HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE Wild Wind - The Twelfth Book of Their Adventures - Ready-to-Read - read

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A Ready-to-Read classic story introducing children to reading through guided levels and accessible text, followed by the specific adventure “Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind.” The narrative opens with Henry and his large dog Mudge playing outdoors on a hot summer day until a sudden, strong wind blows Henry’s hat away. As signs of an approaching thunderstorm appear, Henry becomes uneasy and Mudge grows even more alert. The story builds tension with escalating reactions to “pows and booms.”

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages44

Reading Time1 h 8 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Some Wind

Pows and Booms

The Enemy Couch

Above Their Heads

ISBN 口-689-B0838-0 Children learn to read in a variety of ways:through formal teachingin school,being read aloud to at home,and reading on their own,using all the tools they've learned for making sense of letters andwords.The process starts with a child's first awareness that letters onthe page form words,which make sentences,which make stories.No one method of learning is right for every child,but all childrenneed books they can read successfully. Ready-to-Read books feature classic stories and interestingnonfiction by authors who really know how to write for this agegroup.They're grouped at three levels:Level 1,with repetitive,pre-dictable text for children who are just starting to read;Level 2,forthose who can read with help and are ready for slightly greater chal-lenges;and Level3,for children who can read fiction and nonfictionon their own,with fewer illustrations and longer texts.At each level,the books are all written,designed,and illustrated to suit the inter-ests,needs,and abilities of new readers. ## Children in preschool and the early elementary grades are uni-versally fascinated with reading,and are already saying,"I'm readyto read."When they finish a Ready-to-Read book,we want them tosay,“I am reading,and I like it!” 9780689808388 50399 # HENRY AND MUDGEAND THEWild Wind The Twelfth Book of Their Adventures Story by Cynthia RylantPictures by Sucie Stevenson READY-TO-READALADDIN PAPERBACKS To Cousin Pete—CRFor Ben Moss—SS First Aladdin Paperbacks Edition,1996 Text copyright ◎1993 by Cynthia Rylantllustrations copyright C1993 by Sucie Stevenson Aladdin Paperbacks An imprint of Simon&Schuster Children's Publishing Division1230 Avenue of the AmericasNew York,NY 10020 All rights reserved including the right ofreproduction in whole or in part in any form. READY-TO-READ is a registered trademark of Simon &Schuster,Inc. Also available in a Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers Edition. The text of this book is set in 18 point Goudy Old Style.The illustrations are pen-and-ink and watercolor,reproduced in full color. Series designed by Mina Greenstein. Printed and bound in the United States of America 10987654321 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rylant,Cynthia. Henry and Mudge and the wild wind:the twelfth book of their adventures/story by CynthiaRylant;pictures by Sucie Stevenson—1st ed. p.cm. Summary:Henry and his big dog Mudge try to keep busy inside the house during a thunder-storm. [1.Dogs—Fiction.2.Thunderstorms—Fiction.]1.Stevenson,Sucie,ill.II.Title.PZ7.R982Heb 1993[E]—dc2091-12644ISBN 0-689-80838-0(pbk) Contents Some Wind 5 Pows and Booms15The Enemy Couch23Above Their Heads37 Ali Henry and Henry's big dog Mudgewere playing outside one hotsummer day.Suddenly the windblew so hard that it blewHenry's hat away. "Wow,"said Henry."Some wind."Whoosh! Mudge's fur rippled.His ears flapped. “Must be a thunderstorm coming,”said Henry.“Uh-oh.” Henry didn’t like thunderstorms.They made him jumpy.But they made Mudge even jumpier. Every time a storm came, He whined. He walked around the kitchen tableabout a hundred times.

FAQs

What reading approach does the Ready-to-Read section emphasize for young learners?

It emphasizes that children learn to read in different ways, including formal teaching at school, listening to read-alouds at home, and reading on their own using the tools they learn for understanding letters, words, and stories.

How are Ready-to-Read books organized for different reading abilities?

They are grouped into three levels: Level 1 for children starting to read with repetitive, predictable text; Level 2 for those reading with help and ready for greater challenges; and Level 3 for children who read fiction and nonfiction independently with longer texts and fewer illustrations.

What happens when the wind suddenly blows during Henry and Mudge’s playtime?

Henry’s hat is blown away, and both Henry and Mudge react as they sense a thunderstorm may be coming.

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