Story Grip for Bouncy Littles

No more tiresome, uninteresting early books.

With charming characters and amusing stories, Chickadee Readers make learning to read fun.

Chickadee Readers teach your kids to love reading.

This bundle features all four of our My First Stories boxed sets. With colorful illustrations, rollicking stories, and whimsical characters, each set is designed to nurture a lifelong love for books.

The boxed sets are designed for rising Kindergarteners who are ready to learn to read or 1st graders who would like more reading practice.

Throughout the four sets, your kids will learn:

• Short Vowels
• Long Vowels
• Consonant Blends
• Long Stories

The stories slowly and steadily progress through through basic phonics, moving from short vowels to long vowels to consonant blends. The complexity progresses as well: from Sets 1-4, the stories move from Lexile Measure 80L to 560L across 40 books, with plenty of review and sight words to make sure learned concepts don't slip away.

Dragon in a Dress

Can Dad and the kids (and their pet lizard, Imogene) defeat the notorious Cloud Bandit?

And will they be able to clean up before Mom gets home?

Family playtime turns fantastical when sky pirates and unicorns and lightning sharks and T-Rexes come crashing into the living room.

Stuffed to the brim with imagination and cloud bandits, Dragon in a Dress portrays family play time at its best and messiest. You might start hearing calls for dwarf warriors and bat armies as your little knights and princesses emulate its wild imagination—while being sure to clean up the aftermath.

The Sword of Abram

When kings capture his nephew Lot, Abram has no choice but to pursue them.

This beautiful children's book retells a neglected, but exciting Bible story.Get ready to step into a world of shepherds and rebel kings, kidnapping and faithfulness, chariot dust and slime pits, vision and belief—it all comes to life in the vividly illustrated Sword of Abram. Famous author N.D. Wilson and the talented illustrator Forrest Dickison tell the story of our father in the Christian faith with wild realism that brings new depth to old truths. Books in The Old Stories series are designed to help children (and adults) reimagine biblical stories, seeing things they have never seen before. Ages 5 and up.

The Dragon and the Garden

Once upon a time, there was a man and a woman in a Garden. And then suddenly, a serpent. 

Prepare to see the Garden of Eden as you always wished you could - tangible, leaves rustling, the scent of fruit on the breeze. This beautiful and imaginative children's book brings the story of our parents' fall to life and points to the work of Jesus Christ, the greater Adam.

This retelling by children's author N.D. Wilson and illustrator Peter Bentley looks at the story of our first parents with wild realism, but also with a childlike honesty and clarity that bring new depth to an old truth. Books in The Old Stories series are designed to help children (and adults) reimagine biblical stories, seeing things they have never seen before. Ages 4 and up.

In the Time of Noah

When giants rule the world, God decides that it is time to make an end of all living things: except for one man and his boat.

Before the Flood, there was a world dominated by giants, bloodthirsty and merciless. God was grieved. He would judge the world. But He would also save the world. This beautifully illustrated children's book is full of imagination, beauty, and excitement. Written by N.D. Wilson and beautifully illustrated by Peter Bentley, In the Time of Noah chronicles the history of Noah's obedience, from the building of the ark and the taming of the beasts, to the grounding at Ararat and the promise of the rainbow. The Old Stories series are designed to help children (and adults) re-imagine biblical stories, seeing things they have never seen before. Ages 4 and up.