"Simple stories focus on short and long vowels"--Back cover

Curious George is helping Professor Wiseman train for a race, but she thinks running is boring. Can George find a way to show her that running is fun before the big race?

Thomas is convinced that he can drive himself! When he heads off on his own, he learns that stopping can be harder than starting. This classic story, originally by the Reverend W Awdry, has been adapted to appeal to the reader who is just beginning to read. Includes fun language building activities.

Thomas's friend and fellow engine, Duck, has a close shave while trying to stop runaway trucks.

"Join Blaze and the monster machines for Monster phonics! Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and their friends roar into reading in this fun and educational phonics book set."--Container.

Deck the halls with Thomas the Tank Engine in this Step into Reading Step 1 early reader featuring a Christmas Thomas & Friends story!

An educational toolkit for teaching phonics, consisting of a book, posters and musical CD, all of which provides for multiple options and inputs for learning, including: visual-icons, auditory and kinesthetic motor skill manipulations, as well as a variety of dramatic and emotive cuing-systems designed to target the affective learning domain. This "backdoor-approach" to phonemic skill acquisition is based on current neural research on Learning & the Brain--specifically how our brains actually learn best!The Secret Stories® primary purpose is to equip beginning (or struggling, upper grade) readers and writers, as well as their instructors, with the tools necessary to easily and effectively crack the secret reading and writing codes that lie beyond the alphabet, and effectively out of reach for so many learners! It is not a phonics program! Rather, it simply provides the missing pieces learners need to solve the complex reading puzzle--one that some might never solve otherwise! The Secrets(tm) are sure to become one of the most valuable, well-used, and constantly relied-upon teaching tools in your instructional repertoire!