The Splish-Splash Puddle Dance!: Ready to Read Level 1 (Tow on the Go!)

Cars and trucks are fascinating to many young readers, and race cars are the best, especially when they are revving their engines. This is a good lesson in being careful; Ro should have definitely assessed the puddles more carefully. He's lucky to have his good friend Mo who can come to rescue him, even if it is a difficult process.

Seasonal books are always a good choice for preschool children, who are still learning about the seasons and the weather. The first book in this series, The Mambo rescue, has a winter theme, so Mo's fans will be glad to see him back in this spring romp. The pastel colors in the background after the rain clears and Ro is rescued are a nice constrast to the gray, rainy scenes when Ro is stuck! Mo is often surrounded by swirls of stars of musical notes that give a nice fantasy element to these stories; cars can't really mambo their way out of difficult situations, but they also don't have Mo's broad grin!

Emerging readers who enjoy being read to while running Matchbox cars over the pages, and who found titles like Alexander's Mini Mighty Sweeps or Van Dusen's Big Truck, Little Island amusing will enjoy Mo and his antics, but be prepared to adapt the text into a musical format so that this book can be sung with appropriate fervor!