The Bird

Story Summary:

Max and Mat notice the king’s crown is messy. Sis says she saw a bird putting weeds and dirt on the king’s head, so Max and Mat decide to catch the bird. In fact, the bird has built a nest on the king’s statue. After she and her babies leave the nest, Max and Mat can keep the statue clean again.


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"The Bird" is the 75th book in the series of beginning readers from ReadingTeacher.com.


New Sound in Book 75:

/ir/  ('r' controlled vowel)


New Words in Book 75:

bird, dirt, head, nest


The 80 books in the series use systematic phonics to ensure that your beginning readers will get a great start in reading proficiency.


The books begin at a very simple level and gradually introduce new sounds and words until students have mastered all 44 phonemes (sounds) in the English language. 


The books should be read in order, because the sounds and words in each book build upon those learned in previous books. It is important that students master each book before moving on to the next.

Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least 5 times in the book in which it first appears and 5 more times in the next 10 books.