Basic facts about popular animals
-- Large type; ample spacing between lines
-- Easy-to-follow layout; text appears at same place on every page
-- Print separated from photos
-- Simple sentences
-- Digraphs, consonant blends
-- Long and short vowel sounds
-- Introduces multisyllabic and compound words, simple adjectives, and inflectional endings
-- Common "picture words" list helps reader decode text
-- Word repetition reinforces learning
-- Photos assist reader with word recognition and reflect multicultural diversity
