Curious Reader Series: The Journey of the Little Red Boat: A Story from the Coast of Maine (Curious Reader Series by Lumos Learning)

World's first children's storybook with Oral Reading Fluency Support! The Journey of the Little Red Boat is a creative storybook designed to improve the reading fluency of kids in the age group of 6-8.

This book is a combination of imagination and innovation that improves the reading experience for a child with its advanced interactivity. The Journey of the Little Red Boat storybook blends a simple story of a lost boat with oral reading fluency practice, writing prompts, fun activities, and vocabulary tasks.

In this story, a red boat drifts away from its home due to a storm and is pushed downriver along the coast of Maine. The little red boat meets many characters on its journey and is later on rescued by Grace and her grandpa. This full-color storybook has age-appropriate reading comprehension tasks, fun drawing tasks, an online program to improve oral reading fluency, lovely hand-drawn illustrations, exercises to promote critical reading, & interactive activities.

Reading Fluency
Research has shown that kids with developed reading fluency skills have improved cognitive understanding of the text compared to peers with underdeveloped reading skills. The reading fluency skills are demonstrated by the ability to read selected passages quickly with few or no errors and by the show of expressions while reading.

This storybook comes with an industry-first innovative online fluency improvement program.

The reading fluency improvement component of ‘the story of the little red boat’ is an online solution that allows students to

• Read, record and listen to the story in their own voice without practice (cold reading)
• Practice the words included in this story via vocabulary FlashCube and quiz
• Read-along with an expert storyteller while following the highlighted text
• Reread the story, record & listen to it in own voice (hot reading)
• Demonstrate reading comprehension by answering an interactive quiz

This fun workbook is suitable for Emergent Readers (Levels D-J) and Early Fluent Readers (Levels K-P) in the age group of 6 to 8. It offers fun reading along with activities to promote reading & writing skills mastery. This book is a great addition to your homeschool curriculum. This can also be used to support English language learners in grades 1-3.

The Book Includes Several Learning Activities:
- A sweet age-appropriate story
- Drawing & coloring activities
- Reading comprehension tasks
- Writing tasks and note-taking area to record emotions or opinions
- Online access to

• An audio version of the story
• Read-along tasks
• Interactive questions that allow kids to record their reading
• Vocabulary practice with FlashCube to learn pronunciation, meaning, synonyms, and much more!

Featured Review

Kate Evans
“This a sweet and charming book. My girl and boy loved it for a number of years, first with me reading it to them and then them reading it themselves. It’s perfect for a child who loves the idea of being a homebody and being around family but also having a little adventure and severe weather.”

About the Lumos Curious Reader Series:

Lumos Curious Reader series is designed to help young readers develop critical reading & writing skills while enjoying a story. It includes exercises that encourage young readers to identify story settings, plots, characters, etc. These help them understand how the author has developed the story. These books also include access to engaging and interactive online resources.