Silly Tilly's Valentine (I Can Read Level 1) - Softcover

Hoban, Lillian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064442233 ISBN 13: 9780064442237

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

Silly Tilly Mole can't remember why today is special. Is it because it's snowing and the wind is swirling colored snowflakes all around her? Or maybe it's the bright red something special in her mailbox that makes this a special day.

Beginning Readers will enjoy discovering what Tilly forgot to rememeber in Lillian Hoban's third charming story about this delightfully silly character.Tilly Mole knows it's a special day, but she just can't remember why.Is it because it's snowing outside? Or does it have something to do with that bright red something in her mailbox? Beginning readers will enjoy discovering what Tilly forgot to remember in this delightful Level 1 I can Read Book.

"Hoban's simple text and trademark illustrations make this story a fine addition for easy-reader collections.’—School Library Journal

About this title

About the Author:

Lillian Hoban was the author and illustrator of many favorite I Can Read books, including Joe and Betsy the Dinosaur, Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving, and a series about Arthur the Chimpanzee. She also illustrated many picture books, including the classic stories about Frances.

From Kirkus Reviews:

A third holiday adventure (Silly Tilly and the Easter Bunny, 1987, etc.) about the absent-minded mole and her friends. Tilly ``forgets to remember'' lots of things, such as why February 14 is a special day, how slippery snow is, and that she has cupcakes in the oven. On this Valentine's Day, it's snowing so hard that Tilly's glasses become clouded, so there's more silliness resulting from her poor vision. Her friends Mr. Mail-Mole and Mr. Bunny help her out of these difficulties, and they eventually have a jolly Valentine's celebration. This has inconsistencies for an I Can Read: The dialogue makes use of contractions erratically; commas are occasionally omitted in places where standard usage requires them, e.g., to set off the word too, and at the ends of some lines of poetry. Still, easy-to-read holiday stories are always in demand, and this one is, if unexceptional, fairly harmless. (Fiction. 5-7) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0064442233
• ISBN 13: 9780064442237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Hoban Lillian