Ruby Paints a Picture (I Can Read Level 1) - Hardcover

Hill, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060089784 ISBN 13: 9780060089788

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2005

Synopsis

When Ruby decides to do a painting of a big tree, her friends all want to be in the picture. "Paint me! Paint me!" each of them says. So Ruby does, but each friend thinks Ruby has neglected to show his or her best feature. "You forgot to paint my red tail," says Fiona Fox. "You forgot to paint my wide wings," says Carlos Crow. Yet once the painting is finished, Ruby's friends find that she just may have portrayed the best part of them after all.

Expressive paintings perfectly capture the best part of this new story about Ruby, the irrepressible raccoon, first introduced in ruby bakes a cake and as full of childlike good humor as ever.

About this title

About the Authors

Susan Hill has written two other stories about Ruby Raccoon: Ruby Bakes a Cake and Ruby Paints a Picture. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two daughters.

In addition to the books about Ruby, Margie Moore has illustrated Stephanie S. Tolan's Bartholomew's Blessing. She and her family live on the New Jersey shore.

From the Back Cover

When Ruby decides to do a painting of a big tree, her friends all want to be in the picture. "Paint me! Paint me!" each of them says. So Ruby does, but each friend thinks Ruby has neglected to show his or her best feature. "You forgot to paint my red tail," says Fiona Fox. "You forgot to paint my wide wings," says Carlos Crow. Yet once the painting is finished, Ruby's friends find that she just may have portrayed the best part of them after all.

Expressive paintings perfectly capture the best part of this new story about Ruby, the irrepressible raccoon, first introduced in ruby bakes a cake and as full of childlike good humor as ever.

Reviews

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Large, well-spaced text with lots of repetition works well with the endearing illustrations of woodland animals. Ruby, a raccoon, is all set to paint a picture of a tree, but her friends come along one by one and want to be included in the painting. She is very accommodating. When she puts her paintbrush down, her friends all feel that important defining aspects of themselves are missing, but Ruby insures them that their "best parts" are in her masterpiece-their smiles. Animals in pinafores and overalls are often used in children's books, but, in this case, the ink-and-watercolor illustrations are fresh, stimulating, and full of charm. The story includes common sight words and complete sentences, and new vocabulary is simple enough for sounding out. Although the theme is not unusual, the ending is very satisfying.-Corrina Austin, Locke's Public School, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
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PreS-K. In Ruby Bakes a Cake (2004), the little raccoon asks her animal friends for advice. This time she is painting a picture of a tree, and her friends--Fiona Fox, Bunny Rabbit, and Dan Duck--come by and ask her to include them in the picture. Each one in turn is dissatisfied with her portrait; they all say she left out their very best parts. Ruby begs to differ. She shows them that she did paint the best in them--their smiling faces all together. Moore's expressive pictures show characters that are both animal and human as they scowl and smile in the woodland setting. The friendship fun in this I Can Read! book is just right for beginning readers. Hazel Rochman
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Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060089784
• ISBN 13: 9780060089788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Moore Margie
• Number of pages: 32