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Product Description This set includes 22 Student Anthology Sets (44 books total) 6 copies of each of the 32 Read on Your Own titles (192 books total) 6 copies of each of the 128 Leveled Library titles (768 books total) access to myNGconnect Read On Your Own books promote phonics and high frequency word application with decodable texts, include fiction and nonfiction, and encompass a variety of science and social studies topics. The Leveled Library includes leveled readers that are photographic books with strong picture-text correspondence. They introduce language patterns and structure and stimulate discussion. Note: Leveled Library titles are drawn from multiple programs. The myNGconnect companion website provides teachers and students with resources to enhance learning and teaching such as student and teacher eEditions, games and videos, lesson planners, Online Professional Development, and more About the Author During her 18 years of teaching in K-2 classrooms, as well as teaching Descubriendo la lectura and Reading Recovery, Lada Kratky has fostered a love of reading in hundreds of English-speaking and Spanish-speaking children. She is the author of numerous children's books and classroom resources and has authored both English and Spanish early literacy programs. She has been a featured speaker at national, regional, and local educational conferences, as well as institutes and training workshops across the country, presenting strategies and techniques for effective early literacy instruction. Ms. Kratky's monographs include:,,, and. Nancy Frey, Ph.D., a Professor at San Diego State University received the 2008 Early Career Achievement Award from the National Reading Conference. Dr. Frey has published in The Reading Teacher, English Journal, Remedial and Special Education, and Educational Leadership. She has co-authored more than fifty books on English Learners (Language Learners in the English Class