No New Pants!Electronic 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 my dad, who likes old pants too M. L.For my brothers, who always provided the best hand-me-downs D. H.Special thanks to Hanna Andersson, Portland, OR, and to Lands End, Dodgeville, WI, for providing clothing.e-ISBN 1-58824-485-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataLeonard, Marcia.No new pants! / Marcia Leonard ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm.(Real kids readers. Level 1)Summary: When his mother takes him to buy new pants, a young boy tries on many different pairs, but finds just what he wants back at home.ISBN 0-7613-2063-6 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2088-1 (pbk.)1. Clothing and dress Fiction. 2. Shopping Fiction. 3. Mothers and sons Fiction. 4. Stories in rhyme. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ8.3.L54925No 1999 Edc21 No New Pants!By Marcia LeonardPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanThe sun is out. I want to play.456But we have to shop today.78We shop for pants. It is not fun.10I want to go. I want to run.12I try on pants. They are too small.14And these dont fit my legs at all.1516These pants are stiff. These pants are hot.18I do not like these. I do not!20We go back home. My mom is mad.22I have a plan to make her glad.2324My brothers pants are old and worn.2526The legs are soft. The knee is torn.2728They are too small for him, you see.30But they are just the pants for me!Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in No New Pants!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: but, fit, fun, him, hot, legs, mad, mom, not, run, sun.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: glad, plan, stiff.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: just, pants, soft.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, for, her, torn, worn.Double Consonants When two identical consonants appear side by side, one of them is silent. In this story, double consonants appear in the all-family words all and small.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, at, back, do, go, have, home, I, is, it, like, make, me, my, old, on, out, play, see, the, these, they, to, today, too, try, want, we, you.