This colorful text breaks reading down into engaging, manageable portions, just right for third graders. A short story about relevent topics-whether history, national parks, or Pen-Pals-is followed by questions designed to improve reading comprehension. This in turn brings forth skills such as sequencing, compare/ contrast, conclusions, cause and effect, and fact and opinion. With photographs, illustrations and interesting stories, kids will be on their way to reading comprehensively in no time! 87 pages, softcover.