"Our "Decodable Readers" series offers young readers a wealth of benefits: They can begin reading independently after learning just a few letters and their sounds ; They'll be able to tackle unfamiliar words with confidence, using their newfound phonics skills to decode words accurately and avoid bad reading habits ; By applying their phonics skills in the context of engaging stories and nonfiction texts, they'll experience the thrill of success and develop a love of reading that will last a lifetime ; Encourage students to take turns teaching each other how to read a book by demonstrating how to follow words, lines, and pages: students can learn to follow words from left to right, read lines of text from top to bottom, and turn pages from left to right. The focus of this book of the "Decodable Readers" series is to provide targeted practice in the essential level 1 reading skills: Short vowels sounds ; CVC words (Consonant+ Vowel+ Consonant) ; Consonant digraphs (sh, ch, wh, th, ck) ; Simple blends, initial position ; Welded sounds." -- Back cover.