Where Does It Park? (Scholastic My First Library)
by Susan Canizares
Scholastic My First Library, Learning Center Emergent Readers
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Examines a variety of vehicles and the places where they can park, including a car in a garage, a bus at a bus station, and a truck at a truck stop.Tags
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#1543 in our old book database.
It seems like a straightforward topic for an educational book for toddlers, but it was frustrating to realize how hard it is to guess the answer before turning the page because most times there are multiple acceptable answers that are ignored for the arbitrary one the author has selected.
For instance we're told a car parks "In a garage." This ignores people who don't have a garage at their home and might use public parking garages, parking lots, parking spaces on streets, etc. It also ignores the many places a person may park their car during a day of work or errands.
And just when I think maybe the author is ignoring places where vehicles may only be parked for short periods of time -- like school buses show more don't park at schools because they spend the night in bus yards -- we are presented with semis parked at truck stops, which are just big gas stations essentially, not the fleet centers of the corporate owners or the residences of independent owner/operators.
Seems like you'd spend a lot of time having to correct or expand on this book with any child you read it to. show less
It seems like a straightforward topic for an educational book for toddlers, but it was frustrating to realize how hard it is to guess the answer before turning the page because most times there are multiple acceptable answers that are ignored for the arbitrary one the author has selected.
For instance we're told a car parks "In a garage." This ignores people who don't have a garage at their home and might use public parking garages, parking lots, parking spaces on streets, etc. It also ignores the many places a person may park their car during a day of work or errands.
And just when I think maybe the author is ignoring places where vehicles may only be parked for short periods of time -- like school buses show more don't park at schools because they spend the night in bus yards -- we are presented with semis parked at truck stops, which are just big gas stations essentially, not the fleet centers of the corporate owners or the residences of independent owner/operators.
Seems like you'd spend a lot of time having to correct or expand on this book with any child you read it to. show less
discusses all the different places that trains, cars, bikes, etc. park. good for introducing different types of transportations.
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Susan Canizares was born in 1960. She earned a master's degree in special education, specializing in early childhood, from New York University. She then went on to acquire a Ph.D. in language and literacy development from Fordham University. She has written numerous nonfiction books for young children, as well as professional articles for teachers show more and parents. Her books include Rainforest Colors, Supermarket, Polar Bears, Wheels, Who Lives in a Tree?, Busy Beavers, Frogs, and Animal Pack. She, along with Dr. Susan B. Neuman and Dr. Catherine Snow, authored Scholastic's Building Language for Literacy program. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Where Does It Park? (Scholastic My First Library) (Scholastic My First Library)
- Alternate titles
- Scholastic My First Library: Where Does It Park?; My First Library: Where Does It Park?
- Original publication date
- 1999
- First words
- Where does a car park?
In a garage. - Last words
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At an airport. - Original language
- English
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- English
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