Katy Duck Goes To Work (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Katy Duck

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Henry Cole (Illustrations)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Katy Duck makes a splash at her dad's office in this delightful Level 1 Ready-to-Read story for beginning readers.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 2014

About the author

Alyssa Satin Capucilli was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and pursued her interest in dance, becoming a professional dancer and dance instructor. Though Capucilli had written stories, poems, and even puppet shows as a child, she didn't consider a career as a writer until after her own two children were born. To this day she sees herself as both a dancer and a writer, and the two professions complement each other nicely: dancing is, in her words, “telling stories in another way,” and readers of her children's books can attest to the rhythm of her language. Since 1994, she has written more than 15 books for children, and her work has been translated into French, Hebrew, Afrikaans, Greek, and Bulgarian.

Capucilli lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband and children. They have a chocolate Labrador retriever named Huckleberry, who likes to watch the author at work.

Reviews

[Melissa]

They left the house for work, and nobody was crying. Parents were sober. No screaming. Unrealistic.

[Kim Hampton · Rating 5 out of 5]

My oldest daughter's name is Katy, so I wish these books would have been around when she was little.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Katy Duck gets to go to work with her dad. She dresses up very fancy and has a busy day at the office. Everything is going well until she dances a little too much and makes a mess.

[☼Bookish in Virginia☼ · Rating 3 out of 5]

~ borrowed from the Library

KATY DUCK GOES TO WORK is at the beginning 1st Grade Reading Level. This book has 273 words in a VERY large font. The artwork by Henry Cole is cute and will no doubt to appeal to many young children. Teachers should note that there is an Accelerated Reader test available.

This particular story is about going to work with daddy. The upside of the story is that it gives you an opportunity to show little ones, who probably won't be going to work with mommy or daddy, what older children might be doing at their parents place of employment on 'Take Your Child To Work' day.

In the story Katy does things like visit the water cooler, push buttons on the elevator, and drawing. She also accidentally makes a mess which she helps daddy clean up.


I personally like that Katy doesn't argue that the accidental mess isn't her fault. Instead she accepts the admonishment to be more careful and helps dad without a fuss. Other than that this is a pretty frivolous book. But we get these things to grab the interest of novice readers and this series is worth trying, particularly with very young children who are reading above grade level.

[Elanor]

All by herself!

[Brooke · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I'd give to go to work with Daddy... missing you. Such a sweet story

[Veni Premnath]

My son love to read this book. Initially i used to read to him during bedtime, later he made it as a habbit to read himself!!