Big Shark, Little Shark Go to School

Illustrated by Tim Budgen
A silly school-themed sequel to the popular Step 1 Reader Big Shark, Little Shark!

Everyone's favorite odd couple (of sharks) returns in this funny Step 1 book! And now it's time for school! Big Shark and Little Shark continue to be opposites in every way. Little Shark is excited for school and shows up to the bus stop early. Big Shark...doesn't show up at all! Will Big Shark and Little Shark be late on their first day?

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.
ANNA MEMBRINO is an editor, writer, and Ultimate Frisbee player. She is the author of I Want to Be a Ballerina; Big Shark, Little Shark; and the I Look Up to... series. Anna lives in New York City.

TIM BUDGEN was born in Surrey, England, and is a freelance illustrator and art teacher. For much of his life, he has been scribbling down ideas, and he can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other! This is his first book for Random House. He lives on an island off the coast of England, and surely there are sharks in the waters there!

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A silly school-themed sequel to the popular Step 1 Reader Big Shark, Little Shark!

Everyone's favorite odd couple (of sharks) returns in this funny Step 1 book! And now it's time for school! Big Shark and Little Shark continue to be opposites in every way. Little Shark is excited for school and shows up to the bus stop early. Big Shark...doesn't show up at all! Will Big Shark and Little Shark be late on their first day?

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.

Author

ANNA MEMBRINO is an editor, writer, and Ultimate Frisbee player. She is the author of I Want to Be a Ballerina; Big Shark, Little Shark; and the I Look Up to... series. Anna lives in New York City.

TIM BUDGEN was born in Surrey, England, and is a freelance illustrator and art teacher. For much of his life, he has been scribbling down ideas, and he can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other! This is his first book for Random House. He lives on an island off the coast of England, and surely there are sharks in the waters there!

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