Compass Point Early Readers invite children into reading with delightful and engaging stories. This series was developed for children to read with parents or to build reading skills when starting to read independently. Children will learn frequently used words and phonics skills for decoding new words as well as comprehension strategies for using text and picture clues. Three levels offer increasingly more challenging text and concepts. Each book includes a note to parents by Gail Saunders-Smith, Ph.D.Level C -- is for the newly independent reader and has 32 pages of text. Some books contain dialogue and the vocabulary is more challenging. Concepts are more complex. A word list is included in the back of each book as well as activities that reinforce the theme of the story.A young boy nervously prepares for his role in a play. This story takes a lighthearted look at conquering nervousness.