Biscuit: 5-Minute Biscuit Stories: 12 Classic Stories in 1 Book for Dog Lovers: Value Price! – Sweet Puppy Adventures Perfect for Bedtime for Children

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator)

Biscuit, everyone’s favorite sweet puppy, loves adventures. Whether he’s meeting the class pet, Nibbles, visiting the farm, or reading his favorite stories at the library, there is always loads of fun in store for Biscuit and his friends. These twelve beloved stories can each be read in five minutes—making them a great addition to your story-time tradition. A perfect read-aloud, complete with over 190 pages of full-color illustrations, this collection is a treasure to be read again and again at bedtime, storytime, or anytime! If you're looking for 5-minute bedtime stories, Biscuit is a good choice for snuggling with your little puppy. The collection includes lightly adapted versions of 12 classic

Genres: Childrens

192 pages, Hardcover

Published May 2, 2017

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

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Biscuit picture books were a hit with my little ones but the incredibly simplistic stories (in which literally half the words are WOOF WOOF) drove me nuts. These 5 minute stories go a little more in-depth — my four year old still enjoys them and I find them pleasanter to read aloud.

[Le Maistre Chat · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was interesting because it says it's "12 Classic Stories" that share their titles with the Biscuit beginning reader books, but the text has completely changed. The originals have very restricted vocabulary (and it seems like half the words are "Woof"), while the text here has been elaborated into the full vocabulary typical of picture books meant to be read to children.
My under-3 daughter likes Biscuit, and I prefer this to the originals because I have a bunch of beginner books for her that I think are better.

[Lorraine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biscuit is adorable. The stories are really well-illustrated with a good text to picture ratio. I love that Biscuit says, "Woof woof" and his best friend Puddles says, "Bow wow." My kindergartener thinks all of Biscuit's adventures (like getting into the bird seed and chasing balls) are extremely adorable.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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