Sam and Val

Val, the mischievous cat, causes trouble for Sam, the dog, and the electric eel. But what comes around goes around when Val splashes into some trouble of her own. Children will enjoy reading while learning a valuable lesson in forgiveness. Beginner readers, early readers, beginning phonics books. This book was designed for students who have learned their ABCs and have just started blending two sounds. Sam and Val was written with only three letter words making it more possible to get through a word, then the sentence and the entire book. We haven t added an S to any of the words nor have we introduced any other words that are not in accordance with the first step in phonics (i.e. short vowel sounds, etc. only) other than some small basic sight words. Most pages have only one sentence per page and only rarely have two, but never three. This makes it so much easier for any beginner reader to finish a page, a book or more books and therefore more chance of getting that wonderful feeling of accomplishment. The entire set has only short vowel sounds (except for sight words, used sparingly) decreasing chances of the reader getting confused with unfamiliar new sounds or blends. Each book concentrates on only one vowel sound at a time because a beginner reader can be easily confused by the similarity in each of the short vowel sounds. Each book uses that particular vowel repeatedly and in enough different words so that the reader can gain more certainty with that sound without being confused by other vowel sounds entering in. Beautifully illustrated to capture and hold the reader s attention. A beginner reader will be more likely to read and finish a book that interests them. The first set concentrates on the short A vowel sound and includes Nat and Tab, The Map, The Cap and Sam and Val.