Michael J. Daley
MY FIRST BOARD BOOK
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PINCH AND DASH AND THE TERRIBLE COUCH IS HERE!
Pinch and Dash are back again
for another zany adventure! Aunt Hasty has sent Pinch her couch. Pinch does not want a couch. Pinch does not need a couch. Pinch does not like this couch. It is a terrible couch! Can his friend Dash help Pinch solve this terrible problem? Or will Pinch never sit in his snug chair again? A Junior Library Guild Selection cover illustration by Thomas F. Yezerski copyright 2013
MICHAEL'S FIRST EARLY READER CHAPTER BOOK!
Pinch is hungry. But he is too lazy to make his own soup. Dash is a great cook. But he never puts enough pepper or hot sauce in his soup. Can two friends make the perfect pot of soup? Or will a spat about spices spoil their lunch? Meet Pinch & Dash, two good friends who do things differently---but always stick together in the end. Available in hardcover & paperback Charlesbridge ISBN 978-1-58089-346-6 Also available as an Audio Book from Recorded Books. Stay on the look-out for more adventures next year when PINCH AND DASH star in THE TERRIBLE COUCH! And please don't miss my wife, Jessie Haas' new early reader: Bramble and Maggie. The cover and link is just to your left. "Daley's easy-reading text about good friends learning to cooperate is served up just right with Yezerski's illustrations in pen, ink and watercolor." --- Kirkus"A good choice for librarians looking to expand their upper range of their beginning-reader collections." ---SLJ"...a gem for your readers 5 to 7" --- Jeanette Sessions
A very lively review of Pinch and Dash "Daley's effective use of repeated words and phrases, simple vocabulary, and grouping of events into four short chapters makes this very accessible to novices, while the gentle situational humor will also help facilitate reader's digestion of this easy reader." --- The Bulletin"This amusing young reader's chapter book not only contains an humorous story, but it also exlores the idea that sometimes you have to make compromises for the sake of your friends."
Though the Looking Glass Review by Marya Jansen-Gruber "...filled with ear-pleasing word play..." --- KidsVT
A little taste of stone soup from KidsVT Magazine FULL KIRKUS Review of Pinch & Dash Make Soup
"Daley's easy-reading text about good friends learning to cooperate is served up just right with Yezerski's illustrations in pen, ink and watercolor." *
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