The Bake Sale (Meg and Greg)

by Elspeth Rae (Author) Elisa Gutiérrez (Illustrator)

The Bake Sale (Meg and Greg)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Meg and Greg

This partially illustrated workbook, meant to be read by an advanced reader with a beginner reader or struggling reader, combines stories and exercises that focus on phonics.

A decodable book featuring four phonics stories specially designed to help children of all abilities overcome language-based learning difficulties.

Meg and Greg are off on a series of summer adventures around their neighborhood, along with some four-legged companions. The two friends pull off a bake sale despite back-to-back disasters in the preparations, save the day for Greg’s mom when her ballet studio floods, rescue the neighbor's dog after he slips down a slope into a cove, and discover a lost cat with newborn kittens sheltering in a dangerous spot in the garden.

Meg and Greg: The Bake Sale is the third book in the Meg and Greg series designed for shared reading between a child learning to read or struggling to read and an experienced reader, following Frank and the Skunk and A Duck in a Sock. Inside you'll find four stories that introduce one new phonogram (a letter or combination of letters that represent a sound) in each story. This book focuses on the "magic e": a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, and u-e phonograms. The stories have special features to help a child with dyslexia or another language-based learning difficulty find reading success.

Praise for the Meg and Greg series:

“A thoughtfully designed storybook adds another helpful tool to the box for readers who need support.” - Kirkus for Frank and the Skunk

“A unique approach to high-interest texts for reluctant burgeoning readers, this book offers phonics fun wrapped in serious research-based success.” - School Library Journal for A Duck in a Sock

“The stories offer both flashes of humor and plenty of action to drive the instructional intent.” - Booklist for A Duck in a Sock

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School Library Journal

Gr 1-4--In four short phonics stories, friends Meg and Greg hold a bake sale, ride bikes, rope climb in a cove, and help June, a cute cat. What makes this series unique is its combination of a themed phonics reader narrative and a dual-reader level format. Each book focuses on one phonogram. This third entry introduces the "long vowel and silent e" concept using vocabulary (sale, ride, rope, cute) which demonstrates that phonogram and builds on skills introduced in previous titles. The left page is for the accomplished reader; the right is for the child learning to read and tells the story through comic-style illustrations providing textual clues and a simple narrative. Meg and Greg's high-interest adventures will engage older readers struggling with decoding or dyslexia. Practical tips, reading strategies, games, and exercises accompanying each story add a valuable instructional component. VERDICT Fills a void in resources for emerging readers; an essential purchase for school and public libraries.

Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Review quotes

"Clear, well-spaced font and the shaded paper on the right hand side pages make the reading more accessible to a dyslexic reader. The length of each story is manageable and has a good flow and pace. The partnering of the adult/buddy's reader's page and the kid's page works beautifully."— "CM: Canadian Review of Materials"
Elspeth Rae

Elspeth and Rowena are sisters who believe in a world where all children learn to read with confidence and have the chance to discover the pleasure of being lost in a good book.

Elspeth Rae is a teacher certified in using the Orton Gillingham approach to teach children with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties. She lives with her husband and three children in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Rowena Rae is a children's writer and editor living with her two children in Victoria, British Columbia.

Elisa Gutiérrez is an award-winning children's book designer, illustrator and author with a passion for language and literacy. Originally from Mexico City, she lives with her husband and two children in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781459824966
Lexile Measure
500
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication date
August 20, 2021
Series
Meg and Greg
BISAC categories
JNF045000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers | Beginner
JNF013100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Sounds
JNF021070 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Games & Activities | Word Games
JNF029040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts | Vocabulary & Spelling
JNF013120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Words (See Also Headings Under Language Arts)
Library of Congress categories
Kittens
Reading
Instructional and educational works
Phonetic method
Meg
Greg

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