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Otis the Tractor
Otis's Busy Day
Join Otis and his farmyard friends for all kinds of fun. Now available in Step into Reading, the premier early reader line.
Otis is a very busy tractor. He loves working on the farm and playing with his friends. But at the end of a long day, Otis is happy to go home and rest! This is the perfect complement to Loren Long's New York Times bestselling picture books featuring Otis, and a great book with which to learn to read!
Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired picture clues help children decode the story.
Otis is a very busy tractor. He loves working on the farm and playing with his friends. But at the end of a long day, Otis is happy to go home and rest! This is the perfect complement to Loren Long's New York Times bestselling picture books featuring Otis, and a great book with which to learn to read!
Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired picture clues help children decode the story.
32 pages, Paperback
First published May 29, 2014
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About the author
Loren Long
117 books144 followersI grew up in Lexington, Kentucky in the 1970’s. We had no artists of any kind in the family. We didn’t know any artists. I liked sports, especially baseball. My mother read to me a lot. But I have to admit, my favorite subject in school was gym class. I also liked to draw. My parents encouraged me to keep drawing.
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September 9, 2017
Otis is a very busy tractor, with. Numerous skills. When He meets a new friend, Otis is so very happy. He plays and dances until he's too tired to do much of anything else. At that point, it's time to turn this busy day into one with a nap pinned to it. While note yet ready to read alone, Neo is excited to explore books like Otis, piecing together words and ideas in hopes of being as voracious a reader as some of his family members.
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February 26, 2022Just enjoyed this cute little book with my emerging reader! She loved being able to guess some of the unfamiliar words as she sounded them out. She just asked if we could get another out from the library.
June 25, 2017
This is a very well-composed and -designed early reader.
December 12, 2018
He had a busy, busy, busy, busy day. Also, he wanted to relax.
April 12, 2024
This book may ignite your curiosity about how it feels to be Otis, that indispensible guy at the farm. Oh yes, Otis just happens to be a tractor.
Hey, you may as well imagine anything you like. Being a tractor, Otis is called "Otis" by human beings but he really has no inner life.
For that reason, I find it fascinating to imagine how, at the end of a long work day, Otis is happy to go home.
RATING THIS BOOK
Although this narrative strains credulity, I'm happy to give it FIVE STARS. It's easy to read and nothing scary happens. Not too shabby.
Hey, you may as well imagine anything you like. Being a tractor, Otis is called "Otis" by human beings but he really has no inner life.
For that reason, I find it fascinating to imagine how, at the end of a long work day, Otis is happy to go home.
RATING THIS BOOK
Although this narrative strains credulity, I'm happy to give it FIVE STARS. It's easy to read and nothing scary happens. Not too shabby.
October 29, 2018
This book was so cute. Maybe it was because I grew up around tractors, especially the older kind, but it was such a heartwarming, cute story.
April 3, 2020
I don’t like this book but it’s easy
June 13, 2019
Read to me by my 6-year-old.
November 7, 2016
Boring book about a weird tractor.
This is a boring book. I guess it's good for kids who like tractors. It's really basic, which makes it easy to read to a small child. The sentences are very simplistic. The art is in a very strange style. There is a personified tractor with eyes and a mouth that does things that tractors aren't actually able to do like dancing and singing.
The anthropomorphic tractor goes through his day. He does some activities in very simple words. He gives a dog a ride. He goes home. He goes to sleep. The end.
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This is a boring book. I guess it's good for kids who like tractors. It's really basic, which makes it easy to read to a small child. The sentences are very simplistic. The art is in a very strange style. There is a personified tractor with eyes and a mouth that does things that tractors aren't actually able to do like dancing and singing.
The anthropomorphic tractor goes through his day. He does some activities in very simple words. He gives a dog a ride. He goes home. He goes to sleep. The end.
For more children's book reviews, see my website at http://www.drttmk.com.
February 21, 2015
Beginning Reader Picture book
Guided Reading level C
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers; Reprint edition (June 26, 2014)
This is a wonderful beginning reader book. It tells about Otis's day on the farm and all of the things he does. I love the illustrations that support the text. I would use this book with beginning readers. I think boys would especially love this story. This book could be used with a farm unit.
Guided Reading level C
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers; Reprint edition (June 26, 2014)
This is a wonderful beginning reader book. It tells about Otis's day on the farm and all of the things he does. I love the illustrations that support the text. I would use this book with beginning readers. I think boys would especially love this story. This book could be used with a farm unit.
July 18, 2014
A simple story about Otis's day on the farm. The simplicity gives this book a very classic feel, as do the accessible and brief sentences that grace most of the spreads (Otis goes up.\ Otis goes down.\ Otis jumps.)A comforting easy reader for very young Otis fans just starting to read independently.
April 24, 2015
We were in the store today to pick out books for a little girl's birthday. My Kindergarten son picked out this book -- I don't think it was for the little girl. On the way home, he read it to us -- perfectly.
This Easy Reader has a little bit of a story, and fabulous illustrations. You just can't go wrong with an Otis book.
This Easy Reader has a little bit of a story, and fabulous illustrations. You just can't go wrong with an Otis book.
October 16, 2014
beginner book Yes, a level 1 reader that actually has short simple sentences with words appropriate for a true beginner reader. The hardest word is probably tractor. The illustrations aren't real colorful, but they are good and plentiful.
August 17, 2015
Otis is a tractor and he lives and works on a farm where he does many things. One of my favorite things he did in this story was to make a new friend. Simply written and smartly illustrated, this book and the other Otis books are great for beginning readers.
November 2, 2014
A wonderful companion to Loren Long's Otis series! Kindergarten friends will love the fact that they can read an Otis book all by themselves with this early reader! Hope there are more to come!
November 8, 2014
We love Otis
My four year old is in love with tractors so when he came upon Otis in his preschool library he was hooked. the photos and stories are terrific.
My four year old is in love with tractors so when he came upon Otis in his preschool library he was hooked. the photos and stories are terrific.
July 1, 2015
I wish all books for emerging readers were this good.
May 10, 2015
cute. simple book for early readers.
May 28, 2015
This is the first book that my two year old completely memorized.
March 22, 2016
Excellent beginning reader follows Otis the tractor on a normal work day. Excellent drawings of his activities. Wonderful book for those K-1 readers.
March 24, 2016
I love Otis, and I know a certain kindergartener who will love reading the Penguin Young Reader level 1 book!
May 6, 2016
We are huge Otis fans. Although this one was a short one I am excited that my Kindergartner can nearly read the whole thing AND all of Otis' friends from previous stories were in it.
June 30, 2016
This is a perfect beginners reader. Otis is awesome and the sentences are short and easy.
October 6, 2014
simple anthropomorphic cute tractor. what else would you want?
May 2, 2017
Synopsis: "Otis is a very busy tractor. He loves working on the farm and playing with his friends. But at the end of a long day, Otis is happy to go home and rest! This is the perfect complement to the Otis picture books and a great book with which to learn to read! Join Otis and his farmyard friends for all kinds of fun in this new leveled reader.
Excerpt:
Otis jumps.
Otis zips.
Look, a friend!"
My Review: This book came in a set that I picked up for Munchkin. We have enjoyed Otis books in the past and this book was no different. This is a great book for Level One Readers (kids who are just starting to read with help). The book does have a nice storyline that will keep the reader interested. It also has simple sentences (see the excerpt above), easy words and some sight words. And of course it has the Otis illustration style and his friends on the farm.
Excerpt:
Otis jumps.
Otis zips.
Look, a friend!"
My Review: This book came in a set that I picked up for Munchkin. We have enjoyed Otis books in the past and this book was no different. This is a great book for Level One Readers (kids who are just starting to read with help). The book does have a nice storyline that will keep the reader interested. It also has simple sentences (see the excerpt above), easy words and some sight words. And of course it has the Otis illustration style and his friends on the farm.
March 29, 2018
Kayden loved it and helped me read it :)
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