PRINCE BEAUREGARD AND THE BEAST BABY
In a faraway kingdom in a long-ago time, a baby was born—with a lock of yellow hair and eyes like bluebells—a boy so fair, he could only have been a prince. And since that is what he was…
SOMEBODY GRAB THAT DOG
There I was, whistling loud,
Swinging up to kick a cloud,
When suddenly I heard a shout,
A big and hairy thing jumped out—
Somebody grab that dog!
SPOT
THE ADVENTURES OF JIX
(ee & some ea words – long e sound) Jix’s pal Pog is free on the weekend, so they agree to meet by the creek to play hide-and-seek. Jix greets Pog with a belly bump. Jix is a jeek, and that is what they do. Then Jix hides in the weeds between the trees and...
THE LION WITH NO NAME
Once upon a time there was a lion with no name—he didn’t have one yet because he was brand-new. He still had tags on him when Collin Coats ripped off the birthday wrapping paper and said crabbily, “A stuffed lion? Doesn’t Grandma know I’m ten years old...
TIRED OF TRYING
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” read the needlepoint proverb over Katy’s bookshelf—a gift her great-aunt Ada had made her. It was the first thing she saw every morning and the last thing she saw before she closed her eyes…