Series: Step into Reading
Everyone loves Arfy the rescue dogstar of the New York Times bestselling picture book Can I Be Your Dog?even when he stinks! This is his first Comic Reader in the #1 early reader line, Step into Reading.Arfy used to be homeless, but now he’s found his forever home with a sweet person and a squeaky bone! But what’s that smell? Arfy loves to sniff things out–he’s great at it, so he is on the case! He will find the source of this mysterious smell, even if he has to sniff the whole neighborhood!Tag along with Arfy on his newest adventure–illustrated with panels and speech balloons for a fun intro to comics! Comic Readers are told almost entirely in action-packed dialogue! Simple, graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics.Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.
About Artists & Writers:
TROY CUMMINGS is the creator of the New York Times bestseller Can I Be Your Dog? and its companion picture books, I Found a Kitty! and Is This Your Class Pet? He has written and illustrated a bunch of other books, including The Eensy Weensy Spider Freaks Out! (Big-Time!), Little Red Gliding Hood (written by Tara Lazar), Those Are Not My Underpants! (written by Melissa Martin), and the chapter book series The Notebook of Doom. He lives in Greencastle, Indiana, with his messy kids and neat cats.