🌰 The Great Acorn Rescue

“The creek was fat with autumn rain, and Squeak's winter log had slid a whole tail-length downhill. One more storm and it would swim away — with every acorn he owned still inside it. Tonight, then. It had to be tonight.”

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Who is The Great Acorn Rescue for?

The Great Acorn Rescue 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.