Tiny Tales: Firefly Night (I Can Read Comics Level 3)

by Steph Waldo (Author) Steph Waldo (Illustrator)

Tiny Tales: Firefly Night (I Can Read Comics Level 3)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Tiny Tales: Nighttime Adventure is the latest addition to HarperAlley's I Can Read Comics line, which familiarizes kids with the world of graphic novel storytelling and teaches visual literacy to emerging readers. This is a Level Three book, meaning it's a complex story for an independent reader.

It’s hard to see in the dark…unless you’re Firefly! Will Firefly be able to show their friends the beautiful moonflower, or will sleep win the night?

This third installment of the Tiny Tales series also has a "Cartooning Basics" page at the front of the book and a "Nature Guide" page at the back, making it the whole package for emerging readers—and a great example of what I Can Read Comics is all about!
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Kirkus

Waldo makes her cast of creepy-crawlies downright endearing; fans will recognize the snail and the slugs from her previous title. The colorful creatures pop effectively against the deep purples of the night. With just a few panels per page and a limited word count, this short comic will please comics newbies. An exciting, friendship-filled nighttime romp.

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2--As the sun sets in the forest, Firefly's bioluminescence burns bright and so does his enthusiasm to share the wonders of nighttime life. With drooping eye stalks, Snail, Rolly, and the rest of their creepy-crawly cohort sleepily embark on a quest with Firefly to see the moonflower bloom. Ever the nocturnal hype man, Firefly eagerly tells his day-dwelling friends all about the unfamiliar--and sometimes frightening--sounds of the darkness. The group of gastropods and insects play a silly game of shadow puppets and find the croaks and chirps of the night soothing after Firefly's reassurances. So soothing, in fact, that sleep threatens to set in. Will they keep their peepers open long enough to see the moonflower bloom? Perhaps it was more about the adventure along the way. This third installment in Waldo's "Tiny Tales" early comic series will encourage emerging readers to notice the marvelous in the everyday--with a big dose of humor to boot. VERDICT A tiny tale that teaches a big lesson: often the journey has more value than the destination.--Sarah Simpson

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Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780063289611
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Harperalley
Publication date
May 14, 2024
Series
I Can Read Comics Level 3
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002140 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Insects, Spiders, etc.
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV008050 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Animals
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Night
Graphic novels
Readers
Readers (Publications)
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
Fireflies
Moonflower
Moonflowers

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