When Seagull loses a teddy bear, Owl steps in to help. Together they
visit some other birds in their search for the lost comfort item. This
short picture is perfect for the youngest readers. It features large
type and easy words, paired with sweet and simple illustrations that
will help beginning readers decode the story. Board book, Owl and Bird
series, Emergent Reader, Story elements: setting, plot and character
development: Owl and Bird, problem and solution, strong illustration
support, ask and answer questions, repeated words and phrases, sight
word vocabulary. Comprehension strategies: re-tell story, compare and
contrast adventures of characters in a series, predict outcomes,
identify sequence of events, and cause and effect relationships. Themes:
friendship, places around my neighborhood, lost and found.