Biscuit's Fourth of July

Biscuit

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator), Mary O'Keefe Young (Illustrator)

Biscuit celebrates America's birthday. There's a parade and fireworks to watch, and lots of treats to share with friends and family. Unfold the flaps to see what surprises are in store this Fourth of July.

Genres: Picture Books

20 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2005

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

[Joe Krakovsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

BISCUIT'S FORTH OF JULY is a cute, colorful book for the little ones. It naturally is short and to the point. I liked the illustrations and I am sure the younger me would have liked them as well. Biscuit is a puppy that belongs to a little girl who is getting ready to celebrate the Forth of July with her family and friends. Spoiler alert. They had a great time.

Although there are a lot of words that a little one might have trouble with, there is a repetition, so they can follow along and do their own version of buddy-read. And one thing that is different with this book is that there is a flap on every page that can open to discover what lies beneath. It is a nice little story that brings back memories for me. And I read it in one sitting!

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Biscuit shows us a ho-hum time celebrating the Fourth of July. Based on personal experience, I find it hard to believe the dogs would be anything other than absolutely terrified during the fireworks.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just love this cute little lift-the-flap book! It is so hard to find good Independence Day books.

[Brittany Perry · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a word "CUTE"