Words: A Computer Lesson (Silly Millies) - Softcover

Haddon, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076131797X ISBN 13: 9780761317975

Publisher: Millbrook Pr, 2003

Synopsis

While a boy tries to teach his baby sister some computer commands, she takes them quite literally, and has an adventure without him knowing about it.

About this title

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-When a mother and father go out for the evening, they tell their son to teach his baby sister about the computer. He is distracted by his computer game, and doesn't realize that she is doing everything he says, cutting when he says, "Cut," drawing a picture when he says, "Draw," and falling when he says, "Tab down." While he plays, she climbs out a window and helps catch a robber. Their parents come home, and all are oblivious to her heroism. Most of the text is comprised of one-word computer terms in dialogue balloons, with a few lines of dialogue at the beginning and the end. Young children are going to need someone to explain the puns. The full-spread, vibrantly colored cartoons elucidate the text, but many adults will be upset by a picture of the baby under a hail of "bullets."-Lynda S. Poling, Long Beach Public Library, CA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Millbrook Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076131797X
• ISBN 13: 9780761317975
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Vargo Sharon Hawkins
• Number of pages: 32