ALPHABETTI BOOKS

EASY READING SERIES

MIZ KATZ N. RATZ

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Dan The Dancing Deer

Copyright © 2015 by Miz Katz N. Ratz All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Produced in the United States of America.

First Edition, 2015

Progressive Phonics LLC Los Angeles, CA

www.ProgressivePhonics.com

Acknowledgments

For my son, Daniel T., who mademy world a wonderful place.

Alphabetti Book #4Dan The Dancing DeerWritten and illustrated by Miz Katz N. Ratz

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Start Guide ............................ 4

Lesson One, the letter ‘d’ ............... 5

Dan The Dancing Deer ............. 9

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Don’t rush it. Body-builders don’t train in a day – neither does a child.

And most important ofall, HAVE FUN!

Read the book WITH your child. You read the “regular” text, and he/she reads the big, red words, sort of like reading the different parts in a play.

Help your child sound out the words as needed.

Read the book several times. This helps develop the eye muscles and left-to-right reading patterns.

Quick Start Guide

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Lesson 1

This is the letter ‘d’ –

The letter ‘d’ says “-d- for dog.” Can you say “-d- for dog”?

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Dan the dancingdeer

Dizzy Doctor Duck

Do not dine on donuts

We use the “-d-” sound in lots of words, like:

Lesson 1

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Answer: Dog, door, dinosaur, duck.

Show me the pictures that start with the “-d-” sound.

Lesson 1

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Lesson 1

Here is a word we can make with the letter ‘d’ – can you read it?

dan

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dan the deer

danced in the bpark. b

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dan danced all

day from dawn buntil dark. b

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And then one day bhis radio died. b

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dan sat

down and cried bband cried.

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“Poor little radio – bwhat happened to you? bI will get you fixed... bI promise you!”b

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dan ran all

the way to the bradio store. b

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dan knocked

two times and bopened the door. b

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But the big bman wasn’t bthere that day. b

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He was eating blunch at a bChinese buffet. b

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So his little, white bcat was watching

the store... b

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...on the day that bdan walked

through the door. b

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“Oh, my!” thought bthe . “That is cata big mouse!” b

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“But do I want

a mouse in my bhouse?” b

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“Mice have

tummies and btails and toes...” b

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“A mouse in bmy house? ”b

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“Oh, no, no, no, no!”

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So the growled catand frowned at .danInside her head was a bcatch-a-mouse plan. b

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dan took a deep bbreath and said, “Boo, bhoo! My radio died. Oh! bWhat should I do?” b

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“I suppose,” said the , cat“you think I can fix it?” bShe wrinkled a nose like bbroken, old biscuit. b

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“My radio is my only bfriend. All I want,” bsaid , “is danto hear it again.” b

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“Then,” said the , cat“you can get in this bbox. Come on, get in, bquick, quick, chop, chop.” b

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dan looked at the bbox – it was rather small – band he, the deer, danwas really quite tall. b

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But did not like danto make a fuss, so he bsqueezed himself in with bthe spiders and dust. b

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The grabbed catsome tape and bwrapped up the box. b

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And then, to be bsure, she locked bit with locks. b

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“A mouse in the bbhouse? Ha, ha,

I fixed that.” b

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“And now,” said bthe , it is cattime for a nap.”b

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dan wriggled and

jiggled but couldn’t get bout. “What are you doing?!” bhe said with a shout. b

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“Hush!” said the b. “I am cat

trying to sleep.” b

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“What?” said . dan“Did you call me a bsheep?” b

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“Shush!” said the bcat. “Don’t you

dare speak again!” b

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“Are you working bon fixing my radio bfriend?” b

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“Stop!” said the bcat. “You must

make no more noise!” b

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“Then, while I wait, bdcan I play with

some toys?” b

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The pushed a catpair of socks into bher ears. b

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“There!” said the b. “Now I won’t cat

have to hear...” b

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“Helllloooooo?” bsaid ...dan

HE OL OL OO OO OOO

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...and the catnearly screamed. b

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“Silence!” she said. b“Or I’ll break your bmachine!” b

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“Wait!” thought the bcat. “If I fix the box, bI won’t have to listen bto silly mouse-talks.” b

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So the put catthe radio onto bher bed. b

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“Aha! These bbbatteries... they

bare all dead!”

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Plop! Plop! bbNew batteries...

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...turning it on...

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...it started to bbplay Dan’s

favorite song. b

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dan couldn’t

help it – he started bbto dance.

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Yes, inside that bbox, he partied band pranced. b

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Ba-boom! The bb box burst!

BOOM!BOOM!

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Locks flew beverywhere! b

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dan sat

on the floor with bdust in his hair. b

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“My radio works! Oh!

I am in love.” dangrabbed the catand gave her a hug. b

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dan danced out

the door with bhis radio friend... b

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...the went catto sleep....b

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...and that was bthe end. b

THE END

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