I See, You Saw

Karlin, Nurit

ISBN 10: 0613142039 ISBN 13: 9780613142038

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1999

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Young readers are invited to join two lively cats as they play a game of I Spy that turns into a uproarious word game, in a delightful easy-to-read story accompanied by charming illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

Nurit Karlin is the author of another I Can Read Book, The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, as well as Little Big Mouse, The Dream Factory, and the Tooth Witch. She lives in New York City.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Karlin (The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, 1996, etc.) echoes Dick, Jane, and Sally--``I see the can. I can kick the can''--but the resemblance is fleeting, for the wordplay in this I-Can-Read entry is clever and bright. Young readers will be amused at the flurry of homonyms--``I can see a fly fly'' among them. There are excursions into past and present, and pokes at pronouns and the and a. Anchoring the book, which is narrated by two kittens, is the word ``seesaw.'' Karlin breaks it up, twists it around, and generally makes merry with the word's many possibilities. ``Look, a saw,'' says one kitten. ``I can see the saw,'' replies the other. ``I can saw the seesaw.'' But a frog gets the last lick: ``And I saw you saw the seesaw''--a grammatically slick tongue-twister. Simple watercolor illustrations crisply depict the meaning of the words, cutting through the ambiguity, and leaving readers with nothing but the purest pleasure. (Picture book. 3-5) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0613142039
• ISBN 13: 9780613142038
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32