Product Description

This deluxe boxed set of 15 books contains sturdy editions of Starfall’s Learn-to-Read phonics books Zac the Rat and other tales. Durable gloss covers, 6" x 9", packaged in a colorful carrying case with a handle.Starfall's Learn-to-Read phonics series features one story for each short-vowel, long-vowel, and other basic reading rules such as: 2 vowels; R-Controlled A; R-Controlled O; and R-Controlled I, E and U; and Y as Long-I or Long-E. Stories were written with special attention to the relationship between the full-color illustrations and the appealing text on the page. The Starfall reading program in print and online weaves the reading-acquisition process into a cohesive, fun, and entertaining program that kids love!

Books included in this set: Zac the Rat Peg the Hen The Big Hit Mox the Fox Gus the Duck Jake’s Tale Pete’s Sheep Sky Ride Robot and Mr. Mole Dune Buggy Soap Boat Car Race My Horse Glory Surfer Girl My Family

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11267 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Excellent set of Learn-to-Read books
The right learn-to-read environment can make a huge difference in how quickly a child learns and how much they enjoy it. I've expended quite a bit of effort searching for a great learn-to-read set, and this is by far the best I've found.

As a pulished author, instructional designer and professional journalist with a Masters in Liberal Studies/Creative Writing -- married to an English teacher working on his Education PhD dissertation in Curriculum and Instruction -- I have been disappointed with the majority of the learn-to-read book sets I've evaluated: Nonsensical sentences, unrelated grammatical structures, meaningless or non-existant plot lines, poor word choices and lame artwork are the hallmarks of even the most popular series.

I was searching for fun tales with engaging artwork and logical grammatical groupings with relevant word choices and plot lines. I was excited to discover the Starfall set and have been rewarded as my 4-year old son begs to read to me each evening and ambitiously plans how many new books he will tackle that night.

He loved this set, gobbling them up at a rate of 1-2 each night without fail. His retention of grammatical rules and structures -- introduced and reinforced logically and entertainingly by the Starfall team -- has been amazing to witness. We further encouraged retention with our practice of delaying reading a new book until re-reading one we'd already read. He was so excited to get to the new book that he was happy to review an earlier lesson.

Since he finished the books in this set a few days ago, we have been working our way through some of the competition's series and I am constantly reminded of the superiority of this Starfall book set.

Elizabeth Yarnell
Author: Glorious One-Pot Meals

GREAT set of BOOKS! With Starfall.com, this is 10 STARS!
These books are really cute, short and sweet. The pictures really draw in the child. The animal characters are doing various things that most small children love to do (cooking in the kitchen, racing cars, making messes, playing at the beach, enjoying family, etc.). My son (who just turned 5) LOVES them.

When we first sat down to read them, I thought they were cute and really focused on letter sounds AND kept the attention of my son. But what REALLY sold me and made me (and my son fall in love with them) was the STARFALL.com website. ALL of the books are ONLINE with animation and sound. The child can even modify the story. It is too cute! My son has his own laptop and loves to go to the website and READ and LISTEN to the books, where they focus on sounding out the words. In addition to the books, there are a million other FUN learning activities ... calendar, writing a letter. It's an absolutely fabulous FUN learning website, all for free! This website has helped with learning and reinforcing what he has already learned in school.

So, if you want to see (and read) the books BEFORE you buy, they are all on STARFALL.com.

child loves them
My [...]daughter is really enjoying reading these books. I find that they move a little faster than I expected, but they are probably perfect for most kindergarteners.