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K-3Word Families series.
Illustrated by
Amy Cartwright.
Each choppy but mildly humorous story highlights members of a single word family (e.g., "handed," "hunted," and "wanted" in the "-ed" family). Friendly, animation-like illustrations supply characters' personalities and occasionally elaborate on the narratives. Each volume ends with an oversimplified definition of "word families," followed by a list of the book's featured word-family members. Review covers the following Word Families titles: Dan Can!, Go to Bed, Ted!, The Map Trap, Stop, Pop!, When, Jen?, and Win, Min!