Meg and Greg: A Duck in a Sock

Meg and Greg: A Duck in a Sock

Author: Elspeth Rae

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 145982492X

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A decodable book featuring four phonics stories specially designed to help children of all abilities overcome language-based learning difficulties. Meg and Greg are hanging out for the summer doing what ten-year-olds do—helping an injured duckling, finding a lost pet fish, saving ranch animals from a wildfire and catching a wandering sloth! A Duck in a Sock is the first book in the Meg and Greg series designed for shared reading between a child learning to read and an experienced reader. Inside you'll find four stories that introduce one new phonogram (a letter or combination of letters that represent a sound) in each story: the ck, sh, ch and th phonograms. Each story builds on the previous ones by including words with the phonograms already introduced. In addition, the series has special features to help a child with dyslexia or another language-based learning difficulty achieve reading success.


Meg and Greg: The Bake Sale

Meg and Greg: The Bake Sale

Author: Elspeth Rae

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1459824989

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Key Selling Points This decodable book includes features to accommodate struggling or dyslexic readers, such as comic-book-style illustrations, a dyslexia-friendly typeface with ample spacing, and shaded paper to reduce contrast between text and paper—all of which make this series more accessible. Targeted at struggling readers ages six to nine, The Bake Sale has a wide appeal to ELL readers, reluctant readers and at-level readers alike with its engaging and age-appropriate plots and low reading level that doesn’t demoralize or stigmatize struggling readers. Co-author Elspeth Rae is a teacher certified in using the Orton-Gillingham approach to teach children with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties. She is currently a literacy specialist teaching reading, spelling and writing to children ages five to thirteen. Co-author Elspeth Rae was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was eight years old. This is the third book in a series. The first two introduced the phonograms (a letter or combination of letters that represent a sound) ck, sh, ch, th and nk, ng, tch, dge. This book introduces the silent “magic” e: a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e.


A Duck in a Sock

A Duck in a Sock

Author: Elspeth Rae

Publisher: 44 Sounds Publishing / Two Read Books

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780995293304

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Meg & Greg: A Duck in a Sock includes four short-chapter, hi-lo, phonics stories written for children ages 6-9 who are struggling to learn how to read because of dyslexia or another language-based learning difficulty. The stories are written for shared reading between an experienced reader and a learner. The parts of the story for the learning reader have carefully controlled vocabulary and spellings, and they follow a phonics approach. The experienced reader's text helps to keep the story interesting and engaging for kids ages 6-9. In these stories, best friends Meg and Greg, both 10 years old, get up to all sorts of adventures involving animals. Jump inside the book to join in! Elspeth Rae is a certified Orton Gillingham teacher for children with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties. She runs the 44 Sounds Orton Gillingham Learning Studio where she teaches reading, spelling, and writing to children ages 4-12. She lives with her husband and three children in Vancouver, BC. Rowena Rae has an M.A. in science writing and two biology degrees. She works as a freelance editor and children's writer. She has written science and nature articles for a children's magazine, Yes Mag, and writes nonfiction books. She lives with her two children in Victoria, BC. Elisa GutiÉrrez is an award-winning book designer and illustrator. She is author/illustrator of Picturescape and Letter Lunch, the first of which was shortlisted for a BC Books Prize. She lives with her husband and two children in Vancouver, BC.


The Mutant Mushroom Takeover

The Mutant Mushroom Takeover

Author: Summer Rachel Short

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1534468676

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Stranger Things meets The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl in this offbeat adventure about Maggie, an aspiring young naturalist, and her YouTuber best friend, Nate, who use their smarts and science to solve the mystery behind a mutant fungus that’s threatening the town. Ever since Magnolia Stone’s scientist dad left Shady Pines to find a new job, Maggie’s been stuck in her gramma’s mobile home with her grumpy older brother, Ezra. Now she’s on a mission to put her family back together by winning the Vitaccino Junior Naturalist Merit Award. When Maggie and her best friend, Nate, a wannabe YouTube star and alien conspiracy theorist, scout out a rare bioluminescent fungus, Maggie is certain she’s a shoo-in to win. But after animals around town start sprouting unusual growths and Ezra develops a bluish glow and hacking cough, Maggie wonders what they’ve really stumbled onto. As things in Shady Pines become stranger and more dangerous, and conversations with her dad get complicated, Maggie must use her scientific smarts and Nate’s impressive knowledge of all things spooky to put things back in order and prevent these peculiar glowing mushrooms from taking over their home.


Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast

Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast

Author: Josh Funk

Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Published: 2020-02-28

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1454941537

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A thoroughly delicious rhyming story about the funniest food fight ever—perfect for fans of The Food Group series. Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast have a beautiful friendship—until they discover that there's only one drop of maple syrup left! The race is ON! Off they go, racing past the Orange Juice Fountain, skiing through Sauerkraut Peak, and reeling down the linguini. But who will enjoy the sweet taste of victory? And could working together be better than tearing each other apart? Praise for the Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast Series: “[R]eaders will giggle their way through this refrigerated fantasyland.”—Publishers Weekly “A must purchase.”—School Library Journal, starred review Don’t miss the other books in the series: The Case of the Stinky Stench Mission Defrostable Short & Sweet The Great Caper Caper


Jack at the Zoo

Jack at the Zoo

Author: Mac Barnett

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0593113926

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From New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Geisel Award-winning illustrator Greg Pizzoli, an uproarious early reader series about a mischievous rabbit, a cranky old lady, and a lovable dog. Jack, Rex, and the Lady visit the zoo. But when Jack gets hungry, he sneaks into a koala's cage to steal some snacks. In a case of mistaken identity, the Lady takes the koala home and leaves Jack stuck in the cage. How will Jack escape, and will the Lady and Rex be happier with the new Jack? Welcome to the laugh-out-loud and irreverent world of Jack, a new early reader series by the New York Times bestselling and award-winning team of Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli.


Easy Steps to Reading

Easy Steps to Reading

Author: Harry B. Hattyar

Publisher:

Published: 2005-12

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9781419617287

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EASY STEPS TO READING is a complete, 36-step linguistic primer and tutorial guide that has been scientifically developed to teach both children and adults to read in eight to nine months. EASY STEPS TO READING starts by teaching the alphabet and proceeds through consonant-vowel-consonant type phonetic words to multi-syllable irregularly spelled words. Each STEP contains words for decoding practice, plus stories for the development of reading comprehension.In one convenient book, EASY STEPS TO READING is the ideal method for home schooling, classroom teaching or individual tutoring, and makes learning to read a pleasant and rewarding experience.


Meg and Greg: Scarlet and the Ring

Meg and Greg: Scarlet and the Ring

Author: Elspeth Rae

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2023-02-14

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1459825012

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A decodable book featuring four phonics stories specially designed to help children with dyslexia or other language-based learning difficulties find reading success. While Meg and Greg are visiting Greg’s family on Stardust Island they find themselves searching for one lost or missing item after another! Join Meg, Greg, cousin Martha and a puppy named Scarlet as they discover the thief who took off with a precious garnet ring at a farmers’ market, find and catch a horse named Popcorn who got lost in a forest, save a surfer who fell from his board and got badly hurt and chase an escaped teddy bear dangling from a helium balloon at a fun fair. Meg and Greg: Scarlet and the Ring is the fourth book in the Meg and Greg series designed for shared reading between a child learning to read and an experienced reader. Inside you'll find four stories that focus on words with r-controlled vowels. For the first time in the series, readers will also be introduced to multiple spellings for a single sound. Praise for the Meg and Greg series: “A thoughtfully designed storybook adds another helpful tool to the box for readers who need support.” —Kirkus for Frank and the Skunk “A unique approach to high-interest texts for reluctant burgeoning readers, this book offers phonics fun wrapped in serious research-based success.” —School Library Journal for A Duck in a Sock “The stories offer both flashes of humor and plenty of action to drive the instructional intent.” —Booklist for A Duck in a Sock