Uses well-known stories to teach phonetic concepts helpful in the learning of reading.

Henry the mouse likes everything about first grade except reading, but with some extra help at school and home, he is delightfully surprised.

Elizabeth Brown loves to read more than anything else, but when her collection of books grows and grows, she must make a change in her life.

Pig loves books, both big and small, and reads them at school, at home, and on the bus.

Step one: Find a story. (A good one.) Step two: Find a reading buddy. (Someone nice.) Step three: Find a reading spot. (Couches are cozy.) Now: Begin. Kate Messner and Mark Siegel chronicle the process of becoming a reader: from pulling a book off the shelf and finding someone with whom to share a story, to reading aloud, predicting what will happen, and -- finally -- coming to The End. This picture book playfully and movingly illustrates the idea...

A little girl named Alice opens on a book on a rainy day and travels around the world through its pages.

Easy-to-read, rhyming text invites the reader to search for items on a different theme on each page, while celebrating the wonder of a picture book.

"A page turns every time you blink, bringing you closer to the end of the book--and bedtime"--

Otto lives in a book in a house but when no one is looking he comes to life to read his favorite stories and practice his writing, until he is left behind and must set out in search of a new home.