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K-3I Can Read Book series.
Illustrated by
Erik Blegvad.
Forty poems in this easy reader cover familiar, albeit sentimental, childhood experiences. Some are season specific, while others address less cyclic childhood reflections. Frequent nonstandard punctuation creates obstacles for beginning readers, but Zolotow's brief poems use familiar vocabulary, and Blegvad's illustrations provide visual clues.