Dress-UpElectronic book published by ipicturebooks.com24 W. 25th St. New York, NY 10011 www.ipicturebooks.comAll rights reserved. Copyright 1999 by The Millbrook Press, Inc.Real Kids Readers and the Real Kids Readers logo are trademarks of The Millbrook Press, Inc.No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For Sarah Riecke, who inspired this book, and for her sister, Elena, who like to dress up too M. L.For Nora, Sarah, and Jacob my three favorite characters D. H.e-ISBN 1-58824-463-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataLeonard, Marcia.Dress-up / Marcia Leonard ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 1)Summary: A young girl plays dress-up and imagines being a cat, a bird, a movie star, a doctor, and more.ISBN 0-7613-2053-9 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2078-4 (pbk.)1. Play Fiction. 2. Imagination Fiction. 3. Stories in rhyme. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ8.3.L54925Dr 1999 Edc21Dress-UpBy Marcia LeonardPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanI like to dress up.45Its fun to see what I can be.67I can be a cat. See my soft fur?89I like to nap. I like to purr.1011I can be a man. See my big hat?12I can be thin. I can be fat.1415I am a small bird. I have a nest.1617I like to eat bugs, but worms are best.18Now Im a star. My dress is red.2021Now Im a baby, all set for bed.2223I like to dress up.2425Its fun to see what I can be.2627But best of all, I like to be . . .2829ME!3031Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in Dress-Up.Short Vowels When two consonants surround a vowel, the sound of the vowel is usually short. This means you pronounce a as in apple, e as in egg, i as in igloo, o as in octopus, and u as in umbrella. Short-vowel words in this story include: bed, big, bugs, but, can, cat, fat, fun, hat, man, nap, red, set.Short-Vowel Words with Beginning Consonant Blends When two different consonants begin a word, they usually blend to make a combined sound. A word in this story with a beginning consonant blend is dress.Short-Vowel Words with Ending Consonant Blends When two different consonants end a word, they usually blend to make a combined sound. Words in this story with ending consonant blends include: best, nest, soft.R-Controlled Vowels When a vowel is follwed by the letter r, its sound is changed by the r. Words in this story with r-controlled vowels include: bird, for, fur, purr, star.Double Consonants When two identical consonants appear side by side, one of them is silent. In this story, double consonants appear in the all-family, words all and small.Sight Words Sight words are those words that a reader must learn to recognize immediately by sight instead of by sounding them out. They occur with high frequency in easy texts. Sight words not included in the above categories are: a, am, be, eat, have, I, is, like, me, my, of, see, to, up who.