"In City Stories, emerging readers will find 24 individual narratives on four different levels of increasing difficulty. The stories present familiar situations, including parenting, jobs, education, immigration, ambitions and dreams. In addition to hopeful stories that may reflect parts of their own lives, readers will find repeated opportunity for decoding practice. They will also be exposed to new vocabulary words and idiomatic expressions. This collection is appropriate for use in a methodical and explicit Orton-Gillingham type of reading program."