The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Mayer, Mercer

Little Critter: Going to the Sea Park

40 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | September, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-257281-3 $9.99
New ed. (2009)

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Little Critter's class goes to Sea Park, encountering manatees, seals, and a good soaking at the whale show. Notwithstanding Mayer's recognizable cartoony illustrations and bland text, the brief, declarative sentences should attract emergent readers. Reissued as part of the sixtieth anniversary of the I Can Read series, this paper-over-board edition includes eight appended pages of the series' history and some background on beloved series characters.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter