Bathtime for Biscuit

Biscuit

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator)

For fans of Clifford and Spot, welcome everybody’s favorite little yellow puppy, Biscuit, in an I Can Read adventure! Woof, woof! Biscuit needs a bath! Everything is ready for Biscuit's bath; everything except Biscuit! He wants to roll in the mud and play with his friend Puddles! Will Biscuit ever be clean? Join Biscuit in this bathtime fun-filled adventure. Bathtime for Biscuit , a My First I Can Read book, is carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and sweet illustrations—which means it's perfect for shared reading with emergent readers. 

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction, Dogs, 1st Grade, Kids

32 pages, Paperback

Published August 4, 1999

About the author

Alyssa Satin Capucilli was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and pursued her interest in dance, becoming a professional dancer and dance instructor. Though Capucilli had written stories, poems, and even puppet shows as a child, she didn't consider a career as a writer until after her own two children were born. To this day she sees herself as both a dancer and a writer, and the two professions complement each other nicely: dancing is, in her words, “telling stories in another way,” and readers of her children's books can attest to the rhythm of her language. Since 1994, she has written more than 15 books for children, and her work has been translated into French, Hebrew, Afrikaans, Greek, and Bulgarian.

Capucilli lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband and children. They have a chocolate Labrador retriever named Huckleberry, who likes to watch the author at work.

Reviews

[Karina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Summary: Read the Title...

Lots of woof woof! Bow wow! No plot just easy 2-4 word sentences. I do like the illustrations. Very toddler effective. Good for beginner readers.

[L. McCoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

SUPER FAST REVIEW:
Ya know what? I know that some may think it’s stupid that I’m 19 years old and this is one of my favorite series of books now but fuck it, I LOVE THIS SERIES!
Seriously the art is wonderful and adorable, the story is nice and it’s very funny!

It’s also notable for this book that it’s kinda similar to the first book but with various twists that actually made this unpredictable and a new character named Puddles is introduced, kinda hope we see more of Puddles later in the series!

Overall this book is super fun and cute as this whole series has been so far! The adorable illustrations, the humorous story, the lovable puppy protagonist. Yeah I love this series.
Highly recommended!

5/5

[Vivian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This earns five stars from me because it is the very first book my three-year-old granddaughter picked out herself at the library and then proceeded to read aloud to her mother, who wasn't aware she could read independently. She is very good at memorizing books read once to her and then "reading" them. This one was never read to her. She used picture clues, sight words, and some phonics or letter sound clues. Yeah!!!!!

[Harlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biscuit’s puppy friend is so cute!

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Biscuit is super-cute as he and his little friend Puddles run away from the bath the little girl has prepared. Adorable puppies are getting dirtier instead of cleaner!

[Kaitlyn Inman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bathtime for biscuit is a very interesting book, I liked how it was very repetitive it was. Every time after they would say what biscuit was doing they would say "woof, woof". This book would be very interesting to me as a child because things like that would keep me engaged. I feel like that is why they did that in the book because it is very hard to keep children interested for a long time. Overall, I enjoyed reading this book since I read when I was a child.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

“What a funny book!”

(read aloud by himself at 4yo, no words missed)

[Olivia Lullie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary:
"Bathtime for Biscuit" is about Biscuit the dog, and the attempt to get him to take a bath. Biscuit stepped in mud and now needs a bath. His owner can't seem to get him to stay in the bathtub; his friend Puddles comes by and Biscuit jumps out of the bath to play in the mud again. This book is for transitional readers as a first level book.

Evaluation:
This is a great book to use with transitional readers. The illustrations match the words as you read in order to provide picture clues. There is repetition throughout the book to help with site word recognition and words in general. The book is simple and the text is big and bold with good spacing and white space around it to help with focus.

Teaching Idea:
This book would be great to focus on comprehension while reading as well as fluency. This book has step-by-step events and a beginning, middle, and ending event that students could easily pick up on. I would use this book in a guided/shared reading lesson and work with the student reader on retelling the story.

[Daniel Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can remember reading this book as a child learning to read and enjoying it, and this sentiment still has not changed. This book is relatable to almost any child. Children love animals, and many children enjoy reading about them. This book was in the "learning to read" section of the library and this would be a great book to do this. It is not too challenging, but still would allow the child to have to think to be able to read it. Many children could also relate to the child in the book. She struggles to give Biscuit a bath, which many children also struggle to do things that involve their pets. Biscuit and Puddles also play in the sprinkler and run in the mud which many children also like to do. This book gets 5/5 stars from me based not only on the nostalgia, but also how easily it could help a child learn how to read.

[Christy Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book at Goodwill to sell at flea market, but no one wanted so I kept it. It's time for biscuit to get a bath, but he wants to do everything but.

Biscuit wants to dig roll, play with his friend Puddles all the while his owner is trying to get him in his tub for bath.

The illustrations were great. I liked ending with not only Biscuit and Puddles getting a bath, but the little girl falling in too.

It's defiantly a fun read for kids and fast pace. Keep for my own someday. I loved the dogs they were both cute.

[Victor Navarro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intended Audience: Preschool- 1 grade, ages between 2-6 years old.
The story is about a little girl trying to give her puppy a bath. But her puppy does not want a bath. So he decides to run around and dig holes. The little girl grabs her pup, Biscuit and places him into a bucket. Then one of his other puppy friends came along. Both get into some trouble. Now all three need a bath.
I chose this book, since this reminds me of my dog, Mossa who loves to play in the dirt and enjoys her time outside. But when it comes to bath time. She tends to not enjoy it much.
Lexile Measure: 150L

[Meg McGregor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Biscuit is, one of the literary world's, cutest puppies!

In this story, everything is ready for Biscuit's bath; except Biscuit, because he doesn't want one!

And of course, being Biscuit, he always has time, to see friends including Puddles, who also does not want to take a bath!

I have been reading, this series of books to little ones for over ten years and I still enjoying reading about Biscuit's different adventures!

[Riley Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The amount of reputation in this book is perfect for early readers. Alyssa Capucilli also understands the importance of high energy and emphasizes this throughout the story. She adds the sounds associate with the animals in a creative way. Biscuit throughout the book barks and is fun for students to hear.

[DaddyReads2Daughter · Rating 3 out of 5]

A friend gave us several of the “Biscuit books.” Right now my 20 month old girl just likes the picture of the dog and the dog sounds (“woof!”) but I foresee this being an ideal book when she starts reading. It has simple sentences, repetition, cute illustrations, and a simple plot.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children absolutely adore this book. Reading literature is so important to the development of a child's mind, and I cannot think of thing I would rather do then sit down to read to them in the evenings. Imagination and growth are so vital in those so young.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my favorite book series( my favorite book) in pre-k. It taught me to not procrastinate because then you never get work done. Now I don't usually wait till the end to do things like a homework assignment.

[Rayjan Koehler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Says level 0/preschool, but is more like a 1 at least with the number of words on most pages (usually 1 or 2 words is level 0 but most of these seem to have around 9 or more and the last page has 13).

Cute little book for beginner readers though.

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

5/11/17 Naomi read to Julia & me.

[Cara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute book about Biscuit the puppy that doesn't want a bath. This is a great book for kids learning to read with simple words, repetitive phrases, and short sentences.

[Haaley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good repetition for first-readers. Not a lot of substance in story for older kids; Still fun for little ones.

[Carolyn Jeziorski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Preschool and PreK kids really live the Biscuit books. They enjoy doing the “Woof woof” lines. This book could have been about my dog—she’s not a fan of baths.

[Jc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Puppies like to get in trouble.

[Cara · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son just finished reading this book all by himself for an AR test at school. I couldn't be more proud.

[Melinda Christensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book about Biscuit not wanting to take a bath, just like a kid, to his mother's chagrin!

[Steven R. McEvoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My youngest daughters favorite picture book series. We had read a few before today. Today we read several more together.

[Alyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute. Not sure how well it would work in storytime. Leveled readers are always a bit of a challenge for me in storytime.

[Cyndy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Biscuit stories are adorable. What's not to like about a story about a dog?

[Deanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book for beginner readers to gain confidence!

[Noreen · Rating 5 out of 5]

My grandchildren love for me to read them the books about Biscuit.

[Alice' Harper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down my favorite book of the series. Loved this one.