Lee and Pat: A Child's Introduction to Reading

"This entertaining new book is Book 1 in a series that enables children to actually learn to read by themselves with only minimal help from parents or teachers." The 12 books in the series develop the child's confidence and competence in equal measures through their uniquely systematic, comprehensive and effective approach. This book, Lee and Pat, is the first book in the Word by Word series of illustrated, graded English readers for children learning to read and children learning English as a second or foreign language. In this first early reader, we meet the teacher, Lee, Pat and their very clever dog Kim. This dog is so clever he can even READ what the children write! The story is told using just 17 different keywords + 3 names of characters. These most commonly used key words are frequently and systematically repeated throughout the book in order to ensure effective learning. All the details in the book are revealed in language (words and structure that has been rigorously selected to be as simple and understandable as possible for young readers.