Level 1, Set 1: Short A (5 books)

Level 1 focuses on stories with three-letter words containing short vowels. Each book is 8.5 x 5.5 inches and contains sixteen pages of story (on rare occasions fifteen pages).

First Step Phonics books are the only beginning reader books which have ALL of the following qualities:

•     No words consisting of more than three letters
  
•     Contain a minimum of sight words *
•     Usually have only one short sentence per page
•     No punctuation used other than periods
•     All sentences are grammatically correct
•     All stories have a plot and resolution
•     Every page has fun, engaging, full-color illustrations

*Sight words are words which do not follow phonetic rules, such as “to” or contain sounds above this level, such as the consonant blend in “and.”

Set A includes 5 books focusing on the short A sound.

1.     Tab and Nat
2.     Pam and the Map
3.     The Cap and the Bat
4.     Sam and Tag
5.     Max and the Van