Silly Milly

by Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator)

This delightful, rhyming easy reader is one big riddle. Miss Milly likes green but not red, butter but not bread, seeds but not flowers, and umbrellas but not showers. Readers are invited to guess why Miss Milly likes what she does. The answer? She likes double letters!

Whacky illustrations by Nadine Bernard Westcott will make this an easy-to-read favorite!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Humor, Poetry, Fiction

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Wendy Cheyette Lewison has written many books for children, including a Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year, Going to Sleep on the Farm. She lives in Westchester County, New York.
—(from Simon & Schuster's website)

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Silly Milly is most definitely a story for beginner readers. There is so much rhyming in the book it helps students with sound repetition. It's also great because students can repeat the sounds and try to figure out what she doesn't like.
The pictures in the book are very vibrant and fun. Which, along with the riddles and rhyme help keep the children engaged and interested as, they are trying to solve the riddle.

[Courtney Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for the level one reader because of the colorful images and easy wording. I got lost within the pages of this book, because there is so much detail, I could spend 20 minutes just examining each page. The word choice was so clever with the ending affirming that. Once the book ended I went back and looked at every page just to see if everything she liked contained two of the same letters. This book is so unexpected and cleverly written.

[Tarnisha Tolliver · Rating 5 out of 5]

Silly Milly by Wendy Lewison

This was a very cute story for young children to read that are on reading level A. The illustrations invite students in, but also provides hints for them as they are learning to read new words. Not only does this story have bright and colorful illustrations but this story also is a riddle that allow the students to think critically about the story.
When reading this with my kindergarten students, they reread the story again when they realized that Silly Milly was a riddle. They went back to double check all of Milly’s words to make sure all of the things she liked were words with double letters. This was not only a good read for practice, but the children really enjoyed the story and so did I.

[Katie Ritoch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silly Milly is a giant riddle book but the format is kind of confusing. The riddle should be more clearly stated but other than that the book is silly and fun for all children. You could easily use this book for children learning to read (1-3) and for older children for the fun riddle (3-5th). Silly Milly only likes things with double letters but there is no plot to this book.

[Kest Schwartzman · Rating 2 out of 5]

You, likely, are somewhat closer to the small person you are reading to than I am. You might make it through this book as many as 4-5 times before throwing it out the window.

It's pretty fun on the first read through.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

A simple read for beginner readers. A fun story with fun rhyming! SO silly, cute and fun!

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought that this was a cute book. It's a great book for beginner readers. and I have to say that I didn't know the riddle until the end. I would recommend this book to others.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Milly has lots of likes and dislikes but is there a connection. love the focus on language and ending I didn't see coming. preschool and up

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s always a good feeling when you have no idea what the solution is to a riddle in a children’s book. :)

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Milly expresses her silly preferences.

[Annika · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought the book was funny

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story with a lesson about double letters in words.

[Robin Coral · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun early reader that will keep the reader interested with silly thing and the book is a riddle in itself! Great pictures.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

She has particular likes and dislikes. My 5 year old granddaughter read this to me with a little help.

[Hannah Joly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great rhyming poem that is funny to the students and makes it interesting for them

[Tam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Both my boys (ages 4 & 8) thought this was a fun book to read. They could not figure out the riddle until they read the answer at the end.

"This is a riddle about Miss Milly.
Can you guess why she's so silly?
She likes green. She does not like red.
She likes butter. She does not like bread."

The book goes on with more things that Miss Milly likes and dislikes.

It ends with, "Miss Milly is so silly. Can YOU tell me why?"
Miss Milly replies, "I only like things with double letters."

[Laura]

Lewison, Wendy Cheyette. Silly Milly. (2010)

Annotation: Miss Milly like words like "butter" and "seeds", but does not like words that seem to go with the words she does like such as "bread" and "flowers". You have to figure out why she likes those words but not the other.

Themes: spelling, likes and dislikes

Ways to use with children: Since this is a riddle book you can have the students figure out why she likes those words. You can also talk about the relationships between the words put together.

Recommended ages: 5- 14

[J-Lynn Van Pelt · Rating 2 out of 5]

An interesting early reader book where Silly Milly only likes things that have double letters in them. The book has a repetitive pattern and rhyming to help beginning readers decode the text. However, the pictures, while fun and silly are overly detailed which makes the pictures hard to decode for picture support to understand the text which is needed at this level of reading.

[Ronna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bright pictures full of discussion possibilities, add a lot to this book. Short sentences on each page, with a mystery solved on the last page. Double letter words are part of this book, adding a skill level for new readers. Silly story definitely appeals to new young readers, helping to mask sounding out word frustrations.

[Jazmin Palma]

Bright colorful pictures on each page to engage the child. I daughter loved the book and it contains good vocabulary to learn. The book it self would be the activity and having the children guess the riddle about Silly Milly. It would be fun to see what the children come up with.

[Helen Halbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LUV TO read this book, it's my favorite book I know how to read. I can read it, although I am 6 years old. If I could have I would have rated it 100 out of 100 stars. My favorite part was when she said "I only like things with double letters". My birthday is in the fall.

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute little story for early readers.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My girls like it. They even occasionally talk about silly Milly and what she would and would not like.

[Graci · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute. Riddle for young or early readers. Pictures are really vibrant and fun.

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains a riddle about Miss Milly. Your child has to figure out why she is so silly! My 6-year-old thought this was a funny book, and it was a solid Level One read.

[Tori]

Perfect book for a beginning reader. The pictures are great and the story is entertaining for both boys and girls

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember the cover but just not the story

[Nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the illustrations and cute riddles in this book. My daughter enjoyed this book very much.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've gotta be honest: the book is presented as a riddle and the answer totally took me by surprised. It was fun to go back and look at what Milly likes and how it fits into the riddle's answer.

[Ms. Landrum's Class · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LIKE THIS BOOK BECUASE SOME TIMES SHE LIKES STUFF THAT IS CRAZY.


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