This set of 12 simple andfun Pinkalicious storybooks is an excellent choice to share at home or in thepreschool or kindergarten classroom. It's a fun way to learn to read and as asupplement for activity books for children ages 3 to 6. Enter into theworld of reading with I Can Read Phonics! Help make your emergent reader's phonics skills pinkaperfect with this phonics box set from #1 New York Times bestselling author and artist Victoria Kann! Reviewed by a phonics expert, these twelve short full-color books feature repeated examples of short and long vowel sounds and common sight words. Each of the simple stories in this box set is designed to teach kids how to master reading while having fun with Pinkalicious. Phonics teaches children the relationship between letters and the sounds they make. A child who has mastered these relationships has an excellent foundation for learning to read and spell. According to the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, a child who has learned phonics has a method to recognize familiar words and "decode" unfamiliar ones.