I Spy Thanksgiving

I Spy Readers

by Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Photographer)

[Scholastic Reader Level 1]

A Thanksgiving search-and-find I Spy reader!

All new, easy-to-read riddles by Jean Marzollo are paired with Walter Wick's fun photographs culled from previously published I Spy books to create this I Spy easy reader that's perfect for Thanksgiving!

Genres: Thanksgiving, Holiday, Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Jean Marzollo was an American children's author and illustrator best known for the I Spy series, a best-selling and award-winning collection written entirely in rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Walter Wick. Over her career, she wrote more than 100 books for children, parents, and educators, including Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20, The Little Plant Doctor, and Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. Born and raised in Connecticut, she graduated from the University of Connecticut and earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught high school English and later worked in educational publishing, serving for 20 years as editor of Scholastic’s Let’s Find Out Magazine. Later in life, she began illustrating her own books.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fun book. There is no story here. Another book my nephew asked for. This has pictures and a list of things to find in each pictures.

I have seen better I spy books too. It does have a Thanksgiving theme.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really Thanksgiving themed.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

My biggest problem with the book was that I expected a thanksgiving themed book and it had nothing to do with Thanksgiving at all. It was a total mislead. There was a wooden object with a turkey stamp on it, not what I would call Thanksgiving, and the illustrator seemed to think that by putting an autumn tree drawing, a pumpkin toy and a tiny apple pie object that that magically made it Thanksgiving. This was just a regular old I Spy book that didn't get one into the Thanksgiving spirit at all.

There were only 2 pages that i liked, the outdoor scene with the little pool and the wooden sign for Old Log Bridge, Picnic Rock and Swimming hole, and the one inside the shed looking out onto a lighthouse, with the shape of a cat carved out of the wall. The rest of the scenes I didn't enjoy as they were all toys and other objects I wasn't interested in.

Also, another issue I had was that nearly all of the objects we were supposed to look for were right beside each other. Your eyes didn't have to wander too far when the illustrator put 3 out of 4 of the items right next to each other. That took the fun out of it. It's pretty bad when as you're looking at it you find about a million different things that would have been better to find rather than the ones the author picked. The pages with jam-packed with all of the toys were harder to find the objects, so it did represent a challenge. At the end of the book it called for finding matching words, words that start with a certain letter or letters, and words that end with a certain letter or letters, and then words that rhymed, so this would be good for pre-kindergarten through first as the book suggests. It would challenge them and help with reading and understanding.

[Alana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thanksgiving, my left foot.

[Lisa Nagel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like these level one I Spy books for the early reader. The kids love them too, and the picture lexicon style lends itself to word recognition.

[Brandielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and easy I Spy. Perfect for young readers.

[Marisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

my 5 year old loves these beginning reader i spy books.

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

6\29\17 Read with Julia & Joseph

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Synopsis: "A Thanksgiving search-and-find I Spy reader!

All new, easy-to-read riddles by Jean Marzollo are paired with Walter Wick's fun photographs culled from previously published I Spy books to create this I Spy easy reader that's perfect for Thanksgiving!"

My Review: I picked this one up to hopefully keep Munchkin busy during dinner prep. While it is a great Level 1 Reader and I Spy book, there really isn't much to make it Thanksgiving oriented. I was expecting more things like pilgrim hats, ears of corn, etc. while there were a few things it just didn't seem very Thanksgiving like to me. The one thing I really liked about this one is it not only had search and find pictures but also words, match the words, words that start with the same letter, and more that were a great challenge for a young reader.