All New Easy True Stories: A Picture-Based Beginning Reader

Would you believe … ?

• A man chokes on his favorite food, but his daughter saves him with a common household appliance. What does she use?

• A lonely sailor puts a message in a bottle. A fisherman finds it and gives it to his daughter. What does she do with it?

• On a very hot day, a boy finds two puppies locked in a car. How does he keep them alive?

More low-level yet high-interest stories! These 20 captivating stories, selected from news sources all over the world, are all true! They are told as simply as possible -- almost exclusively in the present tense -- and most stories are less than ½ page long.

Features

• First, students look at a series of 9 pictures while the teacher tells the story. This pre-reading step gives students a global understanding of the story before they read.

• Next, students read the story.

• Finally, students complete exercises following each story to develop basic reading skills as well as build pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary proficiency.

The True Stories series includes:

True Stories Behind the Songs

More True Stories Behind the Songs

Very Easy True Stories

All New Very Easy True Stories

Easy True Stories, Second Edition

All New Easy True Stories

True Stories in the News, Third Edition

More True Stories, Third Edition

Even More True Stories, Third Edition

Beyond True Stories