FICTION

Otter: The Best Job Ever!

by Sam GARTON
Otter: The Best Job Ever! illus. by Sam Garton. 32p. (My First I Can Read). HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. Jun. 2016. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780062366559.
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PreS-Gr 1—Another early reader about Otter and her teddy bear. Otter and Teddy want jobs just like Otter Keeper and set out to try many different possibilities. Teddy wants to be an acrobat but is no good at landing. He also tries exploring and cooking, with unsuccessful results. It turns out that both pals already have very important jobs—Teddy as Otter's friend and Otter as Teddy's caretaker. With lots of word repetition and adorable accompanying illustrations, this title is perfect for newly independent readers, who will thoroughly enjoy decoding the text in this "otterly" irresistible story.
VERDICT Recommended for all libraries.
Reviewed by Jessica Marie, Salem Public Library, OR
In Bath, mud-splattered Otter and her stuffie, Teddy, try to avoid the inevitable. In Job, Otter decides that she and Teddy need jobs, just like Otter Keeper (the human with whom they live). The popular picture-book otter weathers the transition to "first reader" books nicely: both stories are amusing in word and image (note, for instance, Otter and Teddy's bath-forestalling disguises). Review covers the following I Can Read Book titles: Otter: Oh No, Bath Time! and Otter: The Best Job Ever!.
 , Jul 01, 2016

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