Ed and Ted and Ted's Dog Fred

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 7, 2014

Review

This is an extremely humorous story about Ed, Ted and Fred who live in a shed, drive vehicles that are red,are swallowed by a whale named Ned, and nearly end up dead. This rhyming text is helpful to children, while the illustrations lend a hand in prompting young readers to understand what the text says. In other words, the text and the pictures complement one another quite well. The illustrations are absolutely hilarious with tube-shaped people, extremely expressive faces, and lots of action. There are also two more difficult words for the level 2 reader to learn (of course, these rhyme with Ed, Ted and Fred)adding a bit of challenge for the developing reader. I would recommend this choice for beginner shelves everywhere.

Overall Book Score: very good