People around the world eat many types of sweet treats, including ice cream, Black Forest cake, and flan. Beginning readers hone their phonics skills while learning all about desserts across the globe! As readers practice decoding words with the long vowel teams ee and ea, they gain social studies knowledge. Every Stairway Decodables nonfiction book combines multiple aspects of the Science of Reading to support small group instruction, independent reading, and reading practice at home.