Jill; Ted, Ned, and Ann; Ben and Pam, along with Sam and Pat, all "turn into a story" once you start from a few simple words. This book is for helping your child learn to read on their own. It starts out as a few simple sentences made up of short-vowels, and three-to-four letter words. As the words grow (by buidling-combos), so does the story. This is a lesson-story--by doing one page at a time (until) mastering the simple words (and why they are pronounced as such) your child can learn how to build up to new-level words. You must first teach your child the SOUNDS (not the names) of the alphabet, and guide your child into pronouncing the words. Thus, the child learns to "crack the word code" and read and NOT memorize only. There is a SECOND copy of this story printed in the back for the child to use for WRITING IN WITH RED INK. They may circle words, to their hearts content, as they learn....More >< Less