Lev

el 1

Min

i B

oo

ks

Inst

ruc

ons

1.

Prin

t the

pag

es d

oubl

e-si

ded

on h

eavy

co

py p

aper

. (Sk

ip th

is st

ep if

you

bou

ght

the

prin

ted

vers

ion.

)

2.

Each

sing

le sh

eet m

akes

one

min

i boo

k.

Cut t

he sh

eet i

n ha

lf ve

r ca

lly (o

n th

e re

d do

ed

line)

.

3.

Fold

the

two

shee

ts in

hal

f on

the

bla

ck

do e

d lin

e. P

ut th

e tw

o fo

lded

pag

es

toge

ther

(so

page

num

bers

go

in o

rder

), an

d st

aple

.

© C

opyr

ight

Jenn

y Ph

illip

s

Wha

t Do

Dogs

Lik

e?#2

C

halle

nge

Wor

d: th

ink,

loud

Som

e do

gs a

re n

ice

to m

ice,

but

som

e do

gs c

hase

m

ice.

Thi

s do

g lik

es m

ice.

In fa

ct, h

e th

inks

it is

fun

to g

ive

mic

e a

ride!

Onc

e, h

e ga

ve tw

o fr

iend

s a

long

rid

e. T

hey

race

d ar

ound

the

city

blo

ck tw

ice.

2

This

dog

is na

med

Gra

ce. W

hat

do y

ou th

ink

she

likes

to d

o? S

he

likes

to g

et b

rush

ed a

nd lo

ok

nice

. Whe

n he

r hai

r loo

ks fa

ncy,

it m

akes

her

wan

t to

danc

e. S

he

take

s a

bath

twic

e a

wee

k. W

ow!

Som

e do

gs d

o no

t lik

e to

bat

he,

but t

his

dog

does

. She

has

love

d

bath

s sin

ce s

he w

as a

bab

y.

57

Wha

t do

you

thin

k of

this?

Nan

cy’s

dog

love

s to

look

at b

ooks

and

put

his

nose

in th

e pa

ges.

He

likes

to

push

pen

cils

with

his

nose

too.

Wha

t a fu

n do

g!

1

Som

e do

gs li

ke k

i en

s, b

ut s

ome

dogs

do

not.

Do y

ou th

ink

this

dog

likes

the

ki e

n, C

indy

? H

e

sure

doe

s! H

e ki

sses

her

face

twic

e.

3

Do y

ou k

now

wha

t thi

s do

g lik

es to

do

best

? H

e

spen

ds h

is m

es d

oing

tric

ks. H

e ju

mps

ove

r

fenc

es. H

e ca

n sp

in in

pla

ce. H

is ba

rk is

ver

y lo

ud.

46

Wha

t do

you

thin

k th

is fu

nny

dog

likes

? W

ell,

he

likes

to b

e ni

ce. H

e lik

es to

lick

face

s. H

e lo

ves

to

danc

e an

d m

ake

boys

and

girl

s gi

ggle

and

sm

ile.

This

cute

dog

is n

amed

Lac

e. S

he is

ver

y sh

y, so

she

lik

es k

ids

who

are

nic

e an

d ge

ntle

. She

will

com

e to

you

if y

ou d

o no

t yel

l or h

it. T

he g

ym is

not

a fu

n pl

ace

for L

ace

since

it is

so

loud

. She

will

stay

hom

e.

© C

opyr

ight

Jenn

y Ph

illip

s

Mot

hers

#3

Cha

lleng

e W

ords

: mot

her,

kind

My

mot

her t

akes

m

e to

be

with

us.

We

look

at a

goo

d

book

as

I sit

in h

er la

p. M

othe

r mak

es o

ur h

ome

and

my

life

bliss

ful!

She

teac

hes

us to

be

nice

and

kin

d.

2

This

mot

her s

ays,

“H

ush.

I lo

ve y

ou s

o m

uch.

” Sh

e

mak

es th

e bo

y’s

bed,

put

s hi

m in

it, a

nd ro

cks

him

. He

can

smile

, or h

e ca

n cr

y, bu

t his

mot

her i

s s

ll k

ind.

57

This

mot

her p

ushe

s he

r bab

y gi

rl. S

he is

not

in a

rush

. Th

ey a

ll lo

ve to

see

the

sun

and

sky.

The

y st

op a

nd s

it on

a b

ench

in th

e sh

ade

and

shar

e a

snac

k. N

ext,

they

w

ill e

at a

nic

e lu

nch

that

thei

r mom

mad

e.

1

This

girl

wan

ts to

hel

p he

r mom

do

chor

es. S

he p

icks

up th

e tr

ash.

She

mak

es th

e le

shi

ne w

ith a

mop

.

She

mak

es it

look

so

good

. Her

mom

will

be

so g

lad!

3

Mot

hers

sha

re. T

hey

love

and

hel

p. T

hey

wish

for u

s to

be

gla

d. T

hey

wan

t to

shap

e us

to b

e go

od a

nd k

ind

like

Jesu

s. T

his

mot

her d

oes

a lo

t for

her

fam

ily e

ach

day.

4

The

boy

fell

and

hit

his

knee

. He

dash

es

hom

e to

his

mot

her,

and

she

is th

ere

to

help

him

and

giv

e

him

a h

ug. T

hen

he

runs

off

to p

lay,

and

his

mot

her s

mile

s.

Bein

g a

mot

her i

s

such

a n

ice

job!

6

This

is m

y m

othe

r. Sh

e m

akes

me

lunc

h an

d w

ashe

s

the

dish

es. I

say

, “Yo

u do

so

muc

h fo

r me.

I w

ant t

o

do s

o m

uch

for y

ou!”

We

have

a g

ood

me

toge

ther

.

© C

opyr

ight

Jenn

y Ph

illip

s

On

Gran

dpa’

s Far

m#6

Ch

alle

nge

Wor

ds: a

ir, so

und,

lam

b 257

A e

r our

jobs

, w

e sp

ent

me

play

ing.

We

mad

e a

fort

, we

push

ed

the

ki e

ns in

a

cart

, and

we

spo

ed

a bi

g st

ork.

Oh,

we

had

the

best

m

e at

G

rand

pa’s

farm

!

We

all h

ad a

par

t to

do in

the

yard

. I fe

d th

e li

le c

hick

s so

me

seed

s fo

r lun

ch. T

his

job

was

not

har

d. It

was

fun

to fe

el th

e so

ch

icks

in m

y ar

ms.

The

y w

ere

char

min

g an

d m

ade

swee

t sou

nds:

“Pe

ep, p

eep,

pee

p.”

1 346

All t

he g

rand

child

ren

cam

e to

the

farm

last

w

eek.

It w

as M

arch

, and

th

e gr

ass

was

star

ng

to

turn

gre

en, a

nd th

e ai

r w

as w

arm

and

sm

elle

d sw

eet.

It fe

lt so

goo

d to

be

at t

he fa

rm!

Karl

and

Mar

k he

lped

cho

p th

e lo

gs fo

r th

e fi r

epla

ce. T

hey

stac

ked

the

logs

by

the

barn

. It f

elt g

ood

to d

o su

ch h

ard

wor

k.

Rose

mad

e su

re th

at th

e la

mbs

cam

e to

no

harm

. She

like

d be

ing

in th

e fr

esh

air,

far

from

sou

nds

like

cars

and

hor

ns. S

he lo

ved

si n

g on

the

larg

e ro

cks

with

a s

o l

amb

in h

er la

p. O

ne d

ay R

ose

got t

o se

e a

lam

b be

ing

born

in th

e ba

rn.

© C

opyr

ight

Jenn

y Ph

illip

s

Clea

ning

#10

Ch

alle

nge

Wor

ds: i

mag

ine,

wou

ld 257

And,

oh

dear

, im

agin

e w

hat a

wre

ck th

e di

shes

all

wou

ld b

e if

we

neve

r cle

aned

them

whe

n w

e w

ere

done

ea

ng.

The

y w

ould

be

gros

s, n

asty

, sm

elly,

m

oldy

, dirt

y, gr

imy,

disg

us n

g th

ings

. But

, how

sw

eet,

nice

, spa

rkly,

and

pol

ished

a c

lean

dish

is. W

hich

kin

d of

dish

wou

ld y

ou w

ant t

o ea

t with

?

Clea

ning

doe

s no

t hav

e to

be

a bo

re. W

e ca

n si

ng

and

drea

m w

hile

we

do

our

chor

es. W

e ca

n fe

el

the

win

d or

hea

r a s

wee

t bi

rd s

ing.

We

can

smile

, im

agin

e, a

nd h

ave

a go

od ti

me

whi

le w

e w

ork

and

clea

n.

So, l

isten

, Sal

ly, Je

nny,

Jerr

y, Ab

by, A

ndy,

Anth

ony,

Ashl

ey, a

nd a

ll ot

her

child

ren

out t

here

. Whe

n

you

wan

t to

whi

ne w

hen

it

is m

e to

cle

an, j

ust t

hink

of w

hat t

he w

orld

wou

ld b

e

like

if no

one

eve

r wor

ked!

And

do n

ot fo

rget

to s

mile

,

sing,

and

dre

am a

s yo

u

spen

d m

e cl

eani

ng!

© C

opyr

ight

Jenn

y Ph

illip

s

Nan

cy L

oves

Nat

ure

#14

Ch

alle

nge

Wor

ds: n

atur

e, p

rete

nd, n

oise

257

Onc

e, N

ancy

’s pa

rent

s to

ok h

er c

ampi

ng in

the

cent

er o

f a n

ice,

hug

e fo

rest

in N

orth

ern

Fran

ce.

Nan

cy lo

ved

to fe

el th

e ge

ntle

bre

eze

on h

er fa

ce.

She

love

d to

dan

ce in

circ

les

unde

r the

war

m

suns

hine

. She

love

d th

e sm

ell o

f fre

sh p

ine

tree

s an

d gr

ass.

She

eve

n lo

ved

the

smel

l of d

irt!

Nan

cy n

ever

wan

ted

to le

ave

that

pre

y, p

eace

ful p

lace

aw

ay

from

cem

ent a

nd lo

ud tr

ucks

.

Nat

ure

seem

ed m

agic

al. “

Don’

t

wor

ry,”

said

her

dad

. “W

e w

ill

com

e ba

ck s

oon.

” An

d th

ey d

id.

Her

fath

er g

ot a

lodg

e up

on

the

hill,

and

Nan

cy c

ame

twic

e

ever

y m

onth

to ru

n an

d ex

plor

e

in th

e hi

lls a

nd p

lay

with

her

anim

al fr

iend

s.

Nan

cy d

iscov

ered

a

surp

rise—

a fr

agile

bird

s ne

st.

She

was

am

azed

at h

ow

wel

l the

nes

t was

mad

e. S

he

love

d to

wat

ch th

e m

othe

r bi

rd w

ith h

er b

aby

bird

s. T

he

mot

her w

as s

o ge

ntle

and

ca

ring.

Bird

s ar

e am

azin

g!

© C

opyr

ight

Jenn

y Ph

illip

s

A W

hole

Wor

ld to

Exp

lore

#15

Ch

alle

nge

Wor

ds: t

hing

s

257

God

gav

e us

a w

hole

wor

ld to

exp

lore

. We

get j

oy fr

om

spen

ding

m

e do

ing

thin

gs s

uch

as e

xplo

ring,

wor

king

, ru

nnin

g, h

ikin

g, s

wim

min

g, re

adin

g, le

arni

ng, d

raw

ing,

pa

in n

g, c

rea

ng,

or s

pend

ing

me

with

our

fam

ily.

Year

s ag

o, c

hild

ren

did

not

have

any

scr

eens

. The

y pl

ayed

out

side

muc

h m

ore

than

chi

ldre

n do

to

day.

Whe

n w

e pl

ay

outs

ide,

we

can

feel

and

se

e th

e w

onde

rful

thin

gs

God

mad

e. W

e ca

n he

ar

the

mus

ic o

f a c

ricke

t;.

We

can

see

a gr

acef

ul

bird

; we

can

feel

the

so

whi

sker

s of

a k

i en

.

So d

o no

t was

te y

our l

ife

with

too

muc

h m

e on

a

scre

en. P

ut it

dow

n, a

nd

expl

ore

a bo

ok, a

hill

side,

or a

gar

den.

Lea

rn to

pla

y

an in

stru

men

t or a

spo

rt.

Sit w

ith a

goo

d bo

ok. S

ing,

danc

e, o

r run

. Cre

ate

a

draw

ing.

Writ

e a

book

.

Mak

e a

fort

. Pla

nt a

fl ow

er.

God

gav

e yo

u a

who

le w

ide

wor

ld to

exp

lore

!

1 346

Play

ing

gam

es o

r wat

chin

g sh

ows

on a

scr

een

can

be fu

n so

me

mes

if th

e ga

mes

and

sh

ows

are

good

and

cle

an. B

ut

ther

e is

so m

uch

mor

e to

do.

G

od m

ade

child

ren

to ru

n an

d hi

ke a

nd w

ork

and

play

and

ex

plor

e th

e w

onde

rful

wor

ld H

e m

ade

for u

s.

If w

e ar

e no

t car

eful

, pla

ying

gam

es o

n sc

reen

s ca

n w

aste

muc

h of

our

m

e he

re o

n th

e ea

rth.

G

od w

ants

us

to u

se o

ur

me

wise

ly. H

e w

ants

us

to le

arn

new

thin

gs a

nd to

wor

k on

our

tale

nts.

Hon

g an

d Fa

ith st

udy

hard

eac

h da

y. T

hey

love

to

writ

e an

d re

ad a

nd d

o m

ath

and

art.

They

also

w

ork

on d

evel

opin

g th

eir t

alen

ts in

spo

rts

and

mus

ic. T

hey

love

to le

arn

new

thin

gs.