Visit the School Zone store at Amazon.com/SchoolZonePublishing. BOOK FEATURES 16 pages - For ages 4 to 6 - 6.6” x 9” pages with durable glossy cover - This adorable storybook helps preschoolers and kindergartners 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 9-50 new words - The whimsical storyline about picking out a pet, along with memorable main characters help reinforce learning - Bright, colorful illustrations capture attention and provide important picture clues - Slim and portable, perfect for on-the-go learning! EXCELLENT - I Want a Pet is a charming, level 1 storybook for first-time readers from the Start to Read! series. It's a very relatable story about picking out a pet and how a little girl holds firm to what she wants and doesn't want in a pet. I Want a Pet has beginning vocabulary, many basic sight words, and a short sentence or two on each page. The story introduces 9-50 new words, and the repetition, short sentences and entertaining illustration clues will add up to reading success. Most of the vocabulary words are typically introduced in the first grade. This is just one selection from Dr. James Hoffman's Start to Read! Early Reading Program with storybooks across three progressive reading levels. STORYBOOKS - A love of reading has been proven to have far-reaching benefits for children, emotionally and academically. And children who enjoy reading become confident readers and read more often. Each of the three levels in our Start to Read! series contains stories with picture clues and vocabulary words chosen specifically for that reading level. As kids gain confidence, they can progress to the next level with ease. PREPARATION - Let us help you prepare your young children for the next grade level with our workbooks, flashcards, card games, early reading books, and online learning program – Anywhere Teacher. Keep kids "classroom ready" with these great supplemental learning tools and more! AWARD WINNING - School Zone content has won The Parents’ Choice Foundation Award, Tillywig Toy Awards, Brainchild Award, Family Choice Award, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence, Gold Star Toy Scholastic Parent and Child Award and many more. OUR STORY - More than 40 years ago, long-time educators James Hoffman, Ed.D., and his wife Joan Hoffman, M.A., began a retail supply outlet for teachers, then soon identified a need for at-home learning materials to help parents support and supplement their children’s classroom instruction. School Zone Publishing fast emerged as the market leader in workbooks and flashcards for preschoolers through sixth graders. School Zone remains family-owned, focused on excellence, responsive to customers, alert to emerging technology, and committed to the community. We continually update our products with new features and content, reflective of changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices. I Want a Pet is a truly great book for beginning readers. The illustrations are wonderful. The story is engaging. The words are age appropriate and the flow goes smoothly. My kids loved me reading this to them, and then they were reading it to me. Great book. --Amazon For nearly 40 years, School Zone has helped make learning fun! Our research-based content, developed by leading educators, delivers award-winning, state-of-the-art products digital and print for individual learning styles and goals. Every product placed in a child's hands is brimming with color, content, and creativity. In every detail, innovation meets imagination and timeless tradition. In that same spirit, School Zone both embodies success and embraces possibility, stepping boldly into new media and platforms to connect with kids where they are. Parents appreciate the quality and attention to detail. The company continually updates materials with new features and content, reflective of changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices. The result? Great learning at home and in the classroom. Joan Hoffman, M.A., is the author and co-author of hundreds popular storybooks and workbooks for children. Among the titles are Peter’s Dream , I Don’t Like Peas , and The New Bike (the latter two published under the pen name Marie Vinje), the Get Ready for Preschool , Kindergarten , and First Grade workbook trio, along with the entire Get Ready, Little Thinker, I Know It!, Try-n-Spy, and Little Busy Book workbook series. She is also co-founder, along with her late husband James Hoffman, Ph.D., of School Zone Publishing. Visionary in business, she has long looked at the world through a child’s eyes, infusing her stories and lessons with joy and relatability. As a mother of 4 back in the ‘70s, like moms the world over throughout history, she wanted what was best for her children. And she knew that teachers didn’t hav