Best Friends Electronic book published by ipicturebooks.com 24 W 25th St New York, NY 10011 www.ipicturebooks.com All rights reserved Copyright  1999 by The Millbrook Press, Inc Real Kids Readers and the Real Kids Readers logo are trademarks of The Millbrook Press, Inc No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher e-ISBN 1-58824-456-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leonard, Marcia Best friends / Marcia Leonard ; photographs by Dorothy Handelman p cm (Real kids readers Level 1) Summary: Although they are different in many ways, two girls are still best friends ISBN 0-7613-2064-4 (lib bdg.) ISBN 0-7613-2089-X (pbk.) [1 Best friends Fiction Friendship Fiction Individuality Fiction Stories in rhyme.] I Handelman, Dorothy, ill II Title III Series PZ8.3.L54925Be 1999 [E] dc21 For the RKR crew: Judy, Dorothy, Sarah, Paul, Virginia, Tisha, Richard, Andrel, Nikki, Nicole, and Jacky with thanks! M L For my pals, Michele and Mary Beth D H Special thanks to Lands’ End, Dodgeville, WI, for providing clothing and to East End Sporting Goods, Mattituck, NY Best Friends Marcia Leaonard Photographs by Dorothy Handelman By I like you and you like me But we are not alike, you see I am small and you are tall I play cards and you play ball 10 I like hot and you like cold 18 19 But we like to gab We like to grin 20 We like to run We like to win 22 23 We both love books We both love cats 24 25 We both love rings We both love hats We are best friends, as you can see 28 For I like you and you like me 30 Phonic Guidelines Use the following guidelines to help your child read the words in Best Friends Short Vowels When two consonants surround a vowel, the sound of the vowel is usually short This means you pronounce a as in apple, e as in egg, i as in igloo, o as in octopus, and u as in umbrella Short-vowel words in this story include: but, can, cats, gab, hats, hot, not, run, win, yes Short-Vowel Words with Beginning Consonant Blends When two different consonants begin a word, they usually blend to make a combined sound A word in this story with a beginning consonant blend includes: grin Short-Vowel Words with Ending Consonant Blends When two different consonants end a word, they usually blend to make a combined sound Words in this story with ending consonant blends include: best, rings R-Controlled Vowels When a vowel is followed by the letter r, its sound is changed by the r Words in this story with r-controlled vowels are: are, cards, for Double Consonants When two identical consonants appear side by side, one of them is silent In this story, double consonants appear in the short-vowel word mess and in the all-family words all, ball, small, and tall Sight Words Sight words are those words that a reader must learn to recognize immediately by sight instead of by sounding them out They occur with high frequency in easy texts Sight words not included in the above categories are: a, am, and, as, I, like, love, make, me, new, no, old, play, say, see, to, up, we, you