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| − | '''Phonics reading list''' includes a list of books that can be read by a child instructed by [[phonics]]. They include: | + | '''Phonics reading list''' includes a list of beneficial books that can be read by a child learning by [[phonics]]. They include: |
| | + | *''[[First Reader]]'' |
| | *the [[Gospel of Mark]], starting with the simple [[Mark Chapter 1]] | | *the [[Gospel of Mark]], starting with the simple [[Mark Chapter 1]] |
| − | *''[[First Reader]]''
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| | *''A Child's Garden of Verses'', by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (Dover, Children's Thrift Classics, "In Easy-to-Read Type," 1992) - a collection of 64 charming poems with many [[phonics|phonetic]] rhymes | | *''A Child's Garden of Verses'', by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (Dover, Children's Thrift Classics, "In Easy-to-Read Type," 1992) - a collection of 64 charming poems with many [[phonics|phonetic]] rhymes |
| | + | *''Old Mother Goose and Other Nursery Rhymes'' ("A Little Golden Book," published in 1948 and again in 1988 by Western Publishing Company, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin 53404) |
| | *''Bible Stories for Children'', retold by Geoffrey Horn and Arthur Cavanaugh, Illustrated by Arvis Steward (Macmillan Publishing Co. NY 1980) (easy-to-read print with artwork, but flaws in using this book for children include (i) its inclusion of the gruesome [[John the Baptist]] death, (ii) its exaggerated use of elderly images in its artwork, and (iii) its dilution of [[Bible|biblical]] facts, such as [[Jesus]] sweating blood during the [[Passion]] and [[demon]]s actually cast out of victims). | | *''Bible Stories for Children'', retold by Geoffrey Horn and Arthur Cavanaugh, Illustrated by Arvis Steward (Macmillan Publishing Co. NY 1980) (easy-to-read print with artwork, but flaws in using this book for children include (i) its inclusion of the gruesome [[John the Baptist]] death, (ii) its exaggerated use of elderly images in its artwork, and (iii) its dilution of [[Bible|biblical]] facts, such as [[Jesus]] sweating blood during the [[Passion]] and [[demon]]s actually cast out of victims). |
| | *''[https://www.techradar.com/news/the-history-of-minecraft The History of Minecraft]'' - if the reader has an interest in that popular program. This interesting article uses years, numbers, capitalization, possessive form, and other elements of style not learned from reading the [[Bible]]; this article is also good practice for the "ti" sound. | | *''[https://www.techradar.com/news/the-history-of-minecraft The History of Minecraft]'' - if the reader has an interest in that popular program. This interesting article uses years, numbers, capitalization, possessive form, and other elements of style not learned from reading the [[Bible]]; this article is also good practice for the "ti" sound. |