The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Gelman, Rita Golden

Pizza Pat

32 pp. | Random | May, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-679-99134-4 $$11.99 | Paper ISBN 0-679-89134-X $$3.99

(3) K-3 Step into Reading series. Illustrated by Will Terry. "This is the tray that Pat bought." This mouth-watering cumulative story, in the style of The House That Jack Built, has pizza-maker Pat creating a "pizza all cooked and chewy and spicy and sloppy and gloppy and gooey." Expressive, humorous illustrations, along with a silly, easy-to-read story, will make it hard for new readers to resist reading this one over and over again for the delicious fun of it.

Reviewer: Susan Halperin