Bright Star: An Acorn Book (the Adventure Friends #3)
by Brandon Todd (Author) Gloria Félix (Illustrator)
Adventure Friends Miguel and Clarke take a trip that's OUT OF THIS WORLD, in this full-color book perfect for beginning readers!
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This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!
Miguel and Clarke are on the look-out for their next great adventure. They go to the library to find ideas. Clarke reads about spies and Miguel reads about space. Across four short stories, Miguel and Clarke use the power of their imagination to travel to outer space, explore a new planet, make a map of the stars -- and they even encounter aliens!
With easy-to-read text and full-color artwork on every page, this adventure-filled early reader series is sure to be a hit with beginning readers!
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School Library Journal
K-Gr 2--The Adventure Friends are back for their third outing, and this time their eyes are set on the stars. Best friends Clarke, who is new in town, and Miguel, who knows everyone in town, are joined by Spider, the mayor's dog; all three share a love of adventure. In search of a new quest, Miguel and Clarke visit the library, where they collect all the adventure books they can find with the help of the librarian. After retreating to their secret fort, the pair read their books and try to find new ideas. Miguel shares that he has a plan, one that will take them far away. Later that evening, it is revealed that Miquel has built an out-of-this-world spaceship in his backyard. Spider joins them, and the trio blasts off into outer space, meets aliens (fireflies), experiences zero gravity (bouncing on the trampoline), and gazes at the stars. Four short chapters tell the story, with a few sentences per spread that contain both sight words and vocabulary-building text. Warm and vibrant illustrations capture the energy and enthusiasm of enjoyable imaginative play. Back matter includes a step-by-step guide for drawing Spider and invites readers to imagine their own space adventure. VERDICT Recommended for purchase where the series and beginning chapter books are popular.--Olivia Gorecke
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Praise for Lost Dog (The Adventure Friends #2):
"Readers can learn a few map reading skills, such as the cardinal directions, and the colorful map included in the front of the book could be used to show how to find streets... This book could be used for emerging readers to practice sight words and reading fluency." — School Library Journal
Praise for Treasure Map (The Adventure Friends #1):
"Young adventure-seekers will be pleased." — Kirkus Reviews
"Vibrant, warm illustrations are rendered in full-color artwork by prolific illustrator Félix. Todd... crafts an enjoyable story within four short chapters. This book can be used as part of lessons on mapmaking and using a compass." — School Library Journal
Praise for Tou-Can't by Brandon Todd:
"Sisterly affection and admiration sweetly serves to strengthen the rapport between siblings." — Kirkus Reviews
Gloria Félix holds a BFA in 3D Animation from Tecnológico de Monterrey and a MFA in Visual Development from Academy of Art in San Francisco. Clients include Pixar, Capstone, Valve, HBS Games, DeviantArt, Google HOLA etc. The Adventure Friends, written by Brandon Todd, is her debut early reader series. Currently Gloria lives and paints in Guadalajara, Mexico.
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
Picture books
Imagination
Maps
Libraries
Friendship in children
Imagination in children
Interstellar travel
