Description The Little Blossom Stories use phonics and decodable patterns to engage early readers. Bella and Dan have a new toy for Pepper. Pepper grabs the toy and they chase him until he jumps on Gram's lap for safety. The book uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Practice CVC, CCVC, CVCC, and CVCe words. Includes consonant digraphs sh and th, consonant blends gr, sn, and mp, vowel team oo, R-controlled vowel or, and diphthong ou & oy.