Humorous, authentic, and drawn from real experiences in the classroom, this series knows exactly what first graders are thinking.
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Word Family Tales are humorous read-aloud stories created to build early phonics skills by teaching children to recognize 'families' of words that share the same spelling pattern. This key reading strategy helps kids decode new words with ease--and become stronger readers, writers, and spellers.
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2010. Every night at bedtime, the little red chicken promises Papa she will not interrupt his stories, and every single night she just cannot help herself! Whether Papa is reading Hansel and Gretel or Little Red Riding Hood, Chicken jumps right in to save the day, bringing every story to a very early end. But what happens when it is Chicken's turn to tell the story?
