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June 13, 2021
I feel like this book missed the point completely. While the words are simple and you can read the action things easily, but I almost wish these actions would be something you could imitate while reading, which might make the book a little more fun and add an interactive component. Exercising while reading!
The ending too, seemed a little out there. We land somewhere with no hint or clue this was where we were going. Maybe some foreshadowing? Which I know is a lot to ask from an easy ready, but that actually helps in literacy, when you teach a child how to predict outcomes from clues found within stories.
In short, this book provides very little value other than giving a child a familiar character to latch onto as they practice sounding out and reading words. Which is okay, but it's not what this book could have done which is too bad.
The ending too, seemed a little out there. We land somewhere with no hint or clue this was where we were going. Maybe some foreshadowing? Which I know is a lot to ask from an easy ready, but that actually helps in literacy, when you teach a child how to predict outcomes from clues found within stories.
In short, this book provides very little value other than giving a child a familiar character to latch onto as they practice sounding out and reading words. Which is okay, but it's not what this book could have done which is too bad.
September 23, 2018
Fun for kids who like Dora. Good introduction to spanish words too.
September 14, 2020
I like that at the end they got ice cream! I like the book itself. I love the pictures, the words, and I loved all of it.
February 12, 2025
My daughter’s favorite book to be read and quite honestly my favorite book to read. Couldn’t recommend more!!!
November 19, 2013
I'll admit it. I am not a fan of Dora. She's in the same category as that purple dinosaur who shall not be named. This book doesn't even have any Spanish in it. We prefer Dinosaur Train, Shaun the Sheep, Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, Sesame Street, and Super Why in this house. Pretty much anything on PBS or BBC. The only good part about this book was that there was ice cream at the end of it, but it was only in the book. We didn't really have ice cream. I guess even that part wasn't even that great.
April 17, 2012
I think this is a copy-cat book? I have very little memory of it. I don't mean to sound down on all these books, because I read them for the sake of encouraging literacy in my kid, but they're obviously not "well-loved children's classics" in any way.
April 1, 2008
Really cute book with LOTS of action verbs! Row across the lake! Row! Row! Row!
November 1, 2008
oh goody dora found her way to the ice cream party. uses action words.
July 24, 2011
good early reader, using text to relate to the television show
October 9, 2012
cute book
April 30, 2014
Easy quick read, would be great for the child who is first learning to read.
September 24, 2014
I like that they all play together
January 26, 2016
This is a good beginning reader book. It has simple small sentences per page. Action without being to overly active. My 4 year old granddaughter giggled and followed along as I read this to her.
August 21, 2019
Dora the explorer and her friends boots and swiper are introduced in this preschool easy reader.
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