This delightful read-along story increases comprehension and the love of reading. This classic children's fairy tale sets the stage for promoting higher-level reading and thinking skills in emerging readers. The illustrated tale is divided into chapters that include a writing exercise and special instructions for picture drawing. Students personalize the story with their writings and drawings and are encouraged to share their work with others. Teachers can reproduce the activity sheets and use them for take-home purposes. The activities are also perfect for group story time in Pre-K–2 classrooms.

Audio tape features:
• Side One: The story is delightfully narrated and has an original musical score with special sound effects to bring the stories to life.
• Side Two: The story is read slowly with spaces in the narration and special sounds to alert the child to choose the correct word missing from the sentence on the activity page.
• Side One: 8–10 minutes; Side Two: 13–15 minutes