Description: A busy home bustles with activity--and unexpected neighbors--in this sweet early reader about welcoming new friends, by a Geisel Honor winning creator.
This cactus is home to many critters. Birds tweet. . . bats read. . . owls play. Everyone shares, and everyone has fun! But one day, spiders move into the cactus. The rest of the critters aren't sure about the spiders. . . They are new. Will they share? Will they be fun? No one knows. Then a storm hits their cactus home. Right away, the spiders pitch in to help. They join. They fix. They make repairs. Maybe these new neighbors will become new friends. . .Review Quotes: A top-notch title in the "I Like to Read" series. . . . Text is brief and simple with repetitive words throughout, perfect for building confidence in young readers who are working on reading sentences. . . . A solid addition to any beginning reader collection. Also useful in SEL lessons.
--School Library Journal
--Kirkus Reviews The bubbly and candy-colored digitally rendered illustrations, made up of uncomplicated black outlines filled in with watercolor-esque pastels, contain a great deal of visual humor.
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Cactus Home is a thoughtfully crafted early reader that conveys an important message about community and inclusion through simple, accessible text. . . . ideal for emerging readers developing fluency and for interactive read-aloud sessions. . . . Young children will enjoy guessing what is happening in each scene. This visually rich, warmly told story provides young readers with an accessible introduction to empathy, collaboration, and hard work.
--Booklist