Lost and FoundElectronic 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. To Charles Tidd for his support, and to Jessica and Bryan Tidd for their inspiration L.V.T.Special thanks to Lands End, Dodgeville, WI, for providing clothing.e-ISBN 1-58824-474-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tidd, Louise Vitellaro.Lost and found / Louise Vitellaro Tidd ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 2)Summary: Nates search for his missing sneaker leads him to many other things he has lost and is delighted to find again.ISBN 0-7613-2020-2 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2045-8 (pbk.)1. Lost and found possessions Fiction. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ7.T4245Lo 1998 Edc21Lost and FoundBy Louise Vitellaro TiddPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanIt is a warm, sunny day. Nate wants to play outside. But he can only find one sneaker. Where could his other sneaker be?45Maybe his big sister, Kim, has seen it. “I want to go outside,” Nate says. “But I cant find my other sneaker. Do you know where it is?”6Kim rolls her eyes. “You can never find your stuff,” she says. “I dont know where your dumb sneaker is. Maybe its under your bed.”7Nate thinks Kim could be right. He goes to his room. He looks under his bed.8The lost sneaker is not there. But Nate does find something else!“My dump truck!” says Nate. “So thats where I left it.” Nate is happy to find his truck. But he still wants his sneaker. Where else can he look for it?10Maybe the sneaker is in his closet. Nate opens the door. He looks under a pile of pants. The lost sneaker is not there. But he does find something else!It is a joke book he thought was lost. Nate reads a joke: “Why did the boy walk over the hill? Because he could not walk under it.” Nate grins. “Thats a good one,” he says. But he still needs his sneaker. Nates sneaker is not under his bed. It is not in his closet. Where could it be?14Maybe it is under the big chair. “Lift your feet,” Nate says to Kim. He looks under the chair. The lost sneaker is not there. But he does find something else!1617It is a robot he played with last week. He starts it up. The robot beeps and walks. “Cool!” says Nate. But he still has not found his sneaker.It is not under his bed. It is not in his closet. It is not under the big chair. Where could it be?Maybe Nates dog, King, took it. Nate looks under Kings bed. The lost sneaker is not there. But he does find something else!“So this is where King hid my ball,” says Nate. He will play ball with King later. But now he wants to find his sneaker. “My sneaker is not under my bed,” says Nate. “It is not in my closet or under the chair. It is not under Kings bed. So where can it be?”23“Maybe its in my toy box,” says Nate. “Thats good place to put stuff.”24He opens up the box. He dumps out all the toys. His lost sneaker is not in the box. But he does find something else!25“I forgot I had these,” says Nate. He is glad that the blocks are found. But his sneaker is still lost. It is not under his bed or in his closet or under the chair or under Kings bed or in the toy box. Where could it be?Just then Nate hears Kim call. “Nate!” she yells. “I just tripped over your dumb sneaker in the hall. Come and get it. Then you can go out and play.”2930Nate smiles. “Thanks for finding it,” he says. “But I changed my mind. Why should I go out? I have all this great stuff to play with right here!”31Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in Lost and Found.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: bed, big, box, but, can, did, dog, get, had, has, hid, his, Kim, not, put.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: blocks, dump, glad, grins, just, King, last, left, lift, lost, pants, stuff, truck.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 hill, still, will, yells, and in the all-family words all, ball, call, hall.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: are, for