Overview
This story is based on the life of Billy Bayly, a real boy who lived in Pennsylvania during the Civil War and had an unlikely friendship with a Southern soldier.
Ready-to-Read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels: Pre-Level 1 Recognizing Words – Word repetition– Familiar words and phrases
– Simple sentences Level 1 Starting to Read – Simple stories
– Increased vocabulary
– Longer sentences Level 2 Reading Independently – More-complex stories
– Varied sentence structure
– Paragraphs and short chapters Level 3 Reading Proficiently – Rich vocabulary
– More-challenging stories
– Longer chapters