Nicole Digs a Hole — Barbara Gregorich

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BOOK FEATURES

• 16 pages
• For ages 6-7
• 6.6 x 9 pages with durable glossy cover
• This adorable storybook helps kindergartners and first graders learn to read
• Beginning vocabulary, many basic sight words, and short sentences on each page make it ideal for new readers
• As part of a multi-level series, this Start to Read book introduces 50-70 new words
• A little girl with a mission to dig a very big hole, encounters an equally determined mole, eager to fill it in
• Bright, colorful illustrations capture attention and provide important picture clues
• Slim and portable, perfect for on-the-go learning!

EXCELLENT - Help expand your child's imagination and reading skills. Nicole Digs a Hole, a Level 2 storybook, makes reading fun! This book is from the Start to Read!® series, and is intended as a next step after Level 1 introduction to reading. In Nicole Digs a Hole, a little girl with a mission to dig a very big hole, encounters an equally determined mole, eager to fill it in. This story features controlled vocabulary, simple sentence patterns, and rhyming words. The repetition, short sentences, and entertaining illustration clues is perfect for young readers. The story introduces 50-70 new words, and many of them can be read by changing the initial sound or by rhyming with a known word. Picture clues provide considerable support for the text. This is just one selection from Dr. James Hoffman's Start to Read!® Early Reading Program with storybooks across three progressive reading levels.

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