Summary
Attention shark lovers! Freddy Thresher is a first-grade expert on sharks, and each book features cool facts about sharks as an added bonus.
It's a Thanksgiving disaster for Freddy Thresher! When his first-grade class begins planning the annual Thanksgiving play, everyone will have a role. Freddy's friends are all happy to be Pilgrims and Indians, but there is one part that nobody wants to be the turkey! Freddy hopes he won't get the part, but you guessed it he gets the unlucky role. Now Freddy has to find a way to play the turkey while everyone is laughing at him.
First-grade and kindergarten teacher Abby Klein has been teaching for almost twenty years, and she brings her firsthand knowledge of children to this popular series. She tailors each story and the language in it for new readers - using just the right words as well as the issues that are most important to children this age.
For extra fun, the word "fin" is hidden in every illustration, and children will have a good time playing the games in "Freddy's Fun Pages" at the end of the book.
Abby Klein was born in Los Angeles, California. She received her teaching credentials at Dartmouth College, where she majored in psychology and education, and her master's degree in reading and language development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has been a kindergarten and first-grade teacher for more than fifteen years in the Los Angeles area. She is a teacher-leader in her district and has presented numerous staff development workshops for the district and her school on reading, writing, and literacy. She writes the Ready, Freddy! series.
(Bowker Author Biography)
