Central Kansas Library System

Word Bird uses a pencil as a magic wand to write and learn new words. Catch everyone's favorite little bird with a colorful, modern look! These updated versions of Jane Belk Moncure's popular beginner books from the 1980s reflect current educational standards as well as social and cultural changes. The clear, clean typeface and dynamic illustrations encourage today's kids to try their wings in fun, learn-to-read adventures, continuing the Word Bird...

Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, is dismayed to be partnered with shy classmate Lionel for the school talent show until she comes up with an act perfectly suited for both of them.

Reading level: age 4, 5, 6, 7. Nancy sets up a fabulous fashion boutique to earn money to buy herself a beautiful fuschia fan, and the items she was selling come in handy when her sister's birthday party goes awry.

Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race with a mean classmate.

A boy named Little T puts objects that begin with the letter T, such as toys and turtles, into a box.

Little q meets a real queen, and with her quarters buys a quart of milk and quince jam before making a bed of quilts for the queen to sleep in.