✉️ Penpals Across the Valley

“At school that week Greta drew names from a hat and paired the whole valley up as penpals. Poppy, who lives on the snow side, unfolded her slip and read four words: M, pond district. That was everything she knew, and she”

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Who is Penpals Across the Valley for?

Penpals Across the Valley is written for 1st grade – 3rd grade listeners: 9 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.