Your child has cracked the code of letters and sounds and is ready for more! Research shows that early phonics instruction is a key to reading success. With Phonics First Steps boxed sets, kids will practice decoding and build on skills they develop with each book in the 8-book set!  Children will gain confidence each time they say, "I read this book!" Developed by a phonics expert, Phonics First Steps are an innovative program designed to help kids learn to read, step by step. New and improved—our bright boxed sets include eight little easy-to-decode books (24 pages each), now illustrated in full-color , with an easier to read font for emergent readers—plus a handy parent guide to walk you through how to use these books with your reader. Set 3 covers short vowels, blends, digraphs, and more! Research shows that early instruction in phonics is the first step to reading success. Now Step into Reading is introducing a fun and comprehensive, educationally based phonics program designed to help kids learn to read, step by step! Developed by a phonics expert, each box includes eight brief books that cover a specific range of phonic skills. The boxed sets build on each other, and book by book, skills are reviewed and reinforced as new ones are introduced―giving kids the tools they need to crack the code of letters and sounds. A sample of featured skills: • more digraphs (or two-letter blends that form a single sound) like bl-, qu- , and cr- • additional two-letter phonograms (word parts) like -nk, -ck, and -sh • three-letter, long-vowel phonograms like -ade, -een, -ive , and -oke “We now know―because science tells us―what teaching methods are most effective. The basics work. Reading programs that include phonics and phonemic awareness work.” ―Remarks from Mrs. Laura Bush on Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers at the House Education and Workforce Committee, March 14, 2002 Research shows that early instruction in phonics is the first step to reading success. Now Step into Reading is introducing a fun and comprehensive, educationally based phonics program designed to help kids learn to read, step by step! Developed by a phonics expert, each box includes eight brief books that cover a specific range of phonic skills. The boxed sets build on each other, and book by book, skills are reviewed and reinforced as new ones are introduced—giving kids the tools they need to crack the code of letters and sounds. A sample of featured skills: • more digraphs (or two-letter blends that form a single sound) like bl-, qu- , and cr- • additional two-letter phonograms (word parts) like -nk, -ck, and -sh • three-letter, long-vowel phonograms like -ade, -een, -ive , and -oke “We now know—because science tells us—what teaching methods are most effective. The basics work. Reading programs that include phonics and phonemic awareness work.” —Remarks from Mrs. Laura Bush on Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers at the House Education and Workforce Committee, March 14, 2002 Established in July 2013 in a merger between Penguin and Random House, Penguin Random House, with nearly 250 independent imprints and brands on five continents, more than 15,000 new titles published each year, and close to 800 million print, audio, and eBooks sold annually, is the world’s leading trade book publisher. Like its predecessor companies, Penguin Random House is committed to publishing adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print editions and is a pioneer in digital publishing. Its publishing lists include more than 60 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors.