{"product_id":"the-pup-speaks-up-9780375812323","title":"The Pup Speaks Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis Step 1 Phonics Reader can start your child on the road to reading success!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePal 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! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep 1 Readers \u003c\/b\u003efeature 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Jane Hays\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e, the then-new, innovative, PBS preschool educational television series. She was first managing editor of the \u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e magazine start-up and developed original Sesame Street Book publishing in partnerships with Golden Press and Random House. After 29 years at \u003ci\u003eSesame Street, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eValeria Petrone\u003c\/b\u003e has illustrated numerous picture books, including \u003ci\u003eRed Truck, Blue Boat, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eYellow Copter \u003c\/i\u003e(all by Kersten Hamilton), and \u003ci\u003ePlumply, Dumply Pumpkin\u003c\/i\u003e (by Mary Serfozo), and does editorial illustration for several Italian and UK magazines. She lives in Milan, Italy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610447679762,"sku":"9780375812323","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dafbea77-e5ad-4fee-b78d-0df3e91259da.jpg?v=1732342611","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pup-speaks-up-9780375812323","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}