Go, Go, Go

Read With Dick and Jane

by William S. Gray

Millions of Americans remember Dick and Jane (and Sally and Spot, too!). Now Dick and Jane and all their pals are back with revised editions of these classic readers for a whole new generation of readers to enjoy!

Go, Go, Go
Oh, Jane. Look and see. See Sally go. See Tim go. See Spot and Puff go.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2003

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've mentioned before that many of the Step-1 or Level-1 readers we have are published by Scholastic or Random House. They typically consist of 32 pages with one or two short sentences per page or opening. Go, Go, Go is a Read with Dick and Jane book originally published in 1956s. And well, things have changed a good bit since then. This book is 32 pages, but each page is filled with multiple sentences--sometimes up to 7 sentences per page. And while this isn't an abundance, my now 7-year-old gets quickly overwhelmed when he sees paragraphs or what is to him many words on one page. He intended to read this book in parts, like half now and half another day. But I kind of tricked him into reading the entire thing in one sitting--which he is completely capable of.

Go, Go, Go is filled with repetitive words and phrases. The stories don't rhyme necessarily, but they do promote mastery. You can tell by the words used in the book as well as the illustrations that this was written many years ago. But I don't think newer is always better. If this is the level-1 readers of 1956, our 32 pages with 2 sentences a page seems a little piddly.

Go, Go, Go gets 4 Stars. I liked that many of the same words and phrases were used throughout the book to promote mastery. And I also liked that this book was a bit more of a challenge to my son who gets easily overwhelmed. It wasn't the words themselves that were challenging, but simply seeing so many words on one page was the challenge. Have you or your child read Go, Go, Go? What did you think? Let me know!

[Dr. Robin Markowitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious

Okay, it's everything horrible everyone has said it is. But it's really funny, too. The classic is the first grade reader. It starts out "LOOK." And proceeds to go nowhere from that point on. When I was in 1st grade, I got the marked down knock-off starring "Tom and Susan." SOS. But they did have a good page or two on poison ivy that I recall. No such luck here. But it's perfect in it's horrifyingly real unreal slice of American history.

[dorothy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m the grand daughter of book owner and I love this

Reading old books that my grandparents read when they were in school is helping me read a lot. Reading helps the mind bloom.

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bring back school memories

[Mandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for beginner readers. This 32 page book is split into 6 short stories that make it easy to break up reading time with your child. Dick and Jane make reading fun with lots of repetition to help your child master their vocabulary and expand their word recognition more than the basic sight words. Each page also offers color picture clues to help make the reading experience more comfortable for your child and encourage their commitment to reading.

A definite must have for all beginner readers!

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of the Dick and Jane series, this book is very repetitious and introduces students to common everyday words including those related to motion. Although some terms are somewhat dated, i.e. Father and Mother, the books can be readily understood and include terms all children should know.

[ZZ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book today with my mother while we were at Borders. I think it was a rolly book because there were a lot of wheels in the book.

[Amy]

This book has easy, simple, and repetitive words that would be excellent for a very new reader.

[Cws]

BR-Dic

[Maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

by myself

[Bree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Notes:
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[T.M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good for weak readers because the repetition builds a young vocabulary.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

So much fun reading these with my preschooler and having feel so proud of himself as HE reads to me by the end of each page. Not brilliant, but effective.

[WSL Library]

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