9. BUT I AM NOT!

Short vowel reading fluency. But I Am Not is an engaging story that helps children move from reading single words to understanding full sentences. By focusing on opposite feelings, this book builds both vocabulary and reading comprehension.

How this book helps your young reader:

• The Six Pet Friends: Features a bug, cat, hen, pig, fox, and dog, providing a wide variety of CVC word practice.

• Opposites & Logic: Teaches children how to compare sizes and feelings using simple patterns like “I’m big” vs. “I’m not big.”

• Question Practice: Introduces basic sentence structures and punctuation through questions like “Am I big?”

• Repetitive Patterns: The predictable text builds short vowel reading fluency, allowing children to feel successful and confident as they read.

Perfect for kids who have mastered sounds and are ready to start reading “real” conversations between characters!

👉 Click on a title below to view the details for each book in this series.

1. The Last Sound Tree – Focus on final consonant sounds in CVC words

2. The First Sound Tree – Focus on initial consonant sounds in CVC words

3. Puzzle ABC – Practice short vowel a sound words

4. Puzzle EDB – Practice short vowel e sound words

5. Puzzle INB – Practice short vowel i sound words

6. Puzzle OGD – Practice short vowel o sound words

7. Puzzle USB – Practice short vowel u sound words

8. The Big Red Box – Practice short vowel sound words

9. But I Am Not – Practice short vowel sound words

10. The Best Spot – Blends with short vowel sounds

11. Word Maze Book – Explore long vowel sounds with silent e

12. It Is Time To – Explore long vowel sounds with silent e

13. Sunday Menu – Long vowel sounds with double vowels

14. My Home Sweet Home – Blends with long vowel sounds

15. Come Closer! Come Closer! – R-controlled vowel sounds

16. I’m Not a Little Girl Anymore – R-controlled vowel sounds

17. A Chain of Charms – Digraph words

18. The Little Witch’s Spells – Digraph words

19. Tower, Tower, Flower Tower – Diphthongs in rhyming words

20. Trick or Treat Night – Silent letter words