Curious George Curious About Phonics 12 Book Set (Margret and H.a. Rey's Curious George) [Paperback]

H. A. Rey (Author), Margret Rey (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Margret and H.a. Rey's Curious George

The Curious About Phonics Learn-to-Read program can help your child master the basic phonics skills that are the building blocks for a lifetime of reading and learning. These twelve books introduce a carefully selected progression of letter sounds; there are repeated examples of the sounds being focused on, and high-frequency words (the, and) are called out, as are challenge words (rabbit, pancake). Challenge words are always referenced in the art. Also included with the set is a handy parent guide.

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About the Author

Hans Augusto Rey was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1898. As a child, he spent much of his free time in that city's famous Hagenbeck Zoo drawing animals. After serving in the army during World War I, he studied philology and natural science at the University of Hamburg. He then married Margret Rey and they moved to Montmartre for four years. The manuscript for the first Curious George books was one of the few items the Reys carried with them on their bicycles when they escaped from Paris in 1940. Eventually, they made their way to the United States, and Curious George was published in 1941. Curious George has been published in many languages, including French, German, Japanese, Afrikaans, and Norwegian. Additional Curious George books followed, as well as such other favorites as CECILY G. AND THE NINE MONKEYS and FIND THE CONSTELLATIONS.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: HMH Books; None edition (March 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618956700
• ISBN-13: 978-0618956708
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really great way to introduce reading "painlessly", April 8, 2008

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Susan E. Staal "Jackson's mom" (nyc) - See all my reviews
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My preschooler loves the character and the stories. Our daily readings are something he looks forward to and he is retaining the skills, and starting to generalize learned words to other books. I can't give a better endorsement than, he is learning to read with this series.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible for learning!, November 1, 2009

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Kotek (Arkansas, USA) - See all my reviews

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I bought this for my 1st grader to encourage her to read. This is not a good set for learning how to read. The difficulty doesn't build up or doesn't even match to what it said it teaches. It's too advanced for very beginners, but too simple once the kid learns to read words used in these books. It's ok when a child can read some pages, then parent can read others. However, that takes away the joy of accomplishment, joy of reading the whole book on their own!
Here is an example: Book 2 says it teaches short e as in rest and b as in bike. Short e and just the sound b are really really beginner reader skills, but this book has hardly any simple words using those sounds. Instead here is a sentence on 4th page: "Presents are the best kind of surprise." LOL if my kid needs to practice letter b sound still, how in a world is she going to read the word surprise!!!!????
My kids love curious George, and they like these books. However, I bought them for educational purposes, and I wanted my dd to read them on her own. This turned out to be a set of very low quality that I red to her. I would much rather read regular Curious George books to her if I am the reader :(
Kids would give this set 3 stars since they liked me to read those books to them. However I give it 1 star because it does not serve the purpose it was made to serve: help kids learn to read when they are still beginners.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun readers for the Curious George fan!, April 3, 2009

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My son LOVES Curious George so these readers were a great choice for us. There are 12 books that all focus on a diferent sound. They are great to practic phonics at home or to use when developing your own program. My son LOVES the simple stores and classic illustrations. What a great value for 12 readers!!