Mud!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 Hana and Olivia, who love mud C. S.Special thanks to P. J. Salvage Co. for Natalie photographs by Dorothy Handelman.p. cm. (Real kids readers. Level 1)Summary: A boy and his friends enjoy playing in the mud.ISBN 0-7613-2051-2 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-7613-2076-8 (pbk.)1. Mud Fiction. 2. Stories in rhyme. I. Handelman, Dorothy, ill. II. Title. III. Series. PZ8.3.S5874Mu 1999 E dc21Mud!By Charnan SimonPhotographs by Dorothy HandelmanI get up and want to play.45This will be a good MUD day.67The sun is out. The grass is wet.8A kid can have some fun, I bet!1011I get my stuff.1213I have a plan.14I call up Bob. I call up Dan.16They come to play. We pick a spot.19Is it too wet? No, it is not.20We mix and pat.We slip and slop.We dig our hands into the glop.Mud is so soft. Mud is so black.I am so glad that mud is back!Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in Mud!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: bet, Bob, can, Dan, dig, fun, get, kid, mix, mud, not, pat, sun, 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: black, glad, glop, grass, plan, slip, slop, spot, 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: hands, soft.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 word will and in the all-family word call.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, am, and, be, come, day, good, have, I, into, is, it, my, no, our, out, play, so, some, that, the, they, this, to, too, up, want, we.