Entertaining, trade-style books written in the special Reading Mastery Signature Edition alphabet, one library each for Grades K and 1.

Beginning readers learn rhyming short vowel sounds as they follow along in this enjoyable book that uses refreshing illustrations, clear text, a simple progressing storyline, and accommodating sight words to aid in developing phonemic pronunciation and recognition as well as early literacy skills. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

The Cat in the Hat goes on a hairy adventure in this leveled reader for independent readers all about—what else?—hair! It's Crazy Hair Day at Sally and Nick's school, and the kids can't pick a style to wear. Curly or straight? Long or short? It's too hard to choose—until the Cat in the Hat arrives with his Wig-o-lator—a machine that allows the kids to "try on" the hairstyles of a yak, a fur seal, and a porcupine, with comical (and educational) results! Written specifically for children learning to read on their own, this Step 3 book is based on an episode of the hit PBS Kids' TV show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Young readers will flip their wigs over it!

A miniature edition of Dr. Seuss's most celebrated book, now 40 something years old with worldwide sales reaching over 10 million copies. The perfect gift for Christmas! When Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat made his flambouyant entrance in 1957 he started a revolution in the world of children's books. Here, for the first time, was a book that made learning to read lots of fun. Packed with riotous rhyme and zany pictures, The Cat in the Hat has since become a children's classic, entertaining generations of young readers across the world.

After quarrelling over ownership of a hat, Spats the cat and Bird find that by sharing it they create a wonderful friendship.

Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic text, Smith's purpose remains the same: to shed light on fundamental aspects of the complex human act of reading--linguistic, physiological, psychological, and social--and on what is involved in learning to read. The text critically examines current theories, instructional practices, and controversies, covering a wide range of disciplines but always remaining accessible to students and classroom teachers. Careful attention is given to the ideological clash that continues between whole language and direct instruction and currently permeates every aspect of theory and research into reading and reading instruction. To aid readers in making up their own minds, each chapter concludes with a brief statement of "Issues." Understanding Reading: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read, Sixth Edition is designed to serve as a handbook for language arts teachers, a college text for basic courses on the psychology of reading, a guide to relevant research on reading, and an introduction to reading as an aspect of thinking and learning. It is matchless in integrating a wide range of topics relative to reading while, at the same time, being highly readable and user-friendly for instructors, students, and practitioners.

A young boy brings home a stray cat and is determined to keep him. Though his mother has reservations, the boy persists. However, if the cat makes one wrong move, the mother warns, the cat must go!