Pizza for Pia (Ready-To-Read - Level 1)

by Betsy Groban (Author) Allison Steinfeld (Illustrator)

Pizza for Pia (Ready-To-Read - Level 1)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

A plucky little girl in a pizza-loving family pushes for her meal of choice in this delicious Level 1 Ready-to-Read!

Pia's pop, Pete, is making pizza for Pia. Pizza is easy. Pizza is cheesy. Pia's family says pizza is perfect. Everyone loves pizza...right?

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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1--Pia loves to eat, and Pia's family loves to make food together. However, there's a breakdown in communication about what Pia, the youngest in her family, wants to eat: her family thinks she likes pizza, and Pia most certainly does not. The crisis is quickly averted as the family, who have all contributed vegetables to building a pizza, use the vegetables to make some delicious tacos instead. This story contains hallmarks of early readers, including simple dialogue and familiar topics--food preparation and preferences are at the center of the story and can be great discussion starters for children. VERDICT The tension in this easy reader is low stakes and easily resolved, but the warmth of a loving family and the beautiful, colorful vegetable imagery stands out.--Jennifer Miskec

Copyright 2024 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Review quotes

This story contains hallmarks of early readers, including simple dialogue and familiar topics—food preparation and preferences are at the center of the story and can be great discussion starters for children. —School Library Journal "April 2024"
Betsy Groban
Following a long career in book publishing, Betsy Groban is a correspondent for The Boston Globe and writes a column on reading for Publishers Weekly's Children's Bookshelf. She is also the book review editor of the Jane Austen Society, a member of the National Book Critics Circle, and serves on the advisory board of Brandeis University Press. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has two remarkable grown daughters, two awesome (equally grown) sons-in-law, and three magnificent grandchildren, one of whom is called Pia. Pizza for Pia is her very first book for children.

Allison Steinfeld grew up in Connecticut where she spent hours getting lost in her library books. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her two very fluffy cats. When not providing essential head scratches and belly rubs, she finds time to illustrate books like the Wait! What? series and the Kid Legends series.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781665947015
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Publication date
May 20, 2024
Series
Ready-To-Read - Level 1
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV050000 - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Families
Family life
Readers (Publications)
Pizza

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