First sentence: Dog can hide. Frog can hide. Cat can seek.

Premise/plot: Dog, Cat, and Frog are playing hide and seek with one another in Laura Gehl's early reader. What you see is exactly what you get: an early reader with limited vocabulary emphasizing certain word families, certain sight words, etc., telling the story of three friends playing hide and seek.

My thoughts: It has a story. Perhaps it isn't the most exciting story in the world, but, it is a story. (I would say it has more of a story than some of the readers I had in kindergarten growing up. (Though our family still loves to talk about "Let us take a peek at the mean goat.") I liked the illustrations--very expressive. These illustrations will also "help" young readers read the text. There are plenty of clues to help readers. (Though the text, as I mentioned, is simple). ( )