Scholastic Reader Level 3: Poppleton In Winter Paperback – October 1, 2008

This is an outstanding early reader book, with all three stories taking place in winter. In the first story, "Icicles," Poppleton, a pig, doesn't want to knock down the icicles attached to his roof, even though others tell him the icicles could cause problems. Then one day a small finch flies into one of the icicles and, like dominos, they break off one after another. But the finch and Poppleton figure out a use for the broken icicles.In "The Bust," the reader learns that every winter, Poppleton gives himself a project, and this winter his project is to make a bust of his neighbor's head. But he just can't remember what Cherry Sue's eyes look like . . . what her hair looks like . . . what her nose looks like. So Poppleton keeps knocking on her door, studying Cherry Sue's features, and leaving. Finally, Cherry Sue becomes exasperated enough to tweak Poppleton's nose, at which point he tells her what he's doing.In the third story, "The Sleigh Ride," Poppleton wants to go on a sleigh ride, but it seems that every friend he invites to go with him is busy baking. The reason for all the baking becomes clear at the end of the story. Definitely Recommended.

This book is a group of short stories perfect for a more advanced beginner reader.In all 3 of the stories, Poppleton has some sort of issue. With time, he finds his friends are available to help him out.I like this book for many reasons.1. The story are simple and easy to comprehend.2. The sentence structure is nice and has lots of details, but not overwhelming or choppy.3. The stories all have good morals.Overall, this is a nice book for children. We enjoy reading it.

My second grade students love the Poppleton books. There is just the right touch of humor. I read the books to them as each season comes. They can't wait for me to put them into the sharing shelves. Poppleton the pig is a likeable character who has little adventures and delimmas to solve. It is written in early chapter book style- with each chapter being it's own little story. We have all of the Poppleton books and wish there were more! With Cynthia Rylant and Mark Teague as author and illustrator you can't go wrong!

Good book

My kids love all the Poppleton books. I started by taking them out of the library, but because they enjoyed them so much that I was asked to read them again and again, I bought my own set for home. They like the simple storylines, the repetitive sentence structures, and the amusing characters. My 7-year-old laughs out loud in places. The winter issue gets read a lot during the summer, by the way. It reminds them of their favorite season.

Three cute, simple and short stories, The Icicles, The Bust, and The Sleigh Ride entertain kids with more of Poppleton, the silly pig, and his friends everyday winter adventures. Nice coordinating illustrations that will help the Level 3 (first thru third graders) decode the text. Great and innocent beginning stories.

Great!

These books are my daughter's favorite! Cute short stories that she can learn to read herself some day!