Bright, colorful photos support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the /ow/ sound. Featuring high-frequency words, this authentic nonfiction text also gives emerging readers the opportunity to read for information while reinforcing basic phonemic sounds. In this book, readers will learn what happens when it rains. This nonfiction phonics title is paired with the fiction phonics title Cow on the Town: Practicing the OW Sound.The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: