🗺️ The Map With a Hole

“Granny Hazel's map had a white spot in the middle of it. So did the school's. So did the bark map from the longcut, and the one pinned to the notice-stump. Four maps, four blanks, all in exactly the same place — and on t”

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Who is The Map With a Hole for?

The Map With a Hole is written for 2nd grade – 4th grade listeners: 10 pages, read aloud with each word highlighted as it is spoken, so early readers can follow along. It is one of TernQuest's narrated picture books — all free, all in the browser, with no ads.

How do narrated books help reading?

Hearing fluent reading while watching the words builds sight-word recognition and sense of sentence rhythm; the highlight keeps the child's eyes on the print. Read it together first, then let them replay it on their own. For what to practise alongside, see the reading skills by grade.