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Chickadee Readers: My First Stories Bundle (Sets 1-4)

(8 reviews)
$110.00

Chickadee Readers

Chickadee Readers teach your kids to love reading.

The Chickadee Bundle features all four of the My First Stories boxed sets. It also includes a deck of Pre-K Phonics flashcards (covering short vowels, long vowels, and every consonant), plus a Map to Reading poster to track your child’s progress (complete with 40 unique stickers).

The bundle is designed for rising kindergarteners who are ready to learn to read, or for 1st-graders who would like more reading practice. The books progress slowly and steadily through basic phonics: over the course of the four sets, the books move from Lexile Measure 80L to 560L. Your child will learn short vowels, long vowels, and consonant blends, and then practice putting all of it together to make long stories. Along the way there’s plenty of review, so everything your child learns stays learned.

With colorful illustrations, rollicking stories, and whimsical characters, the Chickadee Bundle will nurture a lifelong love for books.

 

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Delightful
Illustrations

Illustrator Mark Beauchamp drew 321 gorgeous scenes with whimsical characters on fun adventures.

Designed by Teachers

With 60+ years of experience, Jan and Anita, have books that beautiful meld the science and art of teaching kids to read.


How Chickadee Works

Classic Illustrations

Remember when kids books were well-drawn? Our kids deserve better than throw-away, black and white stick figures and lazy artwork. Each reader is beautifully illustrated by Mark Beauchamp.

Story Grip

Just because a story is for kids doesn't mean they have to be dumb. Chickadee set out to engage young kids with real stories with beginnings, middles, and ends.

Stair-step phonics

Every story and every book builds on the last. With lessons carefully crafted by highly experienced teachers, Chickadee sets a manageable pace of learning. 

Chickadee teaches your kids how to sound out words by focusing on key phonics sounds and moving from simple to more complex sentences — without boring the new reader!

Real learning. Real fun.

We've packaged 60+ years of teaching experience into 4 sets of readers that engage kids and parents alike.

Chickadee makes step-by-step phonetic teaching easy and produces long-term reading confidence.

Kids love Chickadee. So do parents!

★★★★★

" We want to teach kids a genuine love for reading but the truth is, the early stages are rarely enjoyable for kids or parents. Chickadee Readers offer a wonderful and much-needed tool to change this. The stories are captivating, funny, and full of truth. Nothing helps kids learn to read more than a love for stories. It is a joy to see them eagerly turning pages to find out what happens next."

Kalen Brockwalder
Logos School Principal

Created by two long-time teachers who wanted a better way to teach reading

Jan and Anita have spent their lives teaching kids to read. They realized the "best" options available are either out of print, poorly illustrated, or just plain confusing for kids.

Their innovative Chickadee Readers reflect the teaching methods they've perfected over the last four decades!

  

The Chickadee Guarantee

We promise Chickadee will teach your child to love reading with our books.

If you and your kids don't love Chickadee Readers, all you have to do is send your set back for a full refund.

We’ll even pay for return shipping!

 

Chickadee Readers: My First Stories Set 1: Short Vowels

My First Stories Set 1 features ten lively stories filled with friendly characters and funny illustrations. Simple short vowels provide the perfect starting point for your young reader.

In the set:

  1. Cat, Bat, and Hat
  2. Dad and the Lads
  3. Big Red and Ted
  4. Go to Bed!
  5. The Big Swim
  6. Six Kits Hid
  7. Tom Can Hop
  8. Oz the Odd Dog
  9. Rub and Tub
  10. Rus and Gus

Enjoyment Level:

Pre-K to 1st Grade

Reading Level:

Kindergarten

Lexile Measures:

80L to 310L

 

Chickadee Readers: My First Stories Set 2: Long Vowels

My First Stories Set 2 features ten more stories with your favorite characters back for new adventures. Long vowels expand your child's reading skills by building on sounds they already know.

In the box:

  1. Jake and the Snake
  2. Ike, Pike, and the Bees
  3. Oz and the Bone
  4. Duke Duck
  5. I Can Not Eat Peas
  6. The Tale of the Big Snake
  7. Tom Likes Pizza Pie
  8. Mole, Toad, and Goat
  9. Three for Tea
  10. Baby Sue

Enjoyment Level:

Pre-K to 1st Grade

Reading Level:

Kindergarten

Lexile Measures: 

140L to 400L


Chickadee Readers: My First Stories Set 3: Consonant Blends

My First Stories Set 3 features ten more stories with some first-time friends joining your old favorites. New consonant blends combine with familiar vowels to unlock a library of vocabulary.

In the set:

  1. Sh, Do Not Make a Peep
  2. Buster Bob Dreams Big
  3. I Hear Snore, Snore
  4. Mother's Day
  5. The Smart Dragon
  6. A Train Ride
  7. Bub and Tub in the Tree Fort
  8. In the Deep, Deep Sea
  9. The Pet Store
  10. Oz Tries to Trick

Enjoyment Level:

Pre-K to 1st Grade

Reading Level:

Kindergarten

Lexile Measures:

250L to 470L

 

Chickadee Readers: My First Stories Set 4: Long Stories

My First Stories Set 4 features ten complex stories that give your child the chance to show off their reading skills. After completing this series, your child will be a new-fledged reader!

In the set:

  1. Pet Parade
  2. The Hummingbird
  3. The Perfect Trip
  4. Ten Little Wood Ducklings
  5. In A Big Red Barn
  6. Willy the Wonder Dog
  7. Frogs in the Bathtub
  8. Six Kits Go to School
  9. The Porcupine and the Skunk
  10. Chickadee at the Window

Enjoyment Level:

Pre-K to 1st Grade

Reading Level:

Kindergarten

Lexile Measures: 

360L to 560L

Customer Reviews

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Lynnessa
Visually engaging but not a starter series

These helped my reluctant reader to persevere through reading because she wanted to read these so badly. These are visually engaging and fun stories.
I'm glad I purchased these and they are a helpful tool, but, unfortunately, I can't ditch the Bob books (which I was hoping to do). The first series focusing on short vowels is not systematic.
For example, in the very first book focusing on the short a - consonant blends and the short "o" (not in a CVC format) are introduced without noting in the "practice words" section of sight words in the back. (Which, BTW, includes "is", "the", and "a")
Book 2 includes "in" "will" (short "i") "lads" (adding "s" to a word), "to", consonant blends, "stop", and "off" - none of which are listed in the practice words.
Book 4 continues the short "u" but uses "is", "in", "no" (a long "o"), "for", and "giddy" (a long e sound with y spelling) all of which are not noted in the practice words.
I'll stop there. They are still wonderful but I needed to cover all short vowels, consonant blends, many sight words, and several rules before even starting this series. Hoping this helps inform you of when these books will become a tool for you!

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Rebekah Guilder

I love these books. They are so fun and well written. Even my older children (middle school aged) enjoy listening to me read them to my preschooler.

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Danielle Viscuso
Kid tested... mother appoved!

My kindergarten daughter initially wrinkled her nose at my "gift." She didn't want another set of "those books". After reading one together though, we were both surprised at how different they are! Phonics is phonics, but these seem more fun! The illustrations are lighthearted and had this mama smiling for real. Thank you!!

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Dowers

Bought them early for our toddler— can wait to teach her to read through Great Aunt Jan’s wonderful stories%21

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Ashley Secor
So Great!

These are very fun and engaging, my new reader loves them and I actually enjoy listening to her read.

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