Biscuit Finds a Friend Book and CD

Biscuit

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator)

In Biscuit Finds a Friend, Biscuit is back—and he's got a new friend. In his second adventure, the lovable yellow puppy meets an adorable lost duckling. Biscuit helps the duckling back to its pond, and their fun begins.

This My First I Can Read book is carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and sweet illustrations—which means it's perfect for shared reading with emergent readers. 

Read along with your favorite I Can Read Book characters!

I Can Read Books are the premier line of beginning readers encouraging children to learn—and love—to read. Featuring award-winning authors and illustrators, I Can Read Books offer a full spectrum of entertaining stories for every stage of a child's reading development.

Now the beloved characters and adventures from this popular line of books come to life with I Can Read Book and CDs. Each package includes a best-selling beginning-reader storybook and a lively audio recording featuring:


Word-for-word narration
Music and sound effects
 One version with turn-the-page signals
One version of uninterrupted reading

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction, Dogs, Spanish Literature, School

32 pages, Audio CD

First published May 1, 1997

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

[Karina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great introductory book for eager starter readers. Not a fan of the simplistic storyline but I'm not the target audience. And Biscuit is actually such a cute puppy.

The summary for this book is the wrong one in the Goodreads edition. No Little Bear here.

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for my toddler's bedtime. Biscuit the dog found a chick and returned to its mom at the pond. Biscuit played with the chick.

Read from kindle unlimited.

[Lorellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biscuit is still adorable. So are ducklings.

[L. McCoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

SUPER FAST REVIEW:
OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH!
In this one Biscuit becomes friends with a little baby ducky! The story is well written and fun. It’s very humorous. The art is absolutely adorable and very well drawn!

Yes, I know this book is intended for children and I’m an adult so some may think it’s stupid but see if I care, this series is wonderful and I’m loving it SO MUCH!

5/5

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Time with the little chick is fun - so cute!

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Biscuit and the little girl find a baby duckling.

WOOF! WOOF!

That's my dog protesting that this is a sad story about a dog who failed to secure a tasty snack.

[Cosette]

Quack. Woof.

[Ginger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book for kids 😍

[Juno · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay this book taught me how to read. Thank you mom!

[Becky Pendleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute book

[KT · Rating 4 out of 5]

duck

[aruushi · Rating 4 out of 5]

¡Guau! ¡Guau!

Soy bebé pero el libro era lindo.

[♫♪♫ frannie ♫♪♫ · Rating 5 out of 5]

ive never felt this validated 🥹

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are very short, very repetitive, very predictable, very simple.

Great early readers.

They could also be great for toddlers and babies, who use that repetition to learn to speak, but they're written so simply that you'll be bored to tears after reading the book more than three times. And you can read these books several times in one sitting, they're that short.

Give them to your kid when they start reading and insist that THEY read the books - not you. Do not fall into the trap of reading them. Ever. If your kid is like the ones I know, they'll fall in love and you'll be trapped.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great beginner book!
I loved the front cover of the book with Biscuit and the duck, who the reader would assume is Biscuit’s new friend. The soft, pastel painting, along with the rest of the watercolor pages, help bring a comfort and gentleness to the reader. Also, which is reflected in the illustrations curved lines and rounded shapes.
Also, I loved the little various ducks that the illustrator put on the endpapers and flyleaf. They get the reader thinking about how the ducks relate to Biscuit. Also, the ducks are very delightfully charming.
I love the duck!

[Maddie Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biscuit is one of my favorite children's series, ever. He is just so cute and always keeps me smiling. This book is about Biscuit and the friendship he finds with a little duckling. This book is perfect for a young group of students who are trying to find friendship with one another. I will absolutely keep the Biscuit series in my classroom. This book is for preschool and young elementary.

[Ali Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summary: Biscuit find something in his backyard. At first he thinks it’s a ball or a bone. However, he found a baby duckling under the house. The baby ducking seems to be lost, so he and his owner take the baby duck back to the pond in hope to find the parents. When they arrive, the parents are eager to see their duckling. Biscuit is happy that he has brought the duck back to its home, and he has found a new friend.

Themes: The themes of this book are friendship and responsibility.

Star rating: 3/5

Personal response: I loved reading the biscuit books growing up—probably due to my obsession with dogs! I gave this book 3/5 stars because there was not much depth to the book. I understand it is an early reader book; however, I do not feel like the story line was that original. I love the Biscuit books, but I feel like this story has been repeated too many times.

Recommendation: I believe that any Biscuit book is a great series to introduce to a class. I mean, who doesn’t love dogs! The books are definitely aimed towards early readers, so this book in particular would be great for ages 2-5 years old. The illustrations are bright and inviting, so the reader will stay entertained.

[Brisbany Villamar]

This book is about Biscuit finding a friend. A little duckling. I think the lesson between this book is to never be afraid to get close and help a friend. The duckling was lost and a little away from his family. I am glad the girl was nice about the situation because when reading this book to young student it is to show young students that it will always be nice and can make someone's day when they help anyone, weather that be an animal or a person. In the beginning of the story the dog and the little girl were playing, they didn't think they would run into this situation, but they did, and they reacted in a nice way and lesson of the book would be always help out someone because it can make anyone's day.

[Ashley White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biscuit Finds A Friend
By Alyssa Capucilli
Dogs, Storytime, Kindergarten, Fiction

Everyone's favorite puppy Biscuit is here! He meets a little duckling and realizes he is lost. Read as Biscuit and this little duckling find their way back and gain a friendship out of this adventure.

Select a text. Would you use this text to teach "learning to read" or would you use this text to "read to learn"? Why?
This book would be learning to read. It has few words and shares how Biscuit makes a friend. Would be great for Kindergartens!

[Gabrielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

The whole universe of Biscuit the dog is all about friendship between the little girl and her dog Biscuit. However, in Biscuit Finds a Friend, it takes a different approach to nonsensical friendships. In this case it's between a dog and a duck. Not much is said about the friendship but through the illustrations we can see how excited Biscuit is to have a made a new friend and how compassionate the girl is when she returns the baby duck back to its parents. Since this type of book aimed towards children who are barely learning how to read, I think this book goes against an idea Perry Nodelman's essay on, "How Picture Books Work." The idea being that we tend to consume illustrations instead of thinking about it and interpreting the meaning behind it. In Biscuit Finds a Friend, we can see how pretty straightforward the images are. The writing perfectly matches the illustration and vice versa. There is no specific meaning to why the story takes place in a pond. Biscuit the dog could've befriended a lion that could've taken place in a savanna and it would've had the same effect as him befriending a duck at the pond. I chose Nodelman's essay as a secondary reading because sometimes books can be as straightforward as they seem. I think it highlights the fact that reading doesn't need to be complex and it could just be a fun activity. In this case Biscuit finds a friend without having to go through much trouble and it comes to show that some friendships do come easy.

[Whitney Leanhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the message behind this book. The book is about how a dog finds a new friend and return the little friend back to its family. The author lays out a scenario where a dog finds something and returns it back where it came from. This is an important lesson because it shows what the right choice is when put in a similar situation.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

An extra of the same book passed down to A from Sabrina - received in mid 2018. A loved the Biscuit series in Kindergarten and would bring home one new one each Wednesday from library (one book per K child). She read it to herself without any trouble and perfect fluency for the first time on 3/7/19.

[Duangkamol L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biscuit Finds a Friend
- เขียนโดย Alyssa Satin Capucilli
- ภาพโดย Pat Schories

หนังสือเล่มบางที่มีภาพประกอบสวย น่ารัก สีสันสดใสมาก เนื่อหาจะใช้คำง่าย ๆ ประโยคสั้น ๆ โดยมี 3-5 คำต่อประโยค

เนื้อหาเล่มนี้จะมีน้องหมา และเด็กผู้หญิงเป็นตัวละครหลัก เนื้อเรื่องสอนเรื่องการมีเพื่อน การพบเจอ ทักทาย เล่นสนุก และรู้จักการบอกลาเพื่อน ๆ เมื่อหมดวันเพื่อกลับบ้านของตัวเอง

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

My children absolutely adore this book. Reading literature is so important to the development of a child's mind, and I cannot think of thing I would rather do then sit down to read to them in the evenings. Imagination and growth are so vital in those so young.

[Jeannie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good follow up to the last one, the word friend is a good one to learn as well as the introduction of new animals and animal sounds. Some challenging words are brought in, while keeping the simplicity for mastery of already learned words.

[Raquel M Duncan · Rating 5 out of 5]

1 year old luv it

Literally she just learn saying “Quack Quack” and I came across this book. Got the book because I use to read it to my 15 year old when she was younger and she enjoyed it. I love that it’s short, simple and a quick read.

[Angieleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is so cute! There are a lot of repeating words to make it easier for new readers to not only read, but to remember as they read either to themselves or aloud.

[Angelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely adorable!

[Bookish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review from a 4 year old: I like this book but I wish the duck and Biscuit could go home together because they’ll miss each other so so much.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good level for new readers!