FICTION

Yoko Learns to Read

by Rosemary WELLS
illus. by author. unpaged. Hyperion/Disney. Feb. 2012. RTE $15.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-3823-5. LC number unavailable.
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K-Gr 1—Yoko's class is learning to read, and Mrs. Jenkins gives her students a beautiful leaf for each book they finish. Yoko has only three books at home (all in Japanese) and is feeling glum because her classmates boast about how many more leaves they have put on the class book tree. After Yoko discovers the library and increases the books available to her, she earns as many leaves as her classmates. As she reads at home, her mother begins to learn to read in English, too. The story is very simple; the audience may be somewhat limited to emerging readers who are eager to share the wonder of the reading experience. The beautiful papers and patterns in the illustrations, including those on the kimonos Yoko and her mother wear, and the sweet cast of cat characters are sure to appeal.—Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME
In this fifth story featuring Yoko the cat, she and her mother love to read the three Japanese children's books they have at home, but Yoko needs to start reading in English. Soon enough she is--and teaching her mother, too. Yoko's excitement about recognizing new words is accurately portrayed. Wells's oil pastel and collage art is as eye-catching as ever.
Reviewed by Mary Hazelton , Feb 01, 2012

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