Dona Herweck Rice 
Ape in a Cape 
PreK/K: Book 25

Make learning to read fun for children with this decodable fiction book about an ape that likes to dress up! This book provides a built-in phonics review for beginning readers. Today, students need help learning how to read more than ever before. This illustrated book will engage and excite young readers while they gain practice with lots of high-frequency words: a, all, an, and, are, be, can, did, do, for, had, have, how, I, is, not, of, said, she, that, the, then, this, to, was, what, with, you. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 25 covers long a and i (with silent e). Build foundational reading skills with the research-based approach to phonics instruction used in this book!