Very Easy True Stories: A Picture-Based First Reader

by Sandra Heyer

Would you believe ... ?

- The parents of two daughters eagerly await the birth of their third child, hoping for a son. They get a big surprise -- quadruplets! All four are...girls!

- A waitress accepts a lottery ticket as a tip, instead of cash. And the ticket wins $6 million!

- A middle-aged couple are still in love and want to stay married -- but they just can't get along. What is their solution to the dilemma? Separate side-by-side...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201343134
• ISBN13: 9780201343137
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Caspian Can Read

Can't say enough positive things about this book and this entire series. I bought True Stories by chance last year and ever since I've slowly been buying every level. I sent for this level two months ago, a bit concerned because I really had no idea, of how the author had laid the story out. Needn't have worried. The one or two sentence captions under each of the picture frames are so clearly illustrated that virtually any student at any level can figure out what's going on. I have a nine-year-old student who is finally motivated to read and a mature adult student who normally has terrible difficulty understanding new vocabulary, who takes great pleasure in being able to figure out new words without having to ask for a translation. The vocabulary is repeated and then the story is printed again, in paragraph form, with an actual photograph of the hero of the chapter. The exercises following the story are well-thought out and very useful. I'm ready to get the sequel to this level - All New Very Easy True Stories. Hopefully the author will make a third book - or by then my students will be so skilled that we can go on to the next level!!! What an incredible resource this is!

Antonio from Brazil, 3rd grade

I read all stories in Very Easy True Stories. My favorite was The Big Tip. It was about a person who wins $6,000,000, then gives half of the money to his friend the waitress and it is her tip. I liked this story because it shows marvelous things that happen. I would recommend this book to people who are learning English because it is an easy book.

Maliha from Bangladesh, 3rd grade

I read all the stories in my Very Easy True Stories book. My favorite story was Help! I Can't Find My Apartment. It was about a boy losing his apartment. He forgot which way to go and he didn't like his old place where he used to live. I like it because it was interesting and good and shows what to do when you get lost. All the stories tell what people said when they read it in the newspaper. I would recommend this book to 1st grade because I know a lot of first graders and I think they will enjoy it.

Rajinder from India, 3rd grade

I read all the stories in Very Easy True Stories. My favorite story was Is There a Face on Mars? It was about astronauts going to Mars and the scientists figure out if there was a face on Mars. I liked it because it will let you learn. I would recommend this book to first and second graders, and parents because it is easy. My other favorite story was Stuck. It was about 3 people getting stuck under a bridge. I liked it because it will help you when the same thing happens to you. I would recommend this book to first and second graders, and parents.