Wash DayElectronic book published by ipicturebooks.com24 W. 25th St. New York, NY 10011 www.ipicturebooks.comAll rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1999 by The Millbrook Press, Inc.Real Kids Readers and the Real Kids Readers logo are trademarks of The Millbrook Press, Inc.For Andrea and Katelyn, with love C. S.For my mother D. H.Special thanks to Lands End, Dodgeville, WI, for providing clothing.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 1-58824-502-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataSimon, Charnan.Wash day / by Charnan Simon ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 1)Summary: While their father is napping, two boys enthusiastically wash everything in sight, from dishes and toys to the rug and wall.ISBN 0-7613-2065-2 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2090-3 (pbk.)1. House cleaning Fiction. 2. Cleanliness Fiction. 3. Stories in rhyme. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ8.3.S5874Was 1999 Edc21 By Charnan SimonPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanWash DayDad wants to nap. That is okay.We will help him out today.I make big suds in our new tub.8We get to work. We rub and scrub.A car? A jet? A bat? A ball?121314We dunk them in. We wash them all.I get a rag.161718You get the mop.We rub and scrub. We do not stop.We wash the rug.We wash the wall.2425We get stuff wet. We wash it all.We are wet too! But we had fun.2829We get Dad up. Wash day is done.31Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in Wash 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: bat, big, but, Dad, fun, get, had, him, jet, mop, nap, not, rag, rub, rug, suds, tub, wet.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: scrub, stop, stuff.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: dunk, help.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, car.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 will and stuff and in the all-family words all, ball, wall.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, day, do, I, in, is, it, make, new, out, that, them, to, too, up, wants, we, you.