Book description
Join a hot dog named Dog and a chicken nugget named Nugget in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read Graphics book about kindness, the first in a new series by Jason Tharp!
Nugget is a chicken nugget. Dog is a hot dog. They are friends, and they like ketchup. Their town of…
Why read it?
1 author picked Nugget and Dog as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Ready-To-Read Graphic series from Simon & Schuster was specifically created for new readers learning how to navigate graphic book structure and language, roughly ages 5-8. My book is a Level Two… And if you have a reader at this level, they are sure to be hungry for more fun books.
Nugget and Dog is just one of many fun similarly leveled graphic chapter books that will tickle your young reader’s funny bone (and help them become a stronger reader). I also love that Nugget and Dog is a humorous book about a friendship.
From Jay's list on The best silly early graphics readers.
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