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Horse & Buggy on Ice

Author Ethan Long
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8.23"W x 10.27"H x 0.32"D   | 10 oz | 50 per carton
On sale Dec 20, 2022 | 32 Pages | 9780823447688
Age 4-8 years
Best friends Horse & Buggy test their friendship as Horse spins out of control showing off his skating moves in this hilarious story for beginning readers!

Horse can skate. He can spin. He can leap! But when he falls, Buggy is there to get her friend back on the ice.
 
Together they try again! Ethan Long's expressive, slapstick-style art shines in this story about practice and friendship—great for beginning reader collections.
 
Don't miss this hilarious duo's other adventures in Dance, Dance, Dance!, Horse & Buggy Paint It Out!, and Horse & Buggy Plant a Seed.
 
This book has been officially leveled by using the F&P Text Level Gradient(TM) Leveling System.
 
The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Ethan Long is an artist and animator who has written and illustrated dozens of children's books. His accolades include a Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal for Up, Tall, and High! and a daytime Emmy nomination for Tasty Time with Ze Frank.
  • SELECTION | 2023
    Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year
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"Resilience and determination come in handy when ice-skating, and also when learning to read. With smoothly executed controlled vocabulary, On Ice supports emergent readers in their solo efforts."—Booklist

"Emerging readers will enjoy working their way through this silly, funny book."—School Library Journal

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Best friends Horse & Buggy test their friendship as Horse spins out of control showing off his skating moves in this hilarious story for beginning readers!

Horse can skate. He can spin. He can leap! But when he falls, Buggy is there to get her friend back on the ice.
 
Together they try again! Ethan Long's expressive, slapstick-style art shines in this story about practice and friendship—great for beginning reader collections.
 
Don't miss this hilarious duo's other adventures in Dance, Dance, Dance!, Horse & Buggy Paint It Out!, and Horse & Buggy Plant a Seed.
 
This book has been officially leveled by using the F&P Text Level Gradient(TM) Leveling System.
 
The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Creators

Ethan Long is an artist and animator who has written and illustrated dozens of children's books. His accolades include a Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal for Up, Tall, and High! and a daytime Emmy nomination for Tasty Time with Ze Frank.

Awards

  • SELECTION | 2023
    Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year

Praise

"Resilience and determination come in handy when ice-skating, and also when learning to read. With smoothly executed controlled vocabulary, On Ice supports emergent readers in their solo efforts."—Booklist

"Emerging readers will enjoy working their way through this silly, funny book."—School Library Journal
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