Ready? Set. Raymond! (Step-Into-Reading, Step 2) - Softcover

Nelson, Vaunda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375813632 ISBN 13: 9780375813634

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2002

Synopsis

There's no stopping Raymond in this beloved Step 2 reader! He likes to do everything fast!

From brushing his teeth, to racing to school, to making new friends—there's no one speedier than Raymond. In three easy-to-read stories by award-winning, bestselling creators Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Derek Anderson readers get to follow Raymond on a typical super-fast day, see him meet his future best friend, Roxy, and run a race!

Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and/or rhythmic text help children decode the story.

About this title

About the Author

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is the author of many books for children, including Almost to Freedom, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book. She was the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. She works as a librarian in New Mexico, where she lives with her husband.

Derek Anderson is an illustrator known for Hot Rod Hamster Meets His Match!, Little Quack’s New Friend, Hot Ro Hamster and the Haunted Halloween Party, Ten Hungry Pigs and many more.

From the Back Cover

Raymond likes to do everything fast-from brushing his teeth to going to school to making new friends. In three easy-to-read stories, readers follow Raymond on a typical super-fast day, see him make a new friend, and run a race!

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375813632
• ISBN 13: 9780375813634
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Anderson Derek
• Number of pages: 32