Colorful Illustrations support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the long /oo/ sound. Featuring high-frequency words, this authentic fictional narrative also gives emerging readers the opportunity to read with purpose and for meaning while reinforcing basic phonemic sounds. Readers will follow a relatable narrator as she explains all the reasons why she loves the moon. This fiction phonics title is paired with the nonfiction phonics title The Moose in the Zoo: Practicing the Long OO Sound.The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: