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The Missing Donut

Cover image for The missing donut

By: Judith Henderson
Illustrated by: T.L. McBeth
Kids Can Press Ltd., 2018. Picture Book

Was the donut purloined by crat the cat? He did feel very discombobulated after he flew off the bike trying to prove that he was a master bike rider.

In this story, the missing donut, a boy named Chris and his cat, Crat, will help readers learn some big words through small stories. With Sprinklers, the sprinkle fairy's helpers, new vocabulary words are "sprinkled" into the stories. If you happen to see a sprinkler you know there is a big word coming. The Sprinkle Fairy and her helpers are slipping the best words into the stories from the word factory in Sicily so be prepared to learn some prodigious new words.

This book is a fun way to teach children about the magic in a word and to increase their vocabulary. The illustrations are simple and entertaining to look at and the stories are quirky with slap stick humor that I found entertaining. If you like books like Fancy Nancy you will enjoy this book, The Missing Donut. 

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