The Reading Champion — Rachel Vail

In The Reading Champion--the first Mama Rex & T in the Scholastic Reader format--T learns how to read.

T is frustrated. He can't read one single word and his best friend Walter can read whole books all by himself!
When his teacher helps him unlock the secret of reading, T is thrilled. Starting with sounding out one word (F-A-T), soon T is reading whole sentences. At the end of this charming story that will strike close to home for so many readers, T reads to Mama Rex at bedtime.