Nora Gaydos is an elementary schoolteacher in Connecticut and has taught for more than sixteen years. Her classroom experience includes teaching kindergarten and first, second, third, and fourth grades. She has a broad understanding of how beginning readers develop, from the earliest stage of pre-reading to becoming independent, self-motivated readers. Nora is the author of the award-winning Now I'm Reading! program, as well as many other books focused on the development of children's literacy. Nora has a degree in elementary education from Miami University in Ohio, and she has two amazing sons, Luke and Owen, both of whom learned to read with Now I'm Reading!
Steve Gray is an award-winning artist who has illustrated a number of children's books, including Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows, which was chosen two years in a row by the California Teachers Association to promote Read Across America and was an Arkansas Diamond Honor book winner. His animated film Santa's Camels has been shown in over 70 film festivals around the world. To learn more, visit stevegrayillustration.com.

TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ WHILE HAVING FUN! Simple, patterned stories and strong picture cues help children build essential skills in Level 1 of this award-winning learn-to-read series.
The Now I'm Reading! books offer a comprehensive approach that integrates the best of phonics and storytelling to help young readers take the first steps toward independent reading success.
Learn all about mixed-vowel sounds with a hot yak, a sniffing sloth, a pet bat, and other clever critters in this collection of early-reader tales! Each of the stories in LEVEL 1: CLEVER CRITTERS focuses on one specific mixed-vowel sound and uses simple, clear text and a building-block approach to help beginning readers have fun while learning key words.
Inside this eBook, you'll find:
· 10 stories with colorful illustrations and engaging text
· "After You Read" extended activity sections
· A Parent/Teacher Guide to help you figure out the best ways to use these books
Perfect for ages 4 and up! Level 1 NIR readers focus on short- and mixed-vowel
sounds, simple consonant sounds, and beginning sight words.
The concepts and skill progression in the NIR series are aligned to meet Common Core State Standards. This book is Fountas & Pinnell Leveled with a range of C-E; information on individual booklet levels and Lexile Measures is available at the Now I'm Reading website.