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| Wake Up, Sun! (Step-Into-Reading, Step 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: David L. Harrison
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $3.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 151067
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.2
ISBN: 0394882563
EAN: 9780394882567
ASIN: 0394882563
Publication Date: 1986
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Illus. in full color. "A comedy about a menagerie of barnyard animals who mistakenly think the sun has forgotten to rise. Designed for children just beginning to read, the story's vocabulary is simple, yet is smoothly written. A good choice."--Booklist.
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Kids love animal sounds! August 28, 2008
Wake Up, Sun! is another early reader book we explored recently to hone my six-year-old son's reading skills. Like My Loose Tooth, our copy is an older version that's labeled "Step 1," while newer editions have the label "Step 2." Of course, it's also published by Random House. I'm curious as to why they changed their level system.
The story follows the adventures of four barnyard animals as they search for the sun early one morning. Dog, Pig, Cow, and Chicken cannot figure out why the sun hasn't awakened, and try to make as much noise as possible to wake up the sun. It is common knowledge that children are fascinated by animal sounds, and the narrative in this book includes each character's unique call. This guarantees young readers will find this little story exceptionally appealing. When you are deciphering words like "oink" and "moo," it's pretty difficult to keep a straight face.
The watercolor illustrations make for adorable characterizations. The text is large and clear, and the story is perfectly appropriate for preschoolers. Depending on your child's maturity level, it may be a bit juvenile for first graders, however. The strange thing is that Amazon lists it's intended age group as baby to preschool, but it's a Stage 2 book. I doubt many babies are reading at a Stage 2 level. Maybe this would be a good book for an older sibling to read aloud to a younger brother or sister.
My 2 1/2 year old loves this book... January 13, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
...So much so that, since losing the original, he's been hounding us for it. Hence why I'm here to order another copy. Yes, the gun's appearance is a bit disconcerting, but I see it as an opportunity to start cautioning about the dangers of guns. Sort of like dodgey subject matter in the older fairy tales & what not.
 Where did the Sun Go? May 5, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Wake up! These are words my almost three-year-old son Devon uses every morning. Lord, I can't believe I could hardly wait for him to start talking. Well now is and he won't shutup. Since we don't have a TV at our house, because we think Sponge Bob Square Pants and the like can't possibly be good for children, we read. Many of the children's books we read to him are beyond his understanding, but this one is perfect for a child who has just learned all his letters, upper and lower case.
A flea bites a dog, he barks and the other barnyard animals believe the dog is heralding a new dawn. But where is the sun? The animals go on a quest for it and your toddler will have fun as you and he/she follow them along. This is a book for the earliest of beginning readers. Big print, two lines per pages, simple words, but yet they tell a nice story. My son loves this book and he is starting to figure out the words. Oh, Happy Day!
Jack Priest, Dad in Training
 surprise December 5, 1999
30 out of 33 found this review helpful
If you don't like to see guns pop up unexpectedly in children's books then don't buy this one. I was thoroughly disappointed to see a gun come into play towards the end of what was, until that point, a nice story.
a different view of how the sun comes up! July 27, 1998
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Every child wonders about the sun and why it goes up or goes down. I've read this book to my daughter and she likes it! She can even read it by herself
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