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Swing, Otto, Swing!

Ready-to-Read Pre-Level 1 (with audio recording)

Illustrated by David Milgrim

About The Book

Monkey see, monkey do! Otto learns to swing like his monkey friends in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read by New York Times bestselling author/illustrator, David Milgrim. This is part of the award-winning, star-reviewed The Adventures of Otto series.

See Flip swing. See Flop swing. See Otto CRASH.

Otto the robot tries, but he just can’t swing through the jungle like his monkey friends do. Then he has an idea, one that will have everyone swinging!

This Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read with bright illustrations and minimal text is perfect for the true emergent reader.

About The Author

Photograph by David Milgrim

David Milgrim is the author and illustrator of more than thirty-five books, including the New York Times bestseller Goodnight iPad and the Adventures of Otto series. His books Go, Otto, Go! and See Pip Flap were each named a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife. Visit him at DavidMilgrim.com.

About The Illustrator

Photograph by David Milgrim

David Milgrim is the author and illustrator of more than thirty-five books, including the New York Times bestseller Goodnight iPad and the Adventures of Otto series. His books Go, Otto, Go! and See Pip Flap were each named a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife. Visit him at DavidMilgrim.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon Spotlight (September 20, 2016)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781481467926
  • Ages: 3 - 5

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Raves and Reviews

For Swing, Otto, Swing!: "Milgrim provides clean illustrations, full of movement and with wildly varying perspectives that render words almost unnecessary to the understanding of the narrative. The words that do accompany it are exactly right, most sentences topping out at three words and featuring lots of repetition and sound substitution. The tongue-in-cheek play with familiar tropes will keep adults engaged happily, while children will delight both in Otto's determination-and his solution-and in their newly realized ability to pluck meaning from print. More, more, more."

– Kirkus Reviews (starred)

Awards and Honors

  • Horn Book Fanfare
  • CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
  • Garden State Children's Book Award Nominee (NJ)

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