Name Patty's Pets: A Talk-Along Story Children Participate by Guessing Rhyming Answers (Talk-Along Stories)

In the interactive Talk-Along Book series, children participate by guessing rhyming answers. Name Patty’s Pets is a charming story in rhyme about a little girl who discovers a ball of fur and takes it home to be her pet. Because she does not know what it is, your child must help Patty identify it. Patty thinks she has found a cat. Each time she thinks she knows what the animal is, it changes again into another bigger animal. This goes on through an impressive display of animals until finally Patty discovers what her pet really is. This clever story not only has a surprise element at the end but also suspense throughout the story to hold the interest of children. This story is educational in an entertaining way. It is interactive and requires interplay between the reader and child who can identify Patty’s pets by supplying the missing words which rhymes with the preceding line. Vocabulary development, spelling, auditory discrimination and attention to visual cues are stressed. This book is one in a series titled Talk-Along, and each book teaches a different concept, such as counting, adding, colors, shapes, transportation, pets, active words, and anatomy. This book makes learning fun! The illustrations are colorful, clever and very expressive. There are eight interactive Talk-Along Books in the series: Name Lizzy’s Colors, Name Patty’s Pets, Help Jumbo Escape, Help Dress Priscilla, Count The Possums, Help Bruce Goose Fly South, Let’s Haunt A House, and Help Mister Turkel Change His Shape. All eight books are available in printed form. Three of the Talk-Along Books are in a coloring book format: Help Bruce Goose Fly South, Let’s Haunt A House, and Help Mister Turkel Change His Shape.