A Birthday for Boots

by Susan Hood, Susan Hall (Illustrator)

Quick! Count the goody bags before Swiper hides them all!
A NOTE TO PARENTS: Exposing your child to numbers and basic math skills is just as important as establishing a solid foundation of letters and words. "A Birthday for Boots" reinforces counting skills and introduces children to the concept of basic subtraction.
As you read through the book, ask your child to describe the pattern that occurs: with each page or two, Swiper snatches a party treat. The first time you read the story, count the goody bags before and after Swiper swipes them. On subsequent readings, ask your child to predict what number comes next.

Genres: Childrens

30 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Susan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Ada's Violin; Lifeboat 12; The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics; Shaking Things Up; Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team; and We Are One: How the World Adds Up.

Susan is the recipient of an E. B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Honor, the Christopher Award, the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, the Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given annually for “a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people.”

COMING IN MARCH, 2022!
Susan's newest book is Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis. Co-authored with Anna's (a.k.a. Zhanna's) son Greg Dawson, this biography in verse celebrates the life-saving power of the arts.

Reviews

[Bridgette Elston]

Most of the Dora books are just written versions of the TV episodes but this one was not. The rhyming made it fun to read, the counting and subtraction incorporated math, Spanish numbers and "swiper no swiping" made it classic Dora and there was even a look n find activity. Fantastic book; my 4 year old loved it.

[Miss Sarah]

Dora and friends are preparing for a birthday party including prepping 10 goody bags which seem to be dissapearing. Preschool and up

[Shelbi]

A good read for kids, especially around birthdays! Gets the kids excited for their birthday, like Boots!

[Dharia Scarab]

My love of reading started when i was young, and it gives me immense pleasure to provide books to Spread the Word Nevada, an organization that passes them on to children in the community. They are a terrific organization supporting an important cause. If your local I encourage you to check them out. For those living further a field, look in your own community, their may already be a similar program in place. And if not, you can always help start one.

http://spreadthewordnevada.org/

Myself, I go out on the weekends and
shop thrift store and bulk book lots to rescue books and donate them. Sometimes I'll find a book I remember reading when I was young and will read it again before passing it on.

I don't rate these books using my normal scale, instead I give most of them three stars. This isn't a Criticism of the book, simply my way of rating them as good for children.

[Keidra Polite]

This is a good book that tals about traditions. Children can learn new Spanish words from this book. Students can also learn not to steal from Swiper. Plus, students can learn how to follow directions from a map.

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