READY, SET, READ! Introduce your child to reading on their own with this fun and colorful box set! Inside you’ll find 12 leveled storybooks featuring friendly animal characters, an activity sheet, a helpful parent guide, and bonus motivational stickers. Perfect for independent readers! Kids will learn to: • Compare and contrast while reading for meaning • Reinforce decoding skills and practice  sight word recognition • Understand non-fiction concepts like behaviors, characteristics, and adaptations of animals THE READING HOUSE is a step-by-step learn-to-read program that takes kids aged 4-7 from letter recognition all the way up to independent reading. With four distinct stages, choosing the box set that’s just right for your new reader is simple. The sets in Stage Four: Independent Reader build reading comprehension and help children read on their own. The simple stories, decodable words, picture cues, and bright, colorful artwork make it easy to raise a confident, happy reader! Also available in the Reading House program: • Stage 1: Getting Started: Sets 1, 2 • Stage 2: Emerging Reader: Sets 3, 4, 5 • Stage 3: Advancing Reader: Sets 6, 7, 8 • Stage 4: Independent Reader: Sets 9, 10, 11, 12