Are You All About Reading?

Posted by Lorren on May 31, 2010

Earlier, I reviewed the Beehive Reader and All About Spelling. I really loved All About Spelling, but the Beehive Reader was a little youngish for my daughter, who is now working on 150+ page chapter books like Ramona Quimby, Age 8. I was recently given the opportunity to review What Am I, which is the first volume of Level 1 from All About Reading.

This book is a lot like the Beehive Reader, but it doesn’t directly correspond with All About Spelling like the Beehive Reader does. Because it is Level 2, it is a little bit more advanced. Like you would expect out of a reading text, the stories get more difficult as it progresses. In the beginning, the sentences are primarily one-syllable words, and the sentences are fairly simple. The final story, “What Am I?”, is considerably longer, has more difficult words, and is more complex.

Like the Beehive Reader, the book is beautifully illustrated, and is hardbound, so it will last through several children, if you need it to. It is 160 pages.

My daughter thought that this book was more interesting than The Beehive Reader, which was much too simple for her. This book was closer to her level, but over the year, she has exploded in her reading ability, and this book was still a little simple for her. I do recommend this book for early readers who have progressed past the Beehive Reader though. It’s a little too early for my little boy to start working on this set… he’s still working on his letters… but this will probably do nicely as a supplement for his reading (I’m partial to BJU reading). I’m a firm believer in having something available for kids to read.

I have taken this book to church as well. The sermons sometimes go over my daughter’s head, so she sometimes reads this book, along with Seasons of Faith. Even though it’s a little simple, it’s something that we can take along.