Using common-interest topics, this series provides fresh and friendly material for budding readers. Each book utilizes bright contrasting colored pages with high quality, close-up, colored photographs and computer generated images to illustrate the simple text. Each volume includes a Reading Reinforcement section for the educator at the end which includes a Craft and Structure section to check for understanding; Vocabulary for learning content words; Close Reading of Informational Text for reading comprehension; Fluency for reading accuracy; and a Foundational Skills section that reviews different groups of words. Collections that need a more contemporary look for their early readers would appreciate this series. Recommended
School Library Connection, April 2016
