ALPHABETTI BOOKS

Introducing the letter ‘L’

EASY READING SERIES

MIZ KATZ N. RATZ

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LEN THE LION

Copyright © 2015 by Miz Katz N. Ratz All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Produced in the United States of America.

First Edition, 2015

Progressive Phonics LLC Los Angeles, CA

www.ProgressivePhonics.com

Alphabetti Book #8Len The LionWritten and illustrated by Miz Katz N. RatzStory Consultant Daniel White

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Start Guide ............................ 4

Lesson One, the letter ‘l’ ................. 5

Len The Lion.................................. 9

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Don’t rush it. Body-builders don’t train in a day – neither does a child.

And most important ofall, HAVE FUN!

Read the book WITH your child. You read the “regular” text, and he/she reads the big, red words, sort of like reading the different parts in a play.

Help your child sound out the words as needed.

Read the book several times. This helps develop the eye muscles and left-to-right reading patterns.

Quick Start Guide

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Lesson 1

This is the letter ‘L’ –

The letter ‘L’ says “-leh- for lion.” Can you say “-leh- for lion”?

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Little lambsleap a lot.

Lovely lemonlollipops.

I like lazylions.

We use the “-leh-” sound in lots of words, like:

Lesson 1

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Answer: Lion, lamp. lamb, lemon.

Show me the pictures that start with the “-leh-” sound.

Lesson 1

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Lesson 1

Here are two words we can make with the letter ‘e’ – can you read them?

lenlan

(Len is a boy’s name,Lan is a girl’s name.)

len the lion

lived by a lake b

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with his little bson, Lonnie, b

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and a lot of blemonade. b

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len liked to

look his atlovely, lovely wall – b

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at all his trophies,

big and small: b

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a pot, a pan and bhalf a cucumber. b

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“All because,” said b, “I len am

a GREAT hunter.” b

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But there was an empty

spot waiting to be filled bwith something special, bsomething really chill. bChill is American slang for very nice. Italso means to relax, like, “Chill out!” 16

So said, “Lonnie,lenmy little lion son, go bget your net – we bare going on a hunt!” b

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and Lonnie lencrawled without ba sound, b

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stopping now band then to look baround. b

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“Aha!” said .len“What do I see?” b

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Lonnie looked too. b“Is that a bumble bee?” b

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“No!” said . “Don’t lenbe absurd! That is not a b

bbee, that is a bird!”

Absurd means very, very silly.22

But it wasn’t a bird bor a bee or a lamb. b

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It was the hatof Lady Lola . lan

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Bang! The net came bdown by her feet. b

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“What are you doing?” bsaid with a squeak. lan b

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“We are saving your blife,” the lion said. len“There’s a dangerous bbeast upon your head.” b

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“That is not a beast – bthat is my !”hat

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“You’re wrong!” said blen. “It’s a blue-

tailed bat.” b

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Lola snorted.lan“Don’t be absurd. bThat is a . hatIt is NOT a bird!” b

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Now it just so happened, b

right then and there, bthat a big, brown bird bdropped out of the air... b

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...and grabbed the bhat of Lady

Lola ...lan

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...and ran away bacross the sand. b

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Lola screamedlanand fainted with bsurprise. b

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“Quick!” said .len“There goes our bprize!” b

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len chased the

bird around the lake. b

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...until the bird

tripped on a snake. b

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“Oh, my!” said . len“What a hunter I .amLook my prize, atlying in the sand!” b

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But did takelenthe snake? b

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Or did take lenthe bird? b

No! tooklenthe . hat

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How very absurd!

THE END

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