Biscuit Meets the Class Pet

Biscuit

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator)

For fans of Clifford and Spot, welcome everybody’s favorite little yellow puppy, Biscuit, in an I Can Read adventure! Hop, hop! There's someone new at Biscuit's house--Nibbles, the class pet, has come for a visit. Nibbles likes exploring Biscuit's home and wants to play with all of Biscuit's toys. Biscuit isn't sure if he is ready to share with Nibbles, but soon Biscuit realizes that he likes having a visitor after all! Biscuit Meets the Class Pet , a 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. 

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Animals, School, Dogs, 1st Grade

32 pages, Library Binding

First published December 22, 2009

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

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maggie liked finding the bunny.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you like Biscuit the puppy books then you will like this one. But to me, although my 2 year old loves Biscuit, it was boring. This is a "My First Reader" and true to that I think the entire story maybe only has five or six words. Repeating "Woof" and "Hop" on many pages with very little 'story' to the story. The illustrations is what I think my grandbaby enjoyed more than the story itself. We had fun pointing out things to help her speech and help her think things out than really we did with the story itself. Not written like most of the Biscuit books... a little disappointed.

[carissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recommended Ages: grades K - 1

There's someone new at Biscuit's house—Nibbles, the class pet, has come for a visit. Nibbles likes exploring Biscuit's home and wants to play with all of Biscuit's toys. Biscuit isn't sure if he is ready to share with Nibbles, but soon Biscuit realizes that he likes having a visitor after all!

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Biscuit series of books have been a pretty good introduction to reading for my daughter. So far, I think this one has engaged her the most and also been most effective in terms of the frequency of repetition of words.

[Amy Tolbert · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought the book was sweet, but my six year-old son says, "Boo! Thumbs down!" I guess we are past the cute baby animal phase! Now all he wants is books about superheroes.

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought there were too many woof woof!'s. but my little sister thought all the barking and hopping was funny.

[Deanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Besides the rabbit and the dog being cute in this book, it is not a very interesting book. Couldn't keep a child's attention.

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Kelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good beginning reader book with a cute story and simple words. I liked the other biscuit books better.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

AR 0.6

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like I'm running out of things to say for these level 1 readers. Biscuit Meets the Class Pet carries on with the character, Biscuit, which is a dog. In this story, the little girl gets to bring her class pet, a bunny named Nibbles, home for a visit. As Nibbles explores Biscuit's home, he finds all of Biscuit's belongings. Eventually, Nibbles goes missing and Biscuit must find him. It kind of amazes me how much story can come from a 32-page book with level 1 words.

Biscuit Meets the Class Pet doesn't rhyme, which is fine by me. It does use repetitive words and phrases to build fluency. There was a section of 6 pages where the same 2 words were used in various combinations. This was a little too much repetition for me, but my son didn't seem to mind.

Biscuit Meets the Class Pet uses repetitive words to build vocabulary fluency and mastery. This was a sweet, short story that any animal-loving, level-1 reader would enjoy. Biscuit Meets the Class Pet gets 4 Stars. Have you or your child read Biscuit Meets the Class Pet? What did you think? Let me know!

[Meg McGregor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Biscuit is one of the literary world's cutest puppies!

In this adventure, his loving owner has brought the class pet, Nibbles, to stay for the weekend!

Biscuit is at first reluctant to share anything with the bunny; but then, he realizes maybe having Nibbles around, isn't so bad!

The two girls loved the story!

The only reason it didn't get a higher rating is, I felt, the author should have explained why Nibbles was at Biscuit's home, in the first place!

But four stars is still a great rating!

Biscuit forever!

[Tatiyana Puckett · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great childs book, this book was one of my favorite childhood book.

[Helen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is odd, because the text has Biscuit saying "woof, woof," even when he has something in his mouth, and/or his mouth is closed, in the illustration!

[Luisa Zhuravleva · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this story charming and simple. A few of the words were used in a repetitive manner, almost too frequently, but I don't mind - maybe it would be helpful and interesting for younger readers.

[Beau Manglass · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

Biscuit books sure make you say "Woof! Woof!" 8 million times, huh

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

(read aloud by himself at 5yo, no words missed)

[Maeve · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this one!! The Biscuit and bunny crossover was really adorable, and it’s definitely up there in terms of Biscuit books.

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I kind of liked the story. 6yo

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

The books in the Biscuit series by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories are great for beginning readers. Our youngest loves these stories and she is really building up her confidence in her reading skills when she reads them aloud to us. The narrative is repetitive and simple and the illustrations are adorable, perfect for a reading primer. I'm sure we will read many more of these books in the coming months. I'm just glad that I don't have to read them aloud! The incessant "Woof! Woof!" can get old. We've read this one a couple of times.

[☼Bookish in Virginia☼]

~ borrowed from Library

BISCUIT MEETS THE CLASS PET is a sweet little book at the late Kindergarten Reading Level.

The story is about how Biscuit meets Nibbles. A good portion of the story is told through the art because of the limited vocabulary that is used. Biscuit, as it turns out, is a bit jealous of bunny. The story ends after Nibbles gets away for a little while but is found.

BISCUIT MEETS THE CLASS PET has soft pastel artwork and 133 words. That might sound really intimidating except for the fact that many of the words are 'Woof' and 'hop'. Here's sample text from two pages. I tried to choose some of the most complicated text.

Nibbles found your bone
and your ball
and your bed.

Woof, woof!
And you found Nibbles.
Woof!

It's not a fabulous story but new readers will probably like it. Certainly the artwork is appealing.

[Alexander The Triumphant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biscuit's owner called Biscuit to meet the class pet, and the class pet found Biscuit's bone, and his ball. The bunny was going hop, hop. Nibbles found Biscuit's ball. And he put them in his bed. Biscuit said, "Woof, woof!" and Nibbles said wiggle and hop, hop. Biscuit was going "Woof" and Nibbles was going hop, hop. Biscuit said "Woof" and Nibbles went hop, hop. Then Biscuit said, "woof, woof, woof, woof," and Nibbles hopped. Then the owner came back and didn't know where Nibbles was. He was not under the table, he was not on the chair. And then Biscuit said, "Woof, woof!" Where can Nibbles be. You found Nibbles. Nibbles found Biscuit's ball and his bed, and his bone. -by Alexander

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute idea and well done. I like the Biscuit books because beginning readers can gain confidence in their abilities through the short sentences and repetitive text. In this story, Biscuit finds herself protecting her toys and bed from the class pet, a bunny, who favors Biscuit's taste in just about everything! When the bunny goes missing, Biscuit helps find it with cute results. Recommended for grades K-2.

[Arwen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read this particular Biscuit book at least 400 times (at least it seems that way.) Night after night the little one would ask for this book. I think the combination of Biscuit with the cute bunny really helped.

[Christina Swain · Rating 5 out of 5]

When the class pet, Nibbles a rabbit, goes to visit Biscuit, Biscuit is unsure if he wants to share his things with his visitor. However, Biscuit realizes that he likes having Nibbles around and enjoys his company. This beginner's readers can help future educators like myself teach children about friendship as well as sharing.

[Travis Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a rabbit who comes to visit Biscuit. When reading this book, students will learn social skills, such as sharing and the importance of friendship. I would love to include this as a shared reading, and perhaps read this when I notice that a few classmates are having trouble getting along.

[Joshua Piorier Sr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

My child and I enjoy the Biscuit series and have read just about every one. There are a ton of My First I Can Read books available, try different ones and see which one your child gravitates to most and complete that series and move to the next until he/she is ready to progress to the next level.

[Sandybear76]

a great easy reader. I misses something because the title is about the class pet but the story never mentioned that Nibbles was the class pet. Good illustrations.

[Eagle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked that the puppy and the bunny played together.I liked the puppy blanket, too. Abby

[Hannah Sheffield · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be a good book to read to a child who is getting ready to have new baby brother or sister. The book isn't actually about anew sibling but, it has a similar theme.