My First Pets Board Book

My First Pets Board Book
(Dorling Kindersley)
edited by Mariza O'Keeffe
children's nonfiction
ages 0-3

Since this book is a series of photographs about common household pets and does not have a plot or even use sentences there is no author listed. DK has produced another colorful book of photographs intended to help the smallest readers with vocabulary. We find cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, and more featured in this photography book. It shows what these animals look like, where they sleep, and what they eat and play with. This is a sturdy book that will hold up to being chewed on by the reader or his or her pet.

Maya & Miguel Teacher's Pet: Telenovel

Maya & Miguel Teacher's Pet: Telenovel
by
C. Tobin, Rick Demonico, and Heather Barber
Children's fiction, ages 6 - 9

Thumb's down for a not-very-creative title. I see that the Spanish language version title is La Mascota de la Clase, which is still not creative, but a little better.

I don't know why the cover says "totally told in pictures". There are words used here. They took an episode and made it into a book. It isn't the best episode or the worst episode. Pretty much, if the student likes watching Maya and Miguel they will like this. If not, then he or she should probably read something else. Some Spanish words are scattered throughout the book and not explained, but if the reader doesn't understand the words, there is no loss of plot comprehension.
This book is appropriate in libraries to encourage reading, but is no great literary feat and not particularly memorable.
Plot: Paco the parrot is lonely, so Maya takes him to school. Not a good move, but it has a happy ending.