I Am Mad!Electronic 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.For Emma S. H.For youngest sisters everywhere D. H.Special thanks to Lands End, Dodgeville, WI, for providing bedding.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. e-ISBN 1-58824-467-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hood, Susan.I am mad! / Susan Hood ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 1)Summary: A young girl is upset when another girl purposely messes up her dress.ISBN 0-7613-2061-X (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2086-5 (pbk.)1. Behavior Fiction. 2. Stories in rhyme. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ8.3.H7577Iam 1999E dc21 I Am Mad!By Susan HoodPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanI am mad! Im mad, mad, MAD!4Im mad at Liz. She acts so bad.67We have a snack. Liz makes a mess.Now her pink drink is on my dress.1011I huff and puff. I get all red.12I yell a lot. I hit my bed.My mom asks me, “Why are you mad?”I start to sob. I feel so bad.Mom has a plan to fix the dress.20She rubs the spot. No more pink mess!22Now Liz must sit and sit and sit.25She does not like it, not a bit.26Mom nods to me. I see her wink.28Am I still mad? What do you think?Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in I Am Mad!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: bad, bed, bit, fix, get, has, hit, Liz, lot, mad, mom, nods, not, red, rubs, sit, sob.Short-Vowel Words with Beginning Consonant Blends When two different consonants begin a word, they usually blend to make a combined sound. Words in this story with beginning consonant blends include: dress, plan, spot, still.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: must, pink, wink.R-Controlled Vowels When a vowel is followed by the letter r, its sound is changed by the r. Words in this story with r-controlled vowels are: are, her, more, start.Double Consonants When two identical consonants appear side by side, one of them is silent. In this story, double consonants appear in the short-vowel words huff, mess, puff, yell and in the all- family word all.Sight Words Sight words are those words that a reader must learn to recognize immediatelyby 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, asks, at, do, does, have, I, is, it, like, makes, me, my, no, now, on, see, she, so, the, think, to, we, what, you.