I Love Cake!

by Frances Gilbert

Published 2 February 2021
Who doesn't love cake?! This Step 1 reader is the latest in the I Love Pink! series, this time following the little girl and her grandma as they bake a cake.

Cake is simply the best! The star of I Love Pink! and I Love My Tutu! absolutely loves cake! Together with her grandma, they endeavor to make a cake for mother's birthday. Impatience and overdecorating make the cake fall apart a little, but mom is happy to have it nonetheless. This simple story is relatable, easy to decode, and everybody loves cake!

     Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

Young readers will LOVE the other I LOVE books in this series!
I Love Pink!
I Love My Tutu!
I Love My Grandma!
I Love My Teacher!

I Love My Tutu!

by Frances Gilbert and Eren Blanquet Unten

Published 10 September 2019
A fun and adorable Step 1 early reader about a girl's love for her tutu—and the companion book to the top-selling I Love Pink!

A girl loves her tutu so much, she wants to wear it everywhere! To school, to soccer, to art class, to swimming lessons. . . . Wait! That's not a good idea. Really, the best place to wear a tutu is ballet class! This simple story is funny and fun to decode, and many parents will see their strong-willed, self-dressed child in our tutu-loving protagonist.

Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

Young readers will LOVE the companion books too! I Love Pink!, I Love My Grandma!, and I Love Cake!

I Love Pink!

by Frances Gilbert

Published 14 February 2017
A girl shares her love for all things PINK—pink clothes, pink pillows, pink pets?—in this imaginative early reader. Fans of Pinkalicious will relate!
 
A little girl wishes everything in her world could be pink . . . including her dog, her cat, and her hamster. Wait! How will she ever find her pink pets in her all-pink bedroom? This simple story perfectly—and humorously—illustrates the old adage “Be careful what you wish for!”

Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

And look for the sequel: I Love My Tutu!

En este ingenioso libro infantil, una niña comparte su amor por todo lo que es ROSA. Ropa rosa, almohadas rosas y . . . ¿mascotas rosas?

Una niña desea que todo en su mundo sea rosa . . . incluyendo a su perro, gato y hámster. ¡Pero espera! ¿Cómo va a encontrar a sus mascotas si todo su cuarto es rosa? Esta divertida y simple historia ilustra perfectamente y con humor la frase «ten cuidado con lo que deseas».

LEYENDO A PASOS es una línea de Step into Reading que ofrece ediciones en español de libros nivelados. Los libros Paso 1 tienen letra grande y palabras fáciles. Son ideales para niños que conocen el abecedario y que quieren comenzar a leer. Su ritmo, rima y pistas visuales contribuyen a la comprensión del texto.

In this imaginative early reader in Spanish, a girl shares her love for all things PINK--pink clothes, pink pillows, and . . . pink pets? Fans of Pinkalicious will relate!

A little girl wishes everything in her world could be pink . . . including her dog, her cat, and her hamster. Wait! How will she ever find her pink pets in her all-pink bedroom? This simple story perfectly—and humorously—illustrates the old adage "Be careful what you wish for!"

LEYENDO A PASOS is a line from Step into Reading offering leveled readers in Spanish. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired picture clues help children decode the story.

¡Amo el rosa!

by Frances Gilbert

Published 13 October 2020
En este ingenioso libro infantil, una niña comparte su amor por todo lo que es ROSA. Ropa rosa, almohadas rosas y . . . ¿mascotas rosas?

Una niña desea que todo en su mundo sea rosa . . . incluyendo a su perro, gato y hámster. ¡Pero espera! ¿Cómo va a encontrar a sus mascotas si todo su cuarto es rosa? Esta divertida y simple historia ilustra perfectamente y con humor la frase «ten cuidado con lo que deseas».

LEYENDO A PASOS es una línea de Step into Reading que ofrece ediciones en español de libros nivelados. Los libros Paso 1 tienen letra grande y palabras fáciles. Son ideales para niños que conocen el abecedario y que quieren comenzar a leer. Su ritmo, rima y pistas visuales contribuyen a la comprensión del texto.

In this imaginative early reader in Spanish, a girl shares her love for all things PINK--pink clothes, pink pillows, and . . . pink pets? Fans of Pinkalicious will relate!

A little girl wishes everything in her world could be pink . . . including her dog, her cat, and her hamster. Wait! How will she ever find her pink pets in her all-pink bedroom? This simple story perfectly—and humorously—illustrates the old adage "Be careful what you wish for!"

LEYENDO A PASOS is a line from Step into Reading offering leveled readers in Spanish. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired picture clues help children decode the story.

I Love My Grandma!

by Frances Gilbert

Published 24 March 2020
Perfect for Mother's Day, Grandparents Day, and any day when you want to celebrate a child's love for their grandma, this warm Step 1 early reader celebrates a girl's special relationship with her grandma!

Aren't grandmas the best? The star of I Love Pink! and I Love My Tutu! has so much fun with her grandma! Together, they bike and play games, they read and have tea parties . . . and dance parties! And, guess what? Her grandma even had a grandma once! And they liked to do a lot of the same things together, too. This simple story is relatable, easy to decode, and parents and grandparents will relish the opportunity to talk about their family lineage after reading this warm intergenerational story about the love between a grandma and a granddaughter.

Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired picture clues help children decode the story.

Young readers will LOVE the other I LOVE books in this series!
I Love My Pink!
I Love My Tutu!
I Love Cake!
I Love My Teacher!

I Love My Teacher!

by Frances Gilbert

Published 5 April 2022
Perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week! This Step 1 reader is all about how wonderful school is when you have a great teacher.

Teachers are simply the best! The star of I Love Pink! and I Love My Tutu! absolutely loves her teacher! There's so much to learn, and her teacher makes it fun. So fun that our little pink lover enjoys pretending to be a teacher when she gets home. Emergent readers will relate to this story while bolstering their reading skills in this heartwarming celebration of teachers.

Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

Young readers will LOVE the other I LOVE books in this series!
I Love My Pink!
I Love My Tutu!
I Love My Grandma!
I Love Cake!