The New KidElectronic 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 my mom S. H.Special thanks to Hanna Andersson, Portland, OR, for providing clothing and to Converse for providing sneakers.e-ISBN 1-58824-484-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataHood, Susan.The new kid / Susan Hood ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 1)Summary: The new boy in class is a disruptive pest until one child remembers how bad it feels to be new at school and makes friends with Sid.ISBN 0-7613-2014-8 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2039-3 (pbk.)1. FriendshipFiction. 2. Behavior Fiction. 3. Schools Fiction. 4. Stories in rhyme. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ8.3.H7577Ng 1998 Edc21The New KidBy Susan Hood Photographs by Dorothy HandelmanOne day in the fall, in class with Miss Hall,45a new kid comes in. I look up and grin.7He sits down with me, with Bess, and with Lee.8The new boy is Sid. He is silly, that kid!10Sid likes to blab. Sid likes to grab.12We all do our best. But Sid is a pest.He makes a mess. He spills on Bess!1617Miss Hall gets mad when Sid acts bad.1819I think he is sad, and so he acts bad.21I was sad too when I was new.22I ask Sid to play. He says okay.2425We jump and we run. We have lots of fun.2627Now Sid is not sad. He does not act bad.29Boy, are we glad!3031Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in The New Kid.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, but, fun, gets, kid, lots, mad, not, run, sad, Sid, sits.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: blab, class, glad, grab, grin, spills.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: act, ask, best, jump, pest.Double Consonants When two of the same consonants are side by side, one of them is silent. In this story, dou- ble consonants appear in the short-vowel words Bess, mess, and Miss, and in the all-family words all, fall, Hall.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, and, are, boy, comes, day, do, down, have, he, I, in, is, likes, look, makes, me, new, now, of, on, one, our, play, says, so, that, the, think, to, too, up, was, we, when, with.