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Visit the School Zone store at desertcart.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. Review: A really wonderful book. - This is a really adorable book for a first time reader. I brought this book for my Grandson to help expand his reading skills. This book is not only affordable, but it's beautifully designed. The pictures are brightly colored and the size is just perfect. It's easy to read and understand. My Grandson is really going to enjoy this book. Review: Excellent Book for Beginners! - I bought this book for my first graders. They loved it! It has easy to read words and is a great resource if they are learning about color words.













| Best Sellers Rank | #23,717 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #142 in Early Learning Beginner Readers #552 in Children's Beginner Readers |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 720 Reviews |
Q**.
A really wonderful book.
This is a really adorable book for a first time reader. I brought this book for my Grandson to help expand his reading skills. This book is not only affordable, but it's beautifully designed. The pictures are brightly colored and the size is just perfect. It's easy to read and understand. My Grandson is really going to enjoy this book.
M**.
Excellent Book for Beginners!
I bought this book for my first graders. They loved it! It has easy to read words and is a great resource if they are learning about color words.
S**A
Fun!
We loved these School Zone books, would highly recommend! Fun stories to help learn to read!
K**R
Great book for early readers
Got this book to go with my 4 year old grandson's easter basket (all the grands got reading themed baskets this year) My grandson was thrilled with this book. He has just started reading alone in the last 2 months. He was able to pick up this book and immediately start reading. He was so proud to have a book that he can read without his Dad and Mom reading it first for him.
V**Y
Bent book blues…
The book contents are good. Exactly as described. However, it was bent nearly in half. The packaging for such a flimsy item should be better!
L**Z
Easy to read
Nice pictures and cute book overall.
J**E
Perfect early reader
Perfect reading book. Simple and bright and nice pics
K**R
Toddler approved
Simple book but a great start for beginner readers.
M**Y
Great Book
Love these learning to read books. Colourful books and simple sentences for level one readers.
M**S
Fun and Effective... Maybe Too Effective!
The School Zone - I Want a Pet, Start to Read!® Book Level 1 is a fun and engaging read. It worked a little too well—after reading it, we ended up getting a dog, a cat, and gerbils!! OMG... thank you, I think, lol. The rhyming and picture clues made it easy and enjoyable for our little one, and now our house is a pet paradise. Highly recommend for budding readers, but beware—you might just end up with a mini zoo!
L**G
Learning about colours
Great story about a child who wants a pet , very easy to read . Each page has a lot of animals in the picture for the child to find the animal that is that colour . Example it will say not a pink pet and in the picture will be a pig as it is pink along with different animals which are different colours The child decides on a green pet and it shows a bird and an iguana in the picture they decide on getting 2 pets . Children enjoyed the story it was great as you can discuss what would be a great pet and children can recognize Colours
K**M
Worth buying
Great book for kinders into grade one
D**.
Cute
Cute storey was to read
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