Experience the beauty of the Sunset Pond with Matt and his dog Bud, and the other animals who are also enjoying the evening there. This realistic story celebrates the simple fun and games that children and dogs are best at creating.


Reading Series One/Book One Target Skills:  Review short vowels, consonants, and consonant blends.

It is Jen's Seventh birthday and Mom, Dad, and Jen's sister Emma have chosen a very special gift-a gift that will prove to be Jen's best gift ever! (Young readers will enjoy discovering what the special gift is, and learning how Jen gets it out from under the bed!)


Reading Series One/Book Two Target Skills:  Review short vowels, consonants, and consonant blends and "er" endings.

Join in Meg and Jim as they speed down hills and slide over snowdrifts in this fun winter's tale. This beautiful reality-based story shares the excitement that comes after a storm delivers fresh snow.


Reading Series One/Book Three Target Skills:  Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends and "er" and "ed" endings.

This story is adapted from an ancient Chinese myth. It tells the tale of Lin-Lin, a girl who loves seagulls. Each day she visits the sea and plays with her gulls. Each day on her way home she visits her friend the old lady, who cannot visit the sea. One day the old lady asks Lin-Lin to capture her a basket of gulls to keep in her hut. Lin-Lin is forced to make a difficult decision, but ultimately it is the gulls who make the decision for Lin-Lin.

Reading Series One/Book Four Target Skills:  Review short vowels, consonants, and consonant blends.

Finding a big box is a treasure for Anita and Ramon. The box becomes the vehicle to take the children on several imaginary adventures, including an African safari and a sail in a pirate ship. The play ends with an actual camp-out in the box on the back deck, when a rain storm drives the children indoors. 26 pages

Reading Series One/Book Five Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, and "er" and "ed" endings.



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This story illustrates the special relationship between a great grandma and her great grandson, and the two meanings of the word great.

Reading Series One/Book Six Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, and “er” and “ed” endings.

It is Halloween and Ellen and Jon enjoy picking pumpkins and cutting jack-o-lanterns with their grandfather and visiting the attic to choose their costumes for trick-or-treating with their grandmother. An unexpected adventure begins when Nana's cat Tom accidentally knocks over the attic lamp, leaving Jon and Ellen and Nana in the dark…

Reading Series One/Seasonal One Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants and consonant blends.

The King of Spring represents the force of nature that launches the arrival of spring and orchestrates the awakening of the flowers, plants, animals, and insects of the season. His seasonal awakening is celebrated with fanfare provided by his royal subjects, but when the wind kicks up, the king's subjects worry that the celebration will be ruined. Quite the contrary - this king celebrates all of the events of spring, including the blustering wind. 30 Pages

Reading Series One/Seasonal Four Target Skills: Introduce "ng." Review short vowels, consonants, consonant vlends, "er" and "ed" endings.

In Summer Festival multigenerational family members enjoy the sights and sounds they've come to expect each summer when the festival's tents and rides fill the park. For the elders, the festival is a familiar tradition of the merry-go-round, ferris wheel, carnival games, and good old fashioned fun. For the youngest sister it is just the beginning of an annual ritual. As the evening's excitement ends, she is already looking forward to next year's summer festival. 28 Pages

Reading Series One/Seasonal Five Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, and consonant blends.

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall is a poetic story describing the fun a child can have in the different seasons. The story allows readers to share in activities appropriate to each season as well as experience observations that heighten the senses, reminding us all of the beauty of the changing times of year. 20 Pages

My Vivid Town tells a "colorful" story of a mother and son's trip to the market and back on the blue crosstown bus. Along the way observant eyes capture the beauty and varied colors of a vivid town. This book introduces the names of colors and their spellings. 30 Pages

Informational Book Two/Color Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, content vocabulary, and "ed" endings.



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Will is at home plate for his turn to be the batter in a baseball game. As the story unfolds, the reader realizes that there is more to playing baseball than just knowing how to hit the ball with the bat or to run fast; an athlete needs to develop critical thinking skills to make good decisions in order to become a great baseball player. 26 Pages

Informational Book Three/Sports Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends and content vocabulary.

This story details the life cycle of the Luna moth from egg to larvae to caterpillar to cocoon to moth. The developing reader's independent engagement with this authentic scientific content is scaffolded via the carefully crafted decodable text, introducing the child to the process fo reading scientific nonfiction for information. 24 Pages

Informational Book Four/Insects Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends and content vocabulary.

The Sport of Dog Agility introduces the reader to this interesting and exciting canine sport. The specifics of dog agility competitions are detailed, including descriptions of the different types of obstacles and the roles of the dog and the handler in the sport. 22 Pages

Informational Book Five/Dogs Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends and content vocabulary.

This nonfiction title introduces readers to the animal and plant life found during the changing seasons in this beautiful and varied desert.

Reading Series One Informational Book Six/Seasons Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, and content vocabulary.

This nonfiction title introduces readers to the three characteristics required for an insect to be classified as a true bug. Other scientific terms including camouflage are introduced.

Reading Series One Informational Book Nine/Insects Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, and content vocabulary.

Frank the fish lives in the biggest and best tank in Pat's Pet Shop, but Frank is sad…Young readers will share in Frank's unexpected adventure and rejoice with him as he discovers the importance of friendship.


Reading Series Two/Book One Target Skills: Introduce "sh". Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends and "ed" endings.

One night after Marvin is tucked into bed he is visited by Zar from Mars, a friendly space traveler who invites Marvin to visit Mars. Marvin has a fantastic trip but when he wakes up back in his own bed readers are left to question whether his trip was just a dream created by his fantastic imagination.

Reading Series Two/Book Two Target Skills: Introduce "ar" and "igh". (Note: "igh" can be introduced as a new phonogram or words can be taught as sight words.) Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends and "ed" endings.

Each day the kids in the park play kickball; but not Roberto. Roberto cannot kick or pitch or catch well. But with the help of his new friend Mr. Sanchez, Roberto learns the skills necessary to become the kick ball champ and the value of friendship.

Reading Series Two/Book Three Target Skills: Introduce "ch" and "tch". Review short vowels, consonants and consonant blends.

THIS and THAT are twin Rats who pester and bother the Smith's twin cats. This cat and mouse game is a delightful rollick of fun following the mischievous twins in action. The outcome is a surprise involving a third set of twins, Beth and Seth, the Smith's children.

Reading Series Two/Book Four Target Skills: Introduce "th" and "wh". Review short vowels, consonants and consonant blends.

Sedna and her family breed and race Alaskan Sled Dogs. This story details the events of a morning with sled dogs; from the excitement of meeting a new litter of pups to the events of a sled dog race.

Reading Series Two/Book Five Target Skills: Introduce "or". Review short vowels, consonants and consonant blends.

When Old Mister Mole awakens to smoke filling his hole he discovers that a stone in his stove has broken. Mister Mole will have to make the trip down the steep bank to the cove below to find a replacement stone. The journey is difficult for Old Mister Mole, and just when he thinks he cannot complete the task, his good friend Otter arrives and helps him to solve his problem.

Reading Series Two/Book Six Target Skills: Introduces the "o_e" letter combination. Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, er/ed endings.

My Summertime Camping Trip details the fun events of a family camping adventure. From setting up tents to roasting marshmallows around the campfire at night, this true to life story brings the simple but exciting events of a camping trip to life.

Reading Series Two/Book Seven Target Skills: Introduce "i_e". Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, er/ed endings.

Uncle Joe invites Joan and Dan on a springtime tracking expedition. The threesome is out to look for tracks, but if they are lucky they just might spot a few of the animals themselves. There are many animals to discover in the pages of this story, and many tracks to be identified. Tracking With Uncle Joe is a beautiful nature walk for any reader from any walk of life.

Reading Series Two/Book Eight Target Skills: Introduce "oa", "oe" and "ow". Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, er endings.

Jake is Mrs. Crane's mischievous Great Dane.When Jake escapes from his yard Mrs. Crane asks for help from Dan and Dave, two kid detectives who follow clues until they catch up with Jake.When they finally get to him, Jake is dripping wet wearing a hat and dress with a baseball in his mouth. Can you guess how Jake spent his day?

Reading Series Two/Book Nine Target Skills: Introduce "a_e". Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, er/ed endings.

This fictional story is based on the realistic structure of life in a bee colony.When the colony becomes overcrowded, the queen bee's instinct tells her that she must swarm, leaving her nest to a new queen and establishing a new colony for herself. Readers will learn about bee behavior, instinct, and communication while enjoying this queen's story.

Reading Series Two/Book Ten Target Skills: Introduce "ee". Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, and er/ed endings.

Shep the sheep lives with the royal sheep of Caladeen. Shep feels sad because unlike all of the other royal sheep, his wool has never been used to make a beautiful dress or jacket for the King or Queen. Only after attempting to run away does Shep learn that there has always been a special plan for his wool, which is seen to be the most beautiful in all the kingdom.

Reading Series Three/Book One Target Skills: Introduce "ee", "ea" and "ie". Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends and "er" and "ed" endings. Develop fluency.

Bon-Bon the cow has been going around the farm with a pout. The problem is, Bon-Bon wants to be a singer and a star. A friend plans a talent contest to make Bon-Bon's dream come true. Readers will enjoy seeing Bon Bon's transformation as she becomes "The Downtown Cow".

Reading Series Three/Book Two Target Skills: Introduce "ow", "ou" and "ar". (Note: "ar" can be introduced as a new phonogram or words can be taught as sight words.) Review short vowels, consonants and consonant blends. Develop fluency.

Reading Series Three/Book Three Target Skills: Introduce "er", "or", "ur", "ir", "ear". Review short vowels, consonants and consonant blends. Develop fluency.

Ray is an African snail with a dream to travel; but Ray is afraid that he will be stuck on the banks of his bay for the rest of his days because his snail’s body is so slow. Ray meets an African Gray parrot who introduces Ray to a new way of thinking, allowing him to set out on a fantastic adventure.

Reading Series Three/Book Four Target Skills: Introduce "ai" and "ay". Review short vowels, consonants and consonant blends and "ed" endings. Develop fluency.

A re-telling of the classic tale of Henny Penny with a few twists including an interesting cast of new characters and a surprise ending involving the kingdom’s big ugly dragon.



Reading Series Three/Book Five Target Skills: Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends and “y” endings. Develop fluency.

An adaptation of Aesop’s fable, The Goose That Laid Golden Eggs. In the end of this magical tale, however, all of the characters, including the goose, live happily ever after.

Reading Series Three/Book Six Target Skills: Introduce “oo,” “u_e,” and “ew.” Review short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, and “er” endings. Develop fluency.