I Spy a Skeleton

I Spy Readers

by Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Photographer)

[Scholastic Reader Level 1]

All new, easy-to-read spooky riddles by Jean Marzollo are paired with fun I SPY photographs from Walter Wick to create an I Spy easy reader that's perfect for Halloween!

Genres: Childrens, Halloween, Picture Books, Holiday

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2010

About the author

Jean Marzollo was an American children's author and illustrator best known for the I Spy series, a best-selling and award-winning collection written entirely in rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Walter Wick. Over her career, she wrote more than 100 books for children, parents, and educators, including Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20, The Little Plant Doctor, and Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. Born and raised in Connecticut, she graduated from the University of Connecticut and earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught high school English and later worked in educational publishing, serving for 20 years as editor of Scholastic’s Let’s Find Out Magazine. Later in life, she began illustrating her own books.

Reviews

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

Walter Wick's photography and illustrations in the I Spy and Can You See What I See books are amazing. This is a great light reader for young children. This book is intended to be a little spooky, a little creepy and yet still be a learning tool. It does that very well. It is fun to read and work through.

The Leveled readers from Scholastic are a great way to introduce your child to reading. The levels are:
Pre1: ABC's & First Words
Level 1: Sight words, words to sound out and simple sentences.
Level 2: New vocabulary and longer sentences.
Level 3: Reading for inspiration and information.
Each book has a level rating, a grade level, a reading level, a lexile level and a word count on the back.

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Occupational Therapy - Helping to structure sentences and writing for seven year old son ASD

[raccoon reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book! Cute, not too many words for a reluctant reader like my kiddo (7) is.

[Stephen Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

My preschooler friends love this book. Within one weeks time, I’ve read it to them at least ten times!

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cool pictures and riddles

[Scott Houston · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are always fun, and it is always nice to see students engaged with whatever they are reading. The spooky atmosphere in this sequence of the series can make it harder to find the objects, but it can also tie into themes of Halloween time in the curriculum. I would recommend this book to students who are not very interested in reading. I would also like to have partners try going through the story to compete with who could find the objects fastest.

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too easy for my 6 year old! She likes the challenging puzzles.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good I Spy book! I must admit that some of the pictures were very difficult to make out the objects in which one is to find, but with some careful studying, it can be done!

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Received just in time for Halloween. A great favorite of my skeleton-obsessed boys.

[Nola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always fun.

[Jaime · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun book for a child!