The Big SaleElectronic 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. To Richard K. R.Special thanks to Sarah Hoskins, Real Kids Readers super stylist (and tag sale maven).e-ISBN 1-58824-460-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataRiley, Kathryn.The big sale / Kathryn Riley ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 2)Summary: Jeff and Jenna take some old toys to sell at Grampas tag sale, but they bring home much more than they sell.ISBN 0-7613-2057-1 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2082-2 (pbk.)1. Garage sales Fiction. 2. Grandfathers Fiction. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ7.R4555Tag 1999 Edc21The Big SaleBy Kathryn RileyPhotographs by Dorothy Handelman“Grampa is having a big tag sale,” Mom said one day. “What is that?” asked Jeff.4“Its a way to sell your old stuff,” said Jenna.“You put things out on tables. Then you put price tags on them. Thats why its called a tag sale.”5“Cool!” said Jeff. “Can we sell stuff too?” Mom looked at their piles of toys. “Yes!” she said. “Please do.” “Ill sell this game,” said Jenna. “Ill sell these,” said Jeff. “Is that all?” asked Mom.6Grampa lived two blocks away. The kids walked to his house. “Wow!” said Jenna. “This really is a big sale.”8“Hi, kids,” called Grampa. “Come and take a look. You can have anything you want.”Jenna found something odd. “What is this?” she asked. “Ill show you,” said Grampa. He turned it on.“Its a lamp!” said Jenna. “It moves!” said Jeff. “Can we have it?” they both asked. “Sure,” said Grampa.Jeff picked up a round black thing. “Hey! Its a big old CD,” he said. “No, its a record,” said Grampa. “You can play it on this.” “Cool,” said Jeff. “I want to take them to school for show and tell.”12Next Jenna opened a box. She pulled out shirts and pants. She pulled out beads and vests. She pulled out a long scarf. “I love this and this,” she said. “I love this and this and this!” “Those were your moms things,” said Grampa. “You can have them now.”14“I like that scarf,” said a woman. “May I buy it?”“I like your hat,” said Jenna. “Do you want to trade?” “Okay,” said the woman.“Cool! Look at this!” said Jeff. He picked up a hoop. “Try to make it spin,” said Grampa. Jeff tried. “It doesnt work,” he said. “It must be broken.” “Take it home and keep trying,” said Grampa.18“Look what I found!” said Jenna. “Your mom used to play that,” said Grampa. “Let me try,” said Jeff.2021Jeff started to play. Jenna put her hands over her ears. “Stop!” she said.“Well, Jeff,” said Grampa. “It seems you will have to keep trying that too.”Jeff and Jenna found more things they liked. They put them in a big pile. Then they helped with the sale.2425They sold lots of things for Grampa. They even sold their own things. Jenna got fifty cents for her game. Jeff got a dollar for his toys. “Cool!” said Jeff.2627The big sale was over. Jenna looked at their pile of stuff.“We have so many things,” she said. “But we still need one more.” “The wagon!” said Jeff. The kids filled the wagon. Then they pulled it home.29Mom groaned when she saw them. “Oh, no!” she said. “More old stuff!” “Its new to us,” said Jenna. “See? I even got you a new old hat.” Mom had to smile. “How do I look?” she said. “Cool!” said Jeff.31Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in The Big Sale.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: big, box, can, get, had, hat, his, kids, let, lots, Mom, put, tag.Short-Vowel words with 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: black, blocks, cents, hands, helped, lamp, long, must, next, pants, spin, stop, stuff, vests.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 filled, Jeff, odd, well, will, and in the all-family words all and called.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: for, her, more, scarf, skirts, started, turned.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 pronoun