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Seven-year-old Stink Moody discovers that he can get free samples by writing letters to candy companies and plans a surprise for his best friend's birthday.

A little boy fills his sound box with many words that begin with the letter "r."

A boy named Little L puts objects that begin with the letter L, such as leaves and lizards, into a box.

The umbrellas Little u keeps in her sound box prove very useful to her uncle, an umpire, and others, when it begins to rain.

A little girl fills her sound box with many words beginning with the letter "m."

A little girl fills her sound box with many words beginning with the letter "w."

A little boy fills his sound box with many words beginning with the letter "h."

"A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning,...

Simple text and repetition of the letter "x" help readers learn how to use this sound.

Letters from Grandfather, who has gone on an expedition with his little dog Roo, to find the last polar bears at the North Pole.