Vikram Madan – illustratör

A busy home bustles with activity—and unexpected neighbors—in this sweet early reader about welcoming new friends, by a Geisel Honor winning creator.This cactus is home to many critters. Birds tweet. . . bats read. . . owls play. Everyone shares, and everyone has fun! But one day, spiders move into the cactus. The rest of the critters aren't sure about the spiders. . . They are new. Will they share? Will they be fun? No one knows. Then a storm hits their cactus home. Right away, the spiders pitch in to help. They join. They fix. They make repairs. Maybe these new neighbors will become new friends. . .

A little robot makes merry mischief by copying everything his friends do in this laugh-out-loud Ready-to-Go Ready-to-Read by Theodor Seuss Geisel Honorwinning author-illustrator Vikram Madan.Robot wants to have fun and do everything his friends can do: see-saw, paint, play the drum, and stomp in shoes. Butshould Robot really do everything? Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, this story was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading! And what better way to get kids excited than with a hilarious story with words they can read on their own? Each Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read includes a note to parents explaining what their child can expect, a guide at the beginning for readers to become familiar with the words they will encounter in the story, and reading comprehension questions at the end. Each Ready-to-Go! story contains about 100 words. This book features thirty sight words, five rhyming words, fourteen bonus words, and repetition to help children reinforce their new reading skills. So come on and get reading!