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T.M.

LPHABETTI
BOOKS #11
EASY READING SERIES T.M.

MIZ KATZ N. RATZ

catsmndhe + b
Letter ‘b’ versus letter ‘d’
Alphabetti Book #11
Ben’s Bed
Written and illustrated by Miz Katz N. Ratz
Story Consultant Connor Bryce

Acknowledgments

Copyright © 2015, 2016 by Miz Katz N. Ratz

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof
may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever
without the express written permission of the publisher
except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Produced in the United States of America.

First Edition, 2016

Progressive Phonics LLC

Los Angeles, CA

www.ProgressivePhonics.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Start Guide ............................ 4

Lesson One, the letter ‘b’

versus the letter ‘d’ ................... 6

Ben’s Bed ..................................... 10

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 Quick Start Guide

Read the book WITH your child.

You read the “regular” text, and
he/she reads the big, red words,
sort of like reading the different
parts in a play.

Help your child sound

out the words as
needed.

Read the book several times.

This helps develop the eye muscles
and left-to-right reading patterns.

Don’t rush it. Body-

builders don’t train in
a day – neither does a child.

And most important of

all, HAVE FUN!

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Lesson 1
The letters ‘b’ and ‘d’ look a lot alike.

b
d
On the next page is a trick to help
remember which is which.

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 Lesson 1
Make a fist with both of your hands with
the thumbs sticking up.

Now pretend that your hands are a bed –

This hand This hand

is the is the
letter ‘b’ letter ‘d’

bed 6
Lesson 1
Look at the letters in the box and
tell me which is a <b> and which
is a <d> –

bed
b b
d
b d
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Lesson 1
Here are two words we practice
in this book. Can you read them?

bed
ben

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ben the bunny
couldn’t read a b

book b

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without his bed
trying to look. b

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And when ben
the bunny was b

trying to sleep, b

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the naughty little b
bed tickled
his feet. b

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“Stop!” said ben
as he turned off the b
light. “I really need b

to sleep tonight.” b
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“But I am a bed.
I sleep all day. When b

you come home, I b

want to play!” b
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Butben didn’t
answer. ben

was snoring. b

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“Bah!” said the b
bed. “This is
really, really boring!” b
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So the littlebed
bounced across b

the floor. b

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Bang! The bed
bounced out the b

door. b

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“Hey, owl!” said the b
bed. “Want to
play some tag?” b

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The owl said, b
“Whoooooooo... it b
is time for a nap.” b

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“Hey, bear!” said the b
bed. “Want to play
hide and seek?” b

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The bear layb
down and fell b

asleep. b

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“Hey, moose!” said b
the bed. “Want to
play hopscotch?” b

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The moose just b
yawned and fell b

over, plop! b

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 bed.
“Bah!” said the

“Why must everybody b

sleep?” b

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And that is when the b
elephants jumped b
from the trees. b
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Then Ella...

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...Antonella...

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and little b
Baby Bella. b

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...jumped on the b
bed, waving
their umbrellas. b
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“Be careful,” said b
the dad. “You
must not squash b
the rabbit.” b
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“Oh, look,” said b
Ella Elephant, “he’sb
even got a jacket!” b

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“He’s MINE!” said b
Antonella, giving b

ben a squeezy hug.

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 Ugh!

“No, he’s MINE!” said b

Baby Bella as ben
said, “Ugh!” b

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“Stop!” said the b
bed, but the
Ellas didn’t stop. b
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They tugged andb
pulled like ben

was a sock. b

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 bed
So the little

did what beds b

do best... b

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He made everybody b
want to take a rest. b

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Then the bed
carried ben all

the way back home, b

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so that ben
could sleep...b

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 ...where “Ellas” b
never roam. b
THE END
(Roam means
to travel.) 41