Harriet Ziefert
2) Stop pop
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Combines simple rhymes with anime-style illustrations in a series of skill-building stories that invites young readers to become familiar with word families that share similar long- and short-vowel sounds.
4) Sleepy dog
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Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog getting ready for bed, sleeping, dreaming, and waking up.
5) Snow party
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When the first snow of the year falls on the first day of winter, all the snow people have a snow party.
6) Quack shack
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Humorous illustrations and die-cut pages introduce rhyming word families ending in "ack," "ick," and "ock."
7) Snow bow
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"With bright art done in the Japanese anime style, each book in this interactive early reading series features three different word families. When kids flip the pages, they get a new word and image within that word family. Word families help children recognize similarities between words that rhyme, and help them connect words with similar long or short vowel sounds. This familiarity helps kids read a word they don't necessarily know"--
8) ABC dentist
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Presents words associated with a trip to the dentist, such as appointment, cavity, X-ray, and plaque, with color illustrations.
14) Halloween parade
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Allie's preparations for Halloween include making a jack-o'-lantern, filling trick-or-treat bags, and finding a costume for the school parade.
17) Animal music
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An assortment of animals playing various instruments make different kinds of music.
19) Max's potty
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Max learns to use the potty, even though an assortment of animals do not.