Young readers will empathize with poor Tim as he experiences a series of mishaps. Eventually, his young daughter brightens his day by dancing a little jig. While following Tim's misfortunes, students will have the opportunity to decode many examples of short i C-V-C patterned words. A few simple high frequency words along with decodable words containing short a are woven into the text. The readers will soon be dancing their own jigs after successfully reading a new book.