The Good Bad DayElectronic book published by ipicturebooks.com24 W. 25th St. New York, NY 10011 www.ipicturebooks.comAll rights reserved. Copyright 1998 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. To Sarah, Emily, Elizabeth, Laura, and the real Bud C. S.Special thanks to FAO Schwarz for providing toys, to The Gap for providing clothing, to Glorias Kids Beds for providing the bed, and to Callie R. C. Smith and Julianna Carlson.e-ISBN 1-58824-465-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataSimon, Charnan.The good bad day / Charnan Simon ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 2)Summary: Pam is sick and having a very bad day until her parents and her friend help to cheer her up.ISBN 0-7613-2017-2 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2042-3 (pbk.)1. Sick Fiction. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ7.S6035Go 1998 Edc21The Good Bad DayBy Charnan SimonPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanIt was a bad day. The sky was gray. The air was cold. Pam felt hot. Her nose was stuffed up. Her head hurt.Pam had a bad cold. She had to stay home, and her friend Jill could not come and play. That made Pam mad.“I hate to be sick,” she told Teddy. “It is no fun!”Pam got out of bed. She picked out a book and tried to read. The boy in the book was playing in the snow. He was having fun. Pam was not! She closed that book fast.Pam got out her art stuff. She tried to draw her cat, Bud. “Sit still, Bud!” she said.But Bud did not sit still. He ran away. Bad cat!11Pam played a type. The first song was “Put on a Happy Face.” Pam did not want to do that. She put on a mad face. That was the face for her!13Pam got back into bed. She curled up in a little ball. She felt mad and sad and sick. Dad was at work. Mom was downstairs. Jill was at her house. “No one loves me,” she told Teddy. Then she cried herself to sleep.14When Pam woke up, the house was still. She felt all alone.16But wait! What was that noise?It was Mom with a tray. There was a rose on the tray. It was red and soft. There was tea on the tray. It was hot and sweet. And there was toast on the tray toast with grape jelly.18“Yum!” said Pam. “Grape jelly is the best.” She ate one bite. She ate two bites. She ate all of her toast.20Mom picked up a deck of cards. “Lets play Go Fish,” she said. Pam and Mom played five games of Go Fish. Pam won all five! Mom gave her a prize.2223RING! RING! It was Dad calling. He had a joke for Pam. “Knock, knock,” he said. “Whos there?” said Pam. “Itch,” said Dad. “Itch who?” said Pam. “Bless you,” said Dad. It was a good joke for a girl with a cold.25DING DONG! The doorbell rang. Mom went to the door. She came back with a card. “Mail for Pam,” she said.26The card was from Jill. She had drawn two girls on it. One was Pam. One was Jill.Pam went to the window. She looked down. There was Jill! Jill waved to Pam. Pam waved to Jill.28Pam felt much better. She turned on her tape. She picked up her book. Bud came to sit with her. Pam was still sick. But she was not mad or sad. Her bad day had turned into a good day.30Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in The Good Bad Day.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, Bud, but, cat, Dad, did, fun, got, had, hot, lap, mad, Mom, not, Pam, ran, red, sad, sit, yum.Consonant Blends When two or more different consonants are side by side, they usually blend to make a combined sound. In this story, short-vowel words with consonant blends include: best, bless, ding, dong, fast, felt, itch, rang, ring, song, stuff, went.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 Jill, still, stuffed, and in the all-family words: all, ball, calling.R-Controlled Vowels When a vowel is followed by the letter r, its sound is changed by the r. In this story, words with r-controlled vowels include: air, art, card, curled, first, for, girl, her, hurt, turned, work.Long Vowel and Silent E If a word has a vowel and ends with an e, usually the vowel is long and the e is silent. Long vowels are pronounced the same way as their alphabet names. In this story, words with a long vowel and silent e include: ate, bite, came, closed, face, five, gave, grape, hate, home, joke, made, nose, prize, rose, tape, waved, woke.Double Vowels When two vowels are side by side, usually the first vowel is long and th