Messy Bessey and the Birthday Overnight

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Just the Series: Rookie Reader: Rhyme Rookie Reader: Level C

Series and Publisher: Rookie Reader: Rhyme Rookie Reader: Level C

Annotation: Messy Bessey shows herself to be a true friend and a good guest when she helps to clean up after a messy birthday sleepover.

Genre: [Realistic fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #4680438

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Children's Press

Edition Date: 1998 Release Date: 05/01/01

Illustrator: Regan, Dana,

Pages: 31 pages

ISBN: 0-516-26411-7

ISBN 13: 978-0-516-26411-0

Dewey: E

LCCN: 98009223

Dimensions: 18 cm.

Subject Heading:
Helpfulness. Fiction.
Birthdays. Fiction.
Sleepovers. Fiction.
Cleanliness. Fiction.
Best friends. Fiction.
African Americans. Fiction.
Stories in rhyme.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book

Published spring 1998. In the first of these two small books, Messy Bessey, a young African-American girl, is the only guest that stays to clean up after a slumber party; in the second, she's elected class president after organizing her classmates to clean their desks. The singsong rhyme doesn't always read smoothly in these didactic texts , which are accompanied by illustrations that are cheerful and clear, but pedestrian.

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Word Count: 148

Reading Level: 2.3

Interest Level: K-3

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 2.3 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 26934 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:2.1 / points:1.0 / quiz:Q14543

Lexile: 490L

Guided Reading Level: I

Fountas & Pinnell: I

A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own.

Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. Messy Bessey shows herself to be a true friend and a good guest when she helps to clean up after a messy birthday sleepover.

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