Research shows that early instruction in phonics is the first step to reading success. Well, here "e" comes This Step 2 Phonics Reader uses rhyme and visual clues to illustrate the important concept of the "silent e"--personified here in our main character
Anna Jane Hays is a former editorial director and child development specialist for The Children's Television Workshop. She lives in Santa Fe, NM.

With lively rhymes and funny illustrations, this book will have kids laughing out loud while they learn to accept the things they don't like about their bodies.

When Toodles meets Teeny, they hit it off right away and are soon together all the time, to the exclusion of all Toodles' other friends. When the barnyard friends begin to feel left out, Toodles realizes that friendship can be best when it's shared. Learning to build friendships is one of the ways children develop into well- rounded, emotionally healthy human beings and Toodles and Teeny encompasses all that complexity and demonstrates the importance of friendship in the lives of children.