App Profile: Word Reader - Skinny Books 3

Skinny Books 3, the third Word Family Reader, continues to bring a fun way for educators to teach reading. The new stories use rhyming words that have the same ending sound but a different beginning sound. "Ace has space for a race" and "Jane got on a plane" are just two more of 42 entertaining stories.

The Word Family Reader approach is endorsed by educators as a great way to acquire a basic knowledge of phonics. There are no pictures in these books. When students read them, they are truly reading – not relying on pictures to recognize words.

Word Family Readers – 1, 2, 3 & 4
• start reading right away at an early age.
• have 126 stories to be read.
• provide audio versions of each story.
• reinforce reading skills through games.
• teach to read and spell 600 one-syllable words.
The stories also incorporate a large number of sight words.

The two authors of this series, Peggy Gisler and Marge Eberts, are very experienced reading teachers who –
• have written more than 50 textbooks for beginning readers that are used in schools across the country.
• teach teachers how to teach reading.
• hold reading specialist degrees (Ed.S.) in education.
• won the Reading Round Table award for their beginning reader – Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza.