Roly-Poly Monster Goes to the Zoo

I read this with my 6 year old son. We had a blast! There is so much going on in the illustrations with Roly-Poly Monster hopping all over the page leaving a dotted line trail behind him as he explores the zoo. My son enjoyed tracing the trail with his finger! The story itself was written with a mix of words that he could sound out and others that I had to read. Taking turns reading became game and soon he was really concentrating on trying to sound out the larger more complicated words. I usually have a hard time getting him in the mood to read with me but this book grabbed his attention right from the beginning. It also gave me the perfect opportunity to show him how a map and key work using an illustrated railroad map in the book (his favorite page)! I had a hard time getting my tablet back from him.
Big round of applause to both the author and illustrator!