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- Top reading specialists have leveled this text as appropriate for emergent, early fluent, or fluent readers. - The rhyming patterns, consonant clusters, and multiple syllables help children decipher words. - Word lists at the back of each book help build reading vocabularies. Curriculum Standards: Grades K-4 Social Studies Standards Culture: I - Describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence behavior of people living in a particular culture. Individual Development and Identity: IV - Explore factors that contribute to one's personal identity such as interests, capabilities, and perceptions.