Ready? Set. Puppies! (Raymond and Roxy)

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ∙ Illustrated by Derek Anderson

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Published on Jan 16, 2024 | 32 Pages

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Published on Jan 16, 2024 | 32 Pages

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Grades Preschool – 1
Ages 4–6

The puppies are coming! This Step 2 is perfect for readers age 4 to 6 and captures the anticipation of waiting for your best friend’s dog to have puppies. Will Raymond get to keep one?

Raymond and Roxy love playing together—and so do their pets! One day, Raymond learns that Roxy’s dog, Flo, is going to have puppies! Raymond does everything fast so he can hardly wait. How long will it take those puppies to be born? And will his parents say yes to a puppy of his very own?

Twenty years after Ready? Set. Raymond! was published, Vaunda Nelson and Derek Anderson continue the adventures of Raymond and Roxy!

Look for all of the Raymond and Roxy stories:
Ready? Set. Raymond!
Ready? Set. Birthday!
Ready? Set. Rides!
Ready? Set. Puppies!

Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

"A great book for early readers." —School Library Journal

ISBN 9780593563779 (Paperback)
Published on Jan 16, 2024
Published by Step into Reading
Pages 32
Dimensions 6 x 9
Age Range 4-6 years
Grade Preschool - 1
Reading Level Lexile: 370L | Fountas/Pinnell: I

ISBN 9780593563786 (Hardcover Library Binding)
Published on Jan 16, 2024
Published by Step into Reading
Pages 32
Dimensions 6 x 9
Age Range 4-6 years
Grade Preschool - 1
Reading Level Lexile: 370L | Fountas/Pinnell: I

ISBN 9780593563793 (Ebook)
Published on Jan 16, 2024
Published by Step into Reading
Pages 32
Dimensions 6 x 9
Age Range 4-6 years
Grade Preschool - 1
Reading Level Lexile: 370L | Fountas/Pinnell: I

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is the author of many books for children, including Almost to Freedom, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book. She was the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. She works as a librarian in New Mexico, where she lives with her husband.

Derek Anderson

Derek Anderson is an illustrator known for Hot Rod Hamster Meets His Match!, Little Quack’s New Friend, Hot Ro Hamster and the Haunted Halloween Party, Ten Hungry Pigs and many more.