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You read to me, I'll read to you : very short fairy tales to read together : in which wolves are tamed, trolls are transformed, and peas are triumphant  Cover Image Book Book

You read to me, I'll read to you : very short fairy tales to read together : in which wolves are tamed, trolls are transformed, and peas are triumphant / by Mary Ann Hoberman ; illustrated by Michael Emberly.

Hoberman, Mary Ann (Author). Emberly, Michael. (Added Author).

Summary:

8 fairy tales are retold as very short rhyming stories with a twist at the end encouraging children to read together. Each story is told in two voices, with text in different colors for a pair of readers -- two children, or a child and a parent who is in a literacy program, or one beginning and one more-advanced reader.

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  • ISBN: 0316146110
  • Physical Description: 32 p. : col. ill.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Megan Tingley Books".
"This is a sequel to the first You Read to Me, I'll Read to You [: very short stories to read together]"--P. 4.
Subject: Children's poetry, American
Fairy tales > Poetry
Readers (Primary)
Fairy tales

Mary Ann Hoberman is a children's poet and author. The former Children's Poet Laureate, she is also a National Book Award recipient. She has published over forty books for children.

Mary Ann Hoberman is a former Children's Poet Laureate and a winner of the National Book Award. During her tenure as Children's Poet Laureate, Ms. Hoberman visited numerous classrooms and libraries, introducing both children and adults to the joys of reading and memorizing poetry. She is the author of more than forty books for children, including All Kinds of Families! and the award-winning You Read to Me, I'll Read to You series.

Michael Emberley is the creator of the highly acclaimed picture books Ruby and its sequel, Ruby and the Sniffs. Having grown up in a family of writers and artists, he is an avid reader and comic book fan. A native of New England, Mr. Emberley now lives in Ireland.


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