Johnny Appleseed: My Story (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

Again this book was an easy read. Illustrations were well done. Great book.

I must admit, my kindergartener and I are great fans of the Step Into Reading series of books. Since my daughter had completed the Step 2 books in the Step Into Reading series of books, I decided to go ahead and purchase the Step 3 books. I was a bit hesitant because I noticed there is quite a big leap between the Step 2 and Step 3 books, especially in terms of vocabulary and sentence structure. The vocabulary is more advanced with higher order words, and the sentences are longer. I was also concerned that my daughter might not like the topics which seemed to be more 'academic' with history-based stories. My worries were unfounded. She loves the books and is reading them with very little help from me (and I enjoy listening to the stories!)These books are excellent for building children's reading skills as well as increasing their confidence in reading. Once you've completed the Step 1 and Step 2 books (I would advise proceeding level by level), the Step 3 books are not as daunting as they might first appear. In "Johnny Appleseed: My Story", young readers are introduced to Johnny Appleseed who was a real-life figure and not just a myth. He was famous for his amazing tales, and the vivid illustrations bring Johnny's adventures to life.I can't recommend these books highly enough - they are great for building reading skills, and also educational. This book is a great introduction to history, and I also came up with a series of short comprehension questions based on the story in this book so as to hone my daughter's comprehension skills (e.g. "What was one special thing about Johnny Appleseed?", "What did he do with all the apple seeds?", etc.). These books are not only great intermediate readers but might also inculcate in children a great love of American folklore and history.

We bought this for Johnny Appleseed day, it really helped my son learn about him. He just told me today(over a month later) that Johnny Appleseeds name is John Chapman!

This Johnny Appleseed book is a treasure. I'm the dining room pianist at the lodge of National Arbor Day Farm, and I take this book along for kids to read while they sit on the piano bench beside me and swing their feet to the music. We have good talks about how the apple trees in the orchard they can see from the window got their start from Johnny Appleseed.

I got this for my 7 year old daughter. It was nice that it had pictures, too. I thought it was a little pricey for such a short kindle book, but my daughter seemed to like it. She only read it a couple of times.

I purchased this book to add to a collection of books that I give to two children. I purchase 25 books wrap each one, and give the books as a "advent read a book a night , to count down to Xmas. " The kids loved this book! The price was right and they could read the book themselves.

I loved to hear my son reading this book to us. My wife and I are saving it to pass along to our future grandkids.

We enjoyed this story but after all the hype I made to my kid about the pot he wore on his head...no pot anywhere in this book!

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