Category: Early Readers

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Free Emergent Readers

With libraries and schools shut down across the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic, our access to books is a little more limited. Publishers, authors, illustrators, and other professionals across the nation–and throughout the world–are sharing stories in creative ways.

One of the ways I am working to share literature is by offering free versions for most of my books during March and April. Some of these titles will be available as free Kindle books during certain times (I’ll post the titles and dates they are available for free below).

For other titles, I am creating “visual audiobooks” and will post them on my blog, along with free printable resources to help students connect with the story and words they may be learning (or reinforcing). Access to these videos will be available through May 31st, 2020.

Many of my books contain enrichment sections at the end with questions and activities for students. In addition, I create activity packets to go along with most of my books. These activity packets can be found on each book’s page on my website.

Free books from March 30-31 (clicking on a title will take you to the Kindle page):

Have You Seen My Frog?

Do NOT Turn This Page

Ten Swishy Fish

At the Haiku Zoo

Free books from April 8-12 (clicking on a title will take you to the Kindle page):

The Box

The Bus Stop

Pup in a Cup

When I Grow Up/When I Was Young

Free book from April 13-17 (clicking on the title will take you to the Kindle page):

The Lost Lid

I hope that you are able to stay connected virtually with other people and with great literary and creative adventures during this period of social distancing.

All the best, Bernice

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Press Release for Tippy Toe Surprise

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Author’s new book receives a warm literary welcome.

Readers’ Favorite announces the review of the Children – Grade K-3rd book “Tippy Toe Surprise” by Bernice Seward, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0999537830.

Readers’ Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the “Best Websites for Authors” and “Honoring Excellence” awards from the Association of Independent Authors. They are also fully accredited by the BBB (A+ rating), which is a rarity among Book Review and Book Award Contest companies.

“Reviewed By Mamta Madhavan for Readers’ Favorite

Dylan peeked around the corner and grinned. He wanted to sneak up on his daddy. He crouched down low and snuck down the hall. Tip, tip, tippy toe, and that is how Dylan snuck up on his daddy—always. Each time he tried to sneak up on his daddy, there would be something that made a sound. He remembered that his shoes were squeaky and he went back to the kitchen to remove them. He again snuck down the hall and at that moment dust tickled his nose and he sneezed. Alivia also wanted to sneak with him and they both snuck down the hall. Would they be able to surprise their daddy? 

Tippy Toe Surprise by Bernice Seward is a delightful and charming story that captures the bonding between a parent and a child in a beautiful way. The illustrations are lively and adorable like the story. The author makes the story fun and interactive by giving music notes of the Tippy Toe Surprise Song and including Enrichment Questions, Sentence Tic-Tac-Toe, and Rhyme Boxes—making learning engaging and interesting. It is a perfect book that can be used for classroom activities because its enrichment activities will help students to learn to read through repetition. The bonding of Dylan and Alivia is tangible and there will be many readers who will find them relatable. Stories like this make it easy for parents and elders to help children understand how simple things can make life beautiful and connect them better with their parents and family.”

You can learn more about Bernice Seward and “Tippy Toe Surprise” at https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/tippy-toe-surprise where you can read reviews and the author’s biography, as well as connect with the author directly or through their website and social media pages.

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Press Release for This is the Book

For immediate release:

Author’s new book receives a warm literary welcome.

Readers’ Favorite announces the review of the Children – Grade K-3rd book “This is the Book” by Bernice Seward, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BW6Q559.

Readers’ Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the “Best Websites for Authors” and “Honoring Excellence” awards from the Association of Independent Authors. They are also fully accredited by the BBB (A+ rating), which is a rarity among Book Review and Book Award Contest companies.

“Reviewed By Mamta Madhavan for Readers’ Favorite

This is the Book (Bite-Size Books for Beginning Readers 1) by Bernice Seward is about the book that sat in the nook. A crook takes that book and a rook chases the crook, who has taken that book which was in the nook. There is a brook under the rook that chases the crook and the book falls into the brook. A snook sees the book and eats it. A cook comes looking for the snook, and she puts the hook into the brook. The snook sees the hook and gets caught by the cook. The book which was in the nook actually belongs to the cook.

The book is written for beginner readers and helps them with the repetitive sentences and rhyming words. The illustrations give clarity to what the author is trying to convey, and gives a good pace and movement to the already charming story. It is an adorable book for interactive sessions in classrooms and school libraries, and parents can also use it to teach children rhyming words and how to make simple and short sentences. Children will love the crook and the snook and the cook. The author’s creativity is evident in the narration and will encourage readers to make short and simple sentences as in the story. The –ook word is emphasized in this story and readers can be encouraged to write using other rhyming words and build up new sentences. The story is fun, interactive, and educational and this simple tale will help struggling readers to successfully read an entire story.”

You can learn more about Bernice Seward and “This is the Book” at https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/this-is-the-book where you can read reviews and the author’s biography, as well as connect with the author directly or through their website and social media pages.

Readers’ Favorite LLC 
Media Relations
Louisville, KY 40202 
800-RF-REVIEW 
support@readersfavorite.com
https://readersfavorite.com

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New! Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word Story Early Readers

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The first three books in a new series, the Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word Story Series, are now available as Kindle books. These books break reading down into bite-size chunks that a young reader or a struggling reader can handle without feeling overwhelmed.

The Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word Story Series introduces readers to the 40 “service words” on the Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word List. There will be a total of 14 stories. Ten stories introduce new words and the other four stories reinforce words the reader has already learned.

Each book in this series introduces four sight words, tells a story that includes each sight word at least three times, and then reinforces the learning through review activities.

In designing these books, care has been taken to help readers by:

  • Limiting the learning focus to four words, well within the bounds of short-term memory retention
  • Introducing the sight words at the beginning to familiarize the reader with these focal words
  • Utilizing a short, simple story that provides the accomplishment of reading a complete story
  • Including review activities to help reinforce the story and the sight words
  • Using limited vocabulary
  • Using repetition
  • Using large text in an easy-to-read font
  • Using consistent placement of text to alleviate confusion for where to continue the story on successive pages

The remaining titles in this series will release in Fall 2016 and Winter 2016/2017. You can find a complete list of the books in the Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word Story Series, including the Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Words introduced in each, on the Early Reader Page.

To preview and/or purchase any of these books, please click on the images at the top of this screen, or on the icons below:

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