The Pup Speaks Up

Pal is a pup who's a bit on the quiet side. But after some gentle prodding and encouragement from a few -talkative- friends, the pup finds the courage to speak up and take his final bow-wow

Author: Anna Jane Hays
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/27/2003
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 9.04h x 5.96w x 0.10d
ISBN: 9780375812323
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 0.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 117219 / Pup Speaks Up: A Phonics Reader


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2003 pg. 1899
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 70 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 70 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Anna Jane Hays has had firsthand experience with seven preschoolers-her own two children and five grandchildren-as well as over 30 years experience in creating educational picture books, storybooks, and print activity books for preschoolers. She joined the Children's Television Workshop in 1970 and used her creativity and expertise to help develop publishing based on Sesame Street, the then-new, innovative, PBS preschool educational television series. She was first managing editor of the Sesame Street magazine start-up and developed original Sesame Street Book publishing in partnerships with Golden Press and Random House. After 29 years at Sesame Street,  she retired as Vice President/Editor in Chief of Book Publishing at Children's Television Workshop. Hays continues her work in children's publishing and has since published several storybooks and picture books with Random House, including Silly Sara, The Pup Speaks Up, and several other Step Into Reading and Sesame Workshop titles. Hays received her AA at Stephens College, Columbia, MO, and her BA in Honors English at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. She then pursued a variety of post-graduate academic studies, including writers workshops at New York University and Columbia University. The author of numerous books for both US and European publishers, Hays continues her work in children's publishing as an editor, writer, and consultant. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Valeria Petrone has illustrated numerous picture books, including Red Truck, Blue Boat, and Yellow Copter (all by Kersten Hamilton), and Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin (by Mary Serfozo), and does editorial illustration for several Italian and UK magazines. She lives in Milan, Italy.