MIAMI - (November 15, 2007)
Rebecca Bell’s emergent reader, Capitano Ricco, published by Bouncing Ball Books, Inc., is hand written and illustrated entirely in Bell’s unique artistic style and signature use of colored pencils. Not only is Capitano Ricco a delightful first book for new readers but it also contains a word list with an illustration for each word that increases on every page. As the story progresses the word list grows.
Richard is an elementary school boy who becomes distracted by the classroom wall world map. He daydreams of being a captain of a ship. As his daydream continues, Richard realizes that he dreams of becoming a particular kind of captain, a pirate captain – Captitano Ricco! From the childhood story of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie in 1911 to Disney’s hit movie trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean, young boys have been captivated by the thought of sailing off to adventure on the sea in tall ships.
Capitano Ricco takes the emergent reader through an imaginary daydream from a child’s eye and lands the reader and Richard back in the reality of his school classroom. It is then that Richard notices another student daydreaming and looking at the classroom wall world map. Get ready for a sweet surprise ending as the emergent reader follows Capitana Jenna through her imagination.
Bell has broken new ground with her first emergent reader. Perfect for boys of any age from the very small first time emergent readers to his grandfather, Capitano Ricco is sure to delight pirates at heart with its easy to understand action and learn as you read style.
For more information on Rebecca Bell and to read a sample page and the book brief, visit www.bouncingballbooks.com.
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