Get the Ball, SlimElectronic 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. For Dinah, with thanks M. L.e-ISBN 1-58824-464-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataLeonard, Marcia.Get the ball, Slim / by Marcia Leonard ; photography by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm.(Real kids readers. Level 1)Summary: Twin brothers paly ball with their dog Slim.ISBN 0-7613-2000-8 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2025-3 (pbk.)1.Brothers Fiction. 2. Twins Fiction. 3. Dogs Fiction. 4. Stories in rhyme. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ8.3.L54925Gg 1998 E dc21Get the Ball, Slim Marcia LeonardPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanI am Tim.45My twin is Jim.67We play ball with our dog Slim.8I get my mitt, the ball and bat. I get the dog. . . .1011Jim gets his hat.I toss the ball.1415Jim hits it far.161718Oh, no! Oh, no! It hits a car.1920It hits a can. It hits the wall.22I do not see the ball at all.2324But Slim will get it. There he goes.2526He finds the lost ball with his nose.27He brings the ball to me and Jim.30We pet and hug him. Good dog, Slim!31Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in Get the Ball, Slim.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: bat, big, but, dog, get, him, his, hits, hug, Jim, lot, pet, Tim.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: Slim, twin.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: lost.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 is: car, far.Double Consonants When two identical consonants appear side by side, one of them is silent. Double- consonant words in this story include: mitt, toss, will, and words in the all family : all, ball, wall.Sight Words Sight words are those words that a reader must learn to recognize immediatelyby sightinstead of by sounding them out. They occur with high frequency in easy texts. Sight words not included in the above categories are: a, am, and, at, brings, finds, goes, good, he, I, is, it, me, my, no, oh, our, play, the, there, we, with, you, your.