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My Very First Book
My Very First Book of Words
This is a split-page board book teaching children the simple concept of words through Eric Carle's inimitable collage illustrations. Here, readers need to line up the word in the top section of the book with the correct image in the bottom section.
Hardcover
Published January 1, 2006
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Eric Carle
786 books2,493 followersEric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.
In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.
In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.
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November 9, 2024
Este libro tiene una dinámica muy interesante, esta dividido en dos, arriba encontraremos la palabra y abajo el dibujo. Así el niño puede identificar el objeto y la palabra, por ello resulta como si estuviera jugando y de paso también aprende.
Las palabras que encontramos son de uso habitual y me parece una técnica maravillosa que me recuerda a los juegos interactivos pero de una manera más tranquila. Me parece una idea genial y una herramienta perfecta para aprender a leer y a relacionar objetos y sonidos.
Las palabras que encontramos son de uso habitual y me parece una técnica maravillosa que me recuerda a los juegos interactivos pero de una manera más tranquila. Me parece una idea genial y una herramienta perfecta para aprender a leer y a relacionar objetos y sonidos.
December 17, 2014
Tiresome.
November 18, 2018
Reading Level= .5
Guided Reading Level= .7
This book is for beginning readers who are learning how to use pictures to read words and learning how to differentiate between beginning sound, middle sound, and ending sound. Readers of this book must know letter to sound correspondence. This book is a flip book in which readers match a word to a picture, so it makes learning to read an enjoyable act rather than a chore.
This is a picture book. There is a picture on the bottom half of each page, and one word on the top half of each page. The pictures guide the reader in matching the correct word. To the left of each picture is a capitalized version of the word that the child should match the picture to.
Writing Traits:
Ideas- The focus of this book is on objects that children come in contact with on a regular basis. The book contains words and pictures of these objects, such as cat, car, clock, boy, girl, ball, etc.
Word Choice- The author used specific words and pictures that children are familiar with, such as cat, car, clock, boy, girl, ball, etc.
Sentence Fluency- There are no sentences in this book (besides the directions on the first page, which an adult would have to read to the child). The book contains one word per page in order to not overwhelm the beginning reader.
Presentation- The book is presented in a child-friendly way. There is a good use of picture, text, and white space so as to focus the child's attention and not overwhelm the child with too many text features.
Classroom Integration: This book would be great for a kindergarten readers workshop station. In this station, the child can read this book independently. The child can work on beginning, middle, and ending sounds while matching the word to the correct picture. Even if certain children cannot read yet, the book would still be appropriate because it provides a "cheat sheet" to the left of the picture so students can check if they matched the picture to the correct word, or so students can be guided to search for the correct letters.
Guided Reading Level= .7
This book is for beginning readers who are learning how to use pictures to read words and learning how to differentiate between beginning sound, middle sound, and ending sound. Readers of this book must know letter to sound correspondence. This book is a flip book in which readers match a word to a picture, so it makes learning to read an enjoyable act rather than a chore.
This is a picture book. There is a picture on the bottom half of each page, and one word on the top half of each page. The pictures guide the reader in matching the correct word. To the left of each picture is a capitalized version of the word that the child should match the picture to.
Writing Traits:
Ideas- The focus of this book is on objects that children come in contact with on a regular basis. The book contains words and pictures of these objects, such as cat, car, clock, boy, girl, ball, etc.
Word Choice- The author used specific words and pictures that children are familiar with, such as cat, car, clock, boy, girl, ball, etc.
Sentence Fluency- There are no sentences in this book (besides the directions on the first page, which an adult would have to read to the child). The book contains one word per page in order to not overwhelm the beginning reader.
Presentation- The book is presented in a child-friendly way. There is a good use of picture, text, and white space so as to focus the child's attention and not overwhelm the child with too many text features.
Classroom Integration: This book would be great for a kindergarten readers workshop station. In this station, the child can read this book independently. The child can work on beginning, middle, and ending sounds while matching the word to the correct picture. Even if certain children cannot read yet, the book would still be appropriate because it provides a "cheat sheet" to the left of the picture so students can check if they matched the picture to the correct word, or so students can be guided to search for the correct letters.
March 26, 2018
I like to flip through the pages, but the top part doesn't have any pictures. Mama tries to show me how the parts on the top match the pictures on the bottom, but they're not the same at all - one is just a word and the other one is something awesome like a CAR or the SUN!
January 29, 2019
If I think of this book as a book of flash cards instead of a board book I like it more, but it is not a book in the traditional sense that requires pages to be turned in sequential order. This book would be better for the 4-6 age range.
November 8, 2022
“Read” this in a Dr’s office while waiting for an hour and dying of boredom. Not really a book, but matching words to pictures. Kind of annoying to keep flipping back and forth. But I like the art style.
April 13, 2024
The book is divided into four parts. Children must match the words to the picture. This is the same style as My very first book of shapes, and My very first book of food. I think the book is good for learning words and recognizing pictures
January 16, 2018
The flaps for matching the image to the word were a great idea but fell flat in application - especially with toddler fingers doing the turning.
November 22, 2018
Leila: 5 stars. I love it so much. It makes me happy
January 4, 2020
My kids loved flipping through to match the words with their pictures.
June 9, 2020
Requires reader to identify a girl by her skirt and long hair and a boy by his shorts and short hair.
August 15, 2020
Person woman man camera TV!
December 8, 2021
Very cute book
August 11, 2023
This book is a really fun way to have your child match sight words to pictures. The illustrations I believe are taken from other Eric Carle works.
July 28, 2024
Cat! Star! Ffffiish!
January 28, 2022
No need for separate boy (in trousers) and girl (in skirt) pages. Why not show them together as "children?" :/
March 23, 2010
Jace wasn't quite old enough for this book, but hopefully he'll grow into it soon. The book has the word "cat" on the top, and you have to find the page on bottom where it has a picture of a cat and "CAT" written next to it. It's hard for Jace to associate that CAT=cat (capital/lowercase). We hope to add this to our family's library soon!
April 28, 2023
Knyga - žaislas. Išleista gražiai ir kokybiškai, stori lapai su dviem atskirai vartomom dalim. Tik man nelabai aišku, kokiam amžiui ji skirta: pagal pačią knygelę panašu, kad ji skirta metinukams, o štai pagal užduotį (rasti pavekslėlį atitinkantį užrašytą žodį) tikrai ne metinukams, o tiems vaikams, kurie pažindinasi su raidėm :)
March 3, 2011
Literacy skills:
Print motivation-this book makes first words a game. The reader gets to match the word with the picture that matches. Interactive books promote a love of reading.
Vocabulary-presents younger children with new words for their vocabulary
Print motivation-this book makes first words a game. The reader gets to match the word with the picture that matches. Interactive books promote a love of reading.
Vocabulary-presents younger children with new words for their vocabulary
August 13, 2016
A Christmas gift from Abuela. Tommy loves these books, but Mom and Dad finf the flip-page structure overly time-consuming.
December 31, 2011
A Christmas gift from Abuela. Tommy loves these books, but Mom and Dad find the flip-page structure overly time-consuming.
December 31, 2011
A Christmas gift from Abuela. Tommy loves these books, but Mom and Dad find the flip-page structure overly time-consuming.
April 13, 2012
I thought we'd love this, but so far we have only moderately enjoyed it. Maybe when my sons are older they'll like it more.
November 1, 2012
A quick, enjoyable read. A solidly-built book.
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February 25, 2015
Really more like a picture book. Beautiful illustrations as we have come to expect from Eric Carle, but a little hard to do the matching exercise with small children.
April 13, 2016
We've been working on these sight words with our toddler, so this book provided a great opportunity to practice them, with both uppercase and lowercase letters.
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January 6, 2019
Eric Carle’s books have great illustrations. My 2 year old really likes the pictures and we have fun identifying the names of certain things and beings. However the top part of the book where the “names” are written can be bit confusing for him to correlate with the bottom part.
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