About this item
Grade 2–4—These books follow a similar format with sportscaster Buzz Star reporting on an event and using it to illustrate appropriate rules, e.g., Sentences includes fragments, run-on sentences, and word order, then types of sentences such as statement and question. In each section, the tip is boxed, and the text of the story uses bold or color to show that axiom. The cartoon illustrations show multicultural children and adults; they are mediocre in style and design. The stories are awkward to read, forced and didactic. Each one concludes with a one-page summary of the rules and an activity, e.g., copying the sentences and underlining the subject and predicate. These titles are obviously meant for teachers to use in conjunction with writing-skills lessons, but they're not likely to circulate by choice with children or hold their interest.
About the Author
Anna Prokos has written so many fiction and nonfiction books for kids, that she lost count of them years ago! (Her mom, however, has everything Anna has written - even her 5th grade book reports!) When she's not writing, Anna scopes out great children's books at her local library and bookstore. She holds writing workshops in schools and reads her books to students around the world using Skype and the latest technology. The children and teachers she meets give her ideas and inspiration for her upcoming projects. She's currently working on The Lucky Year, the sequel to The Lucky Cake, published by A-to-Z Publishing. The author, her husband, and their three children live in a quiet town in Bergen County, NJ. The family shares their home with a bright violet fish, two large hermit crabs, and a very funky blue-tongued skink.
