very favorite early readers, especially for my little boys. It has the repetition that early readers need, without feeling repetitious. The dogs in this book are out on an adventure, running, chasing and digging as dogs do, when they stumble across a surprise: dinosaur bones! What could be more perfect? Dogs and dinosaurs, all in one book! And the ending comes with a fun twist that makes reading it again a pleasure.
I loved this clever easy reader! It is a book that students will latch on to because they can read it on their own. Along with that, it also has a clever plot. Students will enjoy reading this book over and over. I would use this book to explore CVC patterns such as run and dog. It also has several sight words that we can highlight throughout our school weeks. This book is also good for teaching perspective.
Do you remember Dick and Jane books? This book reminds me of Spot, their dog, "See Spot run. Run, Spot, run!" Except this book starts out "See me run. I run and run," before taking a weird turn at the end when the dogs dig up the bones of a T-Rex skeleton that turns on them. The kindergarteners laughed hard at the dogs romping in the mud to the scary dinosaur chasing after the dogs. A fun read with 5 year olds.
This book could be good for an early reader...heavy on sight words (come, and, we, they). The text is easy to read and the pictures provide an excellent visual to support the text.
Great for a shared reading with new readers as well. Predictions and connections can be easily made with this book. The text and pictures will be sure to entertain a young child!
Great for a shared reading with new readers as well. Predictions and connections can be easily made with this book. The text and pictures will be sure to entertain a young child!
This Seuss Honor book was a major disappointment. The story is so simple, there's nothing to it and it's pretty boring. This fantasy book is a very low level easy reader but unfortunately has no AR test for the young readers since they are the only ones who will be interested. The story is about one dog leading others in running and playing.
Jun 01, 2012
Amanda
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Audience: This book is intended for k through 2. It's a very easy read, just a few words on each page and they are written in large letters.
Appeal: The book has repetition and bright colors, making it a fun and easy read. This would be a good beginning book or a book to build success with a little bit older children.
class pre-reading
Appeal: The book has repetition and bright colors, making it a fun and easy read. This would be a good beginning book or a book to build success with a little bit older children.
class pre-reading
My kids liked this book alright but I was not a fan of the walking t-rex at the end. I was not anticipating it and really likedd the illustrations ans simplicity up until that point. I would have liked all the dogs to grab a bone for a snack instead of being chased by a skelaton. we'll see if anyone asks to read it again at our house.
Very cute early reader with lots of repeating text. Definitely appealing for dog lovers. The dogs behave predictably by running, chasing, digging, bathing, playing, and finally discovering a surprise made out of bones. Nice illustrations offer plenty of chances to talk about size, shape, color, expressions and feeling.
This picture book has a limited vocabulary, making it also a beginning reader. The very limited word list helped my struggling 1st grader feel confident, and the story was active and surprizing enough to engage him. The pictures show an interesting variety of dogs, done in a light watercolor wash.
This is a cute and enjoyable story about a day in the life of dogs. Starting with one, few to many dogs who all in all, discover things. The children to whom I read the story to enjoyed the illustrations and enjoyed to describing the dog's actions. Good for young children.
There are so many beginning reader books out there that are boring and they often make me think that if I were learning to read this wouldn't be a good motivation. I thought this book on the other hand was fun and surprising which is what a beginning reader book should be.
Sometimes I wish early readers would only come in their usual size. This text feels SO easy for a picture book. The pictures are cute and there's a bit of a surprise at the end. I will have to show this to grade 1 teachers to help this book find its audience.
Jul 07, 2012
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
beginning readers and parents reading with them
This is a beginning reader book that features a bunch of dogs. The narrative is rather simple and the illustrations are colorful and cartoonish. We enjoyed reading this short book together, even though our girls have grown out of reading books like this.
A pack of dogs are having fun running around, playing in the water, and digging. When they discover some bones they get happier than ever, but then the bones rearranged themselves into a T-Rex. This pack better starts running again. Gr. PK-3
The one interesting thing about this book, besides that it is about dogs, is that it is a large emergent reader. I must have ordered it for the JERs, but it is more of a picture book size, even though the text and pictures are stock emergent reader.
A Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor book of 2012. Dogs are in the park running, digging and bathing. Once one starts digging, they all begin to dig. They dig so much that they discover a dinosaur skeleton that is not pleased at being disturbed.
As a brilliant picture book text, of course this is lacking. But as a controlled-vocabulary reader with a some nice doggy illustrations and an unexpected ending to reward all that hard decoding work, it's pretty good.
A pack of dogs spend a joyous day in a park, running, rolling, bathing, and digging. Simple text plays off brightly colored illustrations--just right for new readers. A 2012 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book.
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Paul Meisel is the illustrator of Harriet’s Had Enough! by Elissa Haden Guest, What’s the Matter in Mr. Whiskers’ Room? by Michael Elsohn Ross, Dear Baby by Sarah Sullivan, and many other books, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor–winning See Me Run. Paul Meisel lives in Connecticut.
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