Wet Hen [Paperback]

Discover Bright Owl Books! This super simple beginning readers series, created by best-selling Step into Reading author and illustrator Molly Coxe, features vowel sounds – basic building blocks of reading – and only around 100 words in each book. With a note to parents and teachers at the beginning and story starters at the end, these books give kids the perfect start on educational success.

Hen and her eggs are wet. Luckily her friend Ben is there to help! This fun photographic easy-to-read story features the short “e” vowel sound. Wet Hen is a delightful story for early readers told in short ‘e’ vowel sounds filled with verse colorful fantasy photos and a fascinating story. Young children and early readers will delight in learning to read these wonderful stories while being encouraged to create more stories of their own. —Children’s Bookwatch

A cute and simple book told with short ‘e’ sounds and paired with photographs of a felt hen and a felt mouse in different wet settings. Appropriate for a kindergarten or first grade reading level. There are also two darling photographs in the back with a story telling prompt for kids. ESSENTIAL. —Kiss the Book

This series is just so doggone good... there’s nothing to compare.” —Betsy Bird, Fuse #8, School Library Journal
Before writing and illustrating kid-favorite easy-to-reads like Hot Dog, multi-talented Molly Coxe taught preschool and high school English. Her books have sold over two million copies. She lives in San Francisco.CN