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K-3Word Families series.
Illustrated by
Amy Cartwright.
As the series name suggests, these simple stories are designed to teach new readers about word families: words with the same endings, such as "-ay," "-it," and "-ot." As reading primers, the books dutifully fulfill their mission. The accessible texts include lots of sight words and repetition, and the bland cartoon illustrations help with decoding. Mildly diverting if not very satisfying. Review covers these Word Families titles:Don't Trip, Pip!, Get Wet!, Not a Lot, Robot!, Please Take Jake!, Quit It!, and Stay, Kay!.