My Camp-OutElectronic 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. For Marie Edouard, with thanks and appreciation M. L.Special thanks to Playhut Inc. for providing the tent and to Morgenthal Frederics, New York City, for providing the eyeglasses.e-ISBN 1-58824-728-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leonard, Marcia.My camp-out / Marcia Leonard ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 1)Summary: A young girl camps out in her bedroom and is joined by her mother.ISBN 0-7613-2052-0 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2077-6 (pbk.)1. Camping Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters Fiction 3. Afro-Americans Fiction. 4. Stories in rhyme. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ8.3.L54925Mu 1999 E dc21My Camp-OutBy Marcia LeonardPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanI have my tent.45I have my lamp.67I have my bag.89Im set to camp.1011My tent is up.1213I make my bed.14I get in it.16I rest my head.18Now it is dark. I cant see well.20What is out there? I can not tell.22What was that bump? Was it a cat?Was it a bird, a bug, a bat?I look again. Its Mom I see!28I am so glad she will camp with me.Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in My Camp-Out.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: bag, bat, bed, bug, can, cat, get, Mom, not, set.Short-Vowel Words with Beginning Consonant Blends When two different consonants begin a word, they usually blend to make a combined sound. A word in this story with a beginning consonant blend is glad.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: bump, camp, dark, lamp, rest, tent.R-Controlled Vowels When a vowel is followed by the letter r, its sound is changed by the r. A word in this story with an r-controlled vowel is bird.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 tell, well, will.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, again, am, have, I, in, is, it, look, make, my, or, out, see, she, so, that, there, to, was, what, with, up.