READY, SET, READ! Introduce your child to short vowel sounds with this fun and colorful box set! Inside you’ll find 12 leveled storybooks featuring friendly animal characters, an activity sheet, a helpful parent guide, and bonus motivational stickers. Perfect for emerging readers! Kids will learn to: • Decode short vowel clusters, rhyming words, and sight words • Begin to recognize story elements like setting, plot, and character • Build the confidence to read simple stories independently THE READING HOUSE is a step-by-step learn-to-read program that takes kids aged 4-7 from letter recognition all the way up to independent reading. With four distinct stages, choosing the box set that’s just right for your reader is simple. The sets in Stage Two: Emerging Reader get children comfortable with short vowel sounds and words. The simple stories, decodable words, picture cues, and bright, colorful artwork make it easy to raise a confident, happy reader! Also available in the Reading House program: • Stage 1: Getting Started : Sets 1, 2 • Stage 2: Emerging Reader: Sets 3, 4, 5 • Stage 3: Advancing Reader: Sets 6, 7, 8 • Stage 4: Independent Reader: Sets 9, 10, 11, 12 Marla Conn is a reading and literary specialist with a Master's of Science in Elementary Education and Reading. She has worked with HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, PRH, and many others, and is also the creator of the Dear Dragon Developing Readers, based on the work of Margaret Hillert. These leveled readers (A-D) enable emergent readers to build early literacy skills in decoding, fluency, and reading comprehension.