Best Friends Think Alike, by Lynn Reiser is a book aimed at beginning readers. The book's two main characters, Ruby and Beryl, are the very best of friends who, like the title of the book says, think alike. It is an easy read for beginners because it is read more like a play than a book. Everyone in the story is assigned colored text. Ruby is red, Beryl is blue, Ruby & Beryl together are purple and their parents have black text. This easily identified distinction between 'voices' makes the story easier to follow for a beginner. Another great thing the author did was use repetitive phrases. By doing so, if the young reader has trouble reading the phrase as Ruby the reader has another chance to show that they have improved by reading the same passage for Beryl. Although the author did a great job of making this an easy read, the content of the story was not that great and was actually very boring to read.
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