A Bit Hit was a Hit!

A Big Hit
By Emily Hutchinson
Illustrated by Valeria Pertone
Published by Harcourt School Publishers
ISBN: 0-15-364088-X
Rating: 8/10

A Big Hit is a cute one. It is about four animal friends- a dog, pig, cat, and elephant- who are playing baseball together. This decodable book has a quick story-line that is easy to follow. Each character has a name and a specific role in the baseball game. There are high-frequency words, but mainly decodable ones with the short vowel sound /i/.

I liked this one because of the narrative aspect. Although the book is only eight pages, the reader gets to know the names and genders of the few characters. It is simple, but still personable and hits the vowels sounds that it needs to.