Where is the Blue Ball?

From the Set Little Blossom Stories

Britt and Beth's dog, Champ, is sad because his favorite ball is missing. Britt and Beth look everywhere and finally find the ball. Champ is happy. This B-level story uses engaging decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Author Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former director of the Language and Literacy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education developed a specific format for this series. Books in this series include author biography, phonetics, and teaching guides.

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 2
Reading Level Preschool
Dewey 428.6/2
Lexile 180L
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level B
Language English
Publisher Cherry Blossom Press
Available Formats Paperback (9781534168299), PDF (9781534171817), ePub (9781534177338), Hosted ebook (9781534173651), Kindle (9781534175495)
Copyright 2021
Number of Pages 16
Dimensions 6 x 6.75
Graphics Full-color illustrations

Author: Cecilia Minden

Cecilia Minden is the former director of the Language and Literacy Program at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She earned her PhD in Reading Education at the University of Virginia. Dr. Minden has written extensively for early readers. She is passionate about matching children to the very book they need to improve their skills and progress to a deeper understanding of all the wonder books can hold.

Illustrator: Tina Finn

  • Beginning of Text
  • Word List
Author/Illustrator biography
Original artwork
Sequenced phonics skills
Teaching guides
Full-color illustrations