Cook Communications publishes most exciting, important new practice readers since kids carried lunches to school in pails

Laura Ingalls would have adored Rocket Readers (Cook Communications). But what is even more important, from a parent’s and teacher’s point of view, is that Ma and Pa Ingalls and Miss Beadle would have loved them as well. Not since McGuffey has a set of practice readers garnered so many accolades and generated as much excitement.

Rocket Readers follow the well-established concept that school-aged children perform at different reading levels. As with some other practice-reading books, each multiple-book set of Rocket Readers is written for five stages, incorporating level-appropriate teaching elements into each story. They use phonics as well as sight word teaching. What makes these books so different from all other practice readers available today is what kids learn as they turn every page of every story. Rocket Readers are books of Bible stories where biblical principles form the core of every book. In addition to perfecting their reading skills, children who use these books as their practice readers come away with spiritual insight and Bible knowledge they would otherwise have missed. Rocket Readers advance children’s reading skills while strengthening their foundation in God’s Word.

Rocket Readers build on the rich tradition that began in early American history when children learned to read by reading Bible stories and listening to other readers of the Bible convey biblical principles. In order to build the confidence of young readers, each Rocket Readers story is carefully constructed to ensure they can finish an entire book in one reading. The books have pages that are cheerfully illustrated with eye-catching artwork and have limited text lines in an easy-to-read font. Each book in the series features the Faith Parenting Guide which provides “Sight,” “Sound,” and “Touch” activities designed to help families reinforce the message each story presents.