- Bold illustrations with colorful characters.
- Simple text with short sentences, enabling new readers to enjoy reading and develop their vocabulary.
- A simple story about the rewards of responsibility and completing ones chores before playtime.
Owls friends want him to play, but Owl decides to complete his gardening chores first, and they all reap the rewards. This short, simple picture book is perfect for the youngest readers. It features large type and easy sentences, paired with bold illustrations that help beginning readers decode this story about the rewards of diligence and responsibility.Board book, Owl and Bird series, Emergent Reader, Story elements: setting, plot and character development: Owl and friends, strong illustration support, ask and answer questions, repeated words and phrases, sight word vocabulary. Comprehension strategies: re-tell story, compare and contrast adventures of characters in a series, predict outcomes, identify sequence of events, changes from beginning to end of the story, and cause and effect relationships. Themes: friendship, chores, making decisions
