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Fun Tales Paperback – May 15, 2006

by Duane Bolin and Sarita Holzmann (Author), Dave Lilly (Illustrator)
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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Is your young one ready to learn the alphabet in style? Fun Tales offer you and your child an enjoyable journey through each sound of the alphabet. Join a penguin, moose, monkey, newt, bear, rhino, raccoon, and other fun animals in stories that teach letter sounds. Beginning with letter sounds that kids find easy to distinguish and working toward more difficult ones, these 27 booklets offer short, readable, phonetically-correct sentences. Each story uses only letters that been learned to that point, while zany illustrations on every page keep children visually engaged as the learn. Order you box and let the Fun Tales begin...
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Avyx, Inc
  3. Publication date
    May 15, 2006
  4. ISBN-10
    1887840680
  5. ISBN-13
    978-1887840682
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My kids loved these! They are very cute, and the box is nice and sturdy. My daughter decided I could sell her Bob books--they are "little kids' books," but she insists on keeping the Fun Tales. And I even learned quite a few new facts from the animal info on the back of each book. Thanks for making reading funny and fun! Merry :-) --http://www.sonlight.com/KR01.html

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avyx, Inc (May 15, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1887840680
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1887840682
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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J. Gossard
5.0 out of 5 stars The tales are fun
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2008
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My homeschooling children have had a blast with these books. Long after they have learned to read proficiently they are constantly re-reading them just for amusement. The Fun Tales are just perfect for the emerging reader phase. The tales are fun and interesting.
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gizmo25
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it reordered it
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2017
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Uesed thos many times. I just reordered this for my youngest.
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Tom
1.0 out of 5 stars Big room for improvement
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2014
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Bought these because they went with our homeschool curriculum. First of all the font is serif so it's incredibly hard for a first time reader. Second, in an effort to use words that are simple, it uses words that we don't use every day so I have to explain what the word means. "Bops" for hits, "jabs" for hits, etc. Third, the pictures are horrible. I have an art degree and still don't know what I'm looking at half the time in the illustrations. There are better free books on Kindle. If this goes with your Sonlight curriculum, just skip it. It's not a huge part of the curriculum anyway.
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Joseph Szobody
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2014
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My kids take off reading with these! Thanks for the bite size chunks in order to learn to read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good quality
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2017
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Fast shippper. Good quality items
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Reading Mom
2.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite!
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2012
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I love how the books are set up to be decoded easily and they increase in difficulty. They are truly phonics readers grouped by word families. My biggest issue is that the illustrations seem to not fit the writing very well. The illustrations are suppose to support the reader, not make the reading more challenging. I often look at the illustrations and wonder what is going on in the picture and how it fits in. This wouldn't seem like a big deal except that my dd and most kids that would use these books, use the illustrations for motivation and to help them decode.
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Holly
5.0 out of 5 stars Charming illustrations and stories
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2020
We love these books! They are numbered and slowly increase letters, sounds, and combinations. Two of my children have used these to learn to read, no other phonics books or lessons outside of these. The illustrations are simple and whimsical, going along nicely with the funny, charming stories. They are so effective because my kids love them! They want to read one after another, and re-read them. It's a reward to them to learn about different animals on the back cover of each book too. These are amazing little readers, and I recommend to all my friends.
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Francis Young
5.0 out of 5 stars Conquer all the sounds and read
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2014
Two of our four boys (oldest and youngest) went from knowing their alphabet to independent reading in a couple of months with these 27 tiny little readers.

By incrementally adding letters and sounds through the series, the child gradually acquires most of the pattern recognition needed to read new words.

The set didn't work for number two, who seemed to leap into competent reading by osmosis, nor for number three son, who at seven insists he still can't read (but does!).

Highly recommended as a resource, BUT remember every child is different, and some high achieving adults didn't read until age twelve or thirteen!
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