- Top reading specialists have leveled this text as appropriate for emergent, early fluent, or fluent readers.

- The rhyming patterns, consonant clusters, and multiple syllables help children decipher words.

- Word lists at the back of each book help build reading vocabularies.

Curriculum Standards:

Grades K-4 Social Studies Standards

Culture: I

- Describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence behavior of people living in a particular culture.

Individual Development and Identity: IV

- Explore factors that contribute to one's personal identity such as interests, capabilities, and perceptions.