Stuart Sets Sail (I Can Read Book 1)

Features

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Cover Type: Paperback with 32 pages
• Published by: HarperTrophy June 5, 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0064443027
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0064443029
• Book Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 ounces

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-These two beginning readers are based on incidents from the movie Stuart Little, which took its name from the book, but basically that's all. In one story, the little mouse climbs into a vase while hiding from a cat, but then requirements the help of the feline to get free. In the second book, Stuart has an adventure with a large fish and a turtle while piloting a toy boat across a park lake. Both are in an accessible, easy-reader format with large type and colorful pictures based on the movie, but they are a poor relation to E. B. White's famous Stuart Little (HarperCollins, 1945). Neither "adventure" is from the original book, so why steal the stars? It is blatant commercialism to take a famous character and a few familiar details (the names of the boat and the cat) and put them in watered-down scenarios. These offerings are a disservice to children's literature and to its readers.
Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description


On a picnic with his family, Stuart decides to take his boat, the Wasp, out for a quick sail to the other side of the lake. But there is a lot more to do on the water than he'd thought. Will Stuart ever make it to the other side?

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Stuart Sets Sail (I Can Read Book 1) (Library Binding) When the Little family goes on a picnic outing, Stuart decides to sail his boat across the lake. He has some small adventures and then returns. The type is big and the words are basic in this early reader that is uninspiring but adequate to the task.