Biscuit's Graduation Day

Biscuit

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

Graduation is the perfect time to look back on a wonderful year at school. Join Biscuit on this special day and unfold the flaps in this gatefold to see what treats the day holds in store.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

20 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 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

[midnightfaerie · Rating 1 out of 5]

So although the pictures were a little cute and it was (maybe) almost a level 1 reader book, I still didn't like this one, and my kids weren't that impressed either. The thing my 3 yr olds liked the most about it was the lift flaps with Biscuit doing various activities under the flaps, but it just wasn't that original and not enough to keep even my 5 yr old interested in it. And I got real tired of saying "Woof" by the end of the book, considering the words "Woof, woof!" were on every single friggin page.

[Kelly Shiverdecker]

Published: 2005

This realistic fiction book is about a dog named Biscuit who is very helpful in making last preparations for his owner who is about to graduate and he loves participating with everyone else in the graduation festivities, such as carrying the cookies, taking photos, and walking in the graduation line.