Sutro, Robert. Dad Is at Bat. Beilin Xu, Illus. Phonics Fun Decodables: Level 1, Book 6. Lerner, 08/2024. 16pp. Reader. Trade $27.99. 979-8765640005. PLB $8.99. 979-8765640562. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.
SERIES REVIEW: Libraries or classrooms looking for titles designed to help with phonics will find this fifty-four title series a good addition. Consisting of three leveled groups of eighteen titles each, this series provides progressively more complex—though decodable—text, which helps readers gain reading skills and confidence. The titles work best together, read in sequence, with some guidance about the phonics and word type being practiced, but also work as standalones. Each story utilizes words focused on a specific phonics sound or skill, with the last title of each level reviewing the phonics of the previous seventeen titles of that level. Digital illustrations, by a variety of illustrators, have differing levels of appeal, with all featuring a wide range of ethnicities, genders, and settings.
Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library