🎪 The Sick-Day Circus

“Greta had a cold — the loud kind, with honey and onions and a great deal of sighing. She was a terrible patient. She was also, unfortunately, the only teacher in the valley, so at dawn she sent a note down the hill and w”

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Who is The Sick-Day Circus for?

The Sick-Day Circus 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.