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Raymond and Roxy
Ready? Set. Birthday! (Raymond and Roxy)
Do you have a birthday coming up? Raymond does and he can't wait! This Step 2 early reader captures all the excitement and anticipation that children experience in the lead-up to their special day!
Raymond likes to do everything fast ! It's almost his birthday and he wants time to fly! He plays outside. He helps Papa wash the car. He even goes to bed early, but his birthday can't come soon enough! Maybe his friend Roxy can help him enjoy the wait...and celebrate, too! This sequel to Ready? Set. Raymond (which marked its 20th Anniversary in 2022!) will delight young readers who will definitely be able to relate.
Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
Raymond likes to do everything fast ! It's almost his birthday and he wants time to fly! He plays outside. He helps Papa wash the car. He even goes to bed early, but his birthday can't come soon enough! Maybe his friend Roxy can help him enjoy the wait...and celebrate, too! This sequel to Ready? Set. Raymond (which marked its 20th Anniversary in 2022!) will delight young readers who will definitely be able to relate.
Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
32 pages, Paperback
Published September 20, 2022
5 people want to read
About the author
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
20 books95 followersVaunda Micheaux Nelson loves bringing books and children together and feels lucky to have two careers that foster this. The children's librarian and author says, "It was destined from the day I was born. My mother found my name in a novel she was reading."
Vaunda's first book, Always Gramma, was selected by the Children's Book Council as a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. Mayfield Crossing won the Georgia Children's Book in 1995, and Beyond Mayfield received a 1999 Parents' Choice Gold Award. Almost to Freedom, her most recent title, received a Coretta Scott King Honor for illustration in 2004. In addition, Vaunda's poetry has been published in Cricket and Cicada magazines.
Vaunda has been a teacher, newspaper reporter, bookseller, school librarian, and twice a member of the Newbery Award Committee. She holds master's degrees from The Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College, Vermont, and from the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science. Her memberships include the SCBWI, the American Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children. The Pennsylvania native is currently the young adult librarian at a public library in New Mexico, where she lives with her husband, Drew, and two cats.
Vaunda's first book, Always Gramma, was selected by the Children's Book Council as a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. Mayfield Crossing won the Georgia Children's Book in 1995, and Beyond Mayfield received a 1999 Parents' Choice Gold Award. Almost to Freedom, her most recent title, received a Coretta Scott King Honor for illustration in 2004. In addition, Vaunda's poetry has been published in Cricket and Cicada magazines.
Vaunda has been a teacher, newspaper reporter, bookseller, school librarian, and twice a member of the Newbery Award Committee. She holds master's degrees from The Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College, Vermont, and from the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science. Her memberships include the SCBWI, the American Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children. The Pennsylvania native is currently the young adult librarian at a public library in New Mexico, where she lives with her husband, Drew, and two cats.
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March 2, 2024
Raymond is adorably eager. He hates to wait for anything, and that sure applies to his upcoming birthday.
Helping his Dad wash the car... that helps time to pass. Everything is so much fun, with all that water to squirt over everyone!
He's a good boy. Even on his birthday he manages to take a nap, just because his mother wants him too.
When Raymond finally opens up his big birthday present, it is such a thrill. Worth all that waiting!
FIVE STARS for so much humanity and love of life, all packed into a Level 2 Reader with very, very few words and a whole lot of heart.
Helping his Dad wash the car... that helps time to pass. Everything is so much fun, with all that water to squirt over everyone!
He's a good boy. Even on his birthday he manages to take a nap, just because his mother wants him too.
When Raymond finally opens up his big birthday present, it is such a thrill. Worth all that waiting!
FIVE STARS for so much humanity and love of life, all packed into a Level 2 Reader with very, very few words and a whole lot of heart.
September 9, 2024
19 pages not 32
December 11, 2025
Time. It hits differently when we're kids, and this book explores that fairly well. My daughter also just LOVES birthday content, so it also gets a ratings boost for that reason.
November 23, 2022
I liked the story but not the illustrations.
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