Build confidence while encouraging a love of reading with this six book set. Learn to Read Volume 1 uses the LeapStart learning system to build reading confidence through six engaging books with levelled learning. Children can read engaging stories with colourful pictures and interactive pages. Tap the pictures, individual letters and words with the stylus to magically bring the books to life and then enhance the learning with amazing 3D-like animations when played with LeapStart 3D. These books help build early reading skills, including short and long vowels. Most pages feature Say It, Sound It and Spell It icons. Touch an icon and a word on the page to hear each word, listen to the word sounded out or have the word spelled out to hear the letter names. Continue the learning fun with Learn to Read Volume 2 for more advanced words and stories (sold separately). This book talks: Build reading confidence through six engaging storybooks with interactive pages. Animations bring the books to life: Enhance the learning with amazing animations when played using LeapStart systems with a screen. Say it: Allows your child to hear each word. Sound it: Helps your child recognize letter sounds in words. Spell it: Lets your child hear how a word is spelled. Words in this story: Interactive Words You’re Learning spreads include activities that preview words in the story. Stories for early readers: Each book focuses on short or long vowels and builds upon phonics principles from previous books. About the series: The LeapStart library is a levelled series that grows from preschool through 1st grade (additional books sold separately).