Colorful Illustrations support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the unvoiced /th/ 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 Theo as he lists all the things he is thankful for. This fiction phonics title is paired with the nonfiction phonics title Birthday Thief: Practicing the Unvoiced TH Sound.The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: