These stories have been handed down through many generations — by word-of-mouth or writing
- The appeal they hold for young readers makes them ideal focal points for learning and discussion.
- Features 23 1- to 3-page stories, each followed by 3 to 4 pages of activities that build reading skills.
- These stories, borrowed from diverse cultures, vary in reading difficulty from first through beginning-third grade to meet a range of needs.
- Practice activities for every story include a comprehension page.
- There are 2 or 3 pages for practice of skills such as word meaning and phonetic elements. Elements include: blends, vowel sounds, word families, rhyming, sequence of events, adding ed, ing and er, characterization and personification.
- Exercises challenge students to recall details, draw conclusions, make inferences, make comparisons and consider word meanings.
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