Luna & Meg's Adventures: Revolutionizing Phonics Through Choose-Your-Own-Path Magic
Why Reading Instruction Needs a Revolution
For years, early reading instruction has been dominated by vocabulary-controlled decodable readers—books designed to teach phonics through carefully limited word choices. While these books serve their educational purpose, they often fail at something crucial: making children actually want to read.
I learned this firsthand teaching 90-minute blocks of Success for All (SFA) with their 48 decodable readers. These books were dry, predictable, and forgettable. No child ever asked to read them again. No parent ever wanted to keep them after the school year ended. They were tools, not treasures.
But then something magical happened.
Why Reading Instruction Needs a RevolutiWhy Reading Instruction Needs a Revolution
For years, early reading instruction has been dominated by vocabulary-controlled decodable readers—books designed to teach phonics through carefully limited word choices. While these books serve their educational purpose, they often fail at something crucial: making children actually want to read.
I learned this firsthand teaching 90-minute blocks of Success for All (SFA) with their 48 decodable readers. These books were dry, predictable, and forgettable. No child ever asked to read them again. No parent ever wanted to keep them after the school year ended. They were tools, not treasures.
But then something magical happened.on
For years, early reading instruction has been dominated by vocabulary-controlled decodable readers—books designed to teach phonics through carefully limited word choices. While these books serve their educational purpose, they often fail at something crucial: making children actually want to read.
I learned this firsthand teaching 90-minute blocks of Success for All (SFA) with their 48 decodable readers. These books were dry, predictable, and forgettable. No child ever asked to read them again. No parent ever wanted to keep them after the school year ended. They were tools, not treasures.
But then something magical happened.
Why Reading Instruction Needs a Revolution
For years, early reading instruction has been dominated by vocabulary-controlled decodable readers—books designed to teach phonics through carefully limited word choices. While these books serve their educational purpose, they often fail at something crucial: making children actually want to read.
I learned this firsthand teaching 90-minute blocks of Success for All (SFA) with their 48 decodable readers. These books were dry, predictable, and forgettable. No child ever asked to read them again. No parent ever wanted to keep them after the school year ended. They were tools, not treasures.
But then something magical happened.
The Graphic Novel That Changed Everything
During read-aloud time, I introduced a Dungeons & Dragons-style choose-your-own-adventure graphic novel to my class. The response was electric. The same students who trudged through decodable readers suddenly leaned forward, shouted out choices, debated paths, and begged to read "just one more page."
We read that book nearly 100 times over several years.
Even when they knew every twist, every monster, every secret ending, they still wanted to read it again. They loved the vibrant illustrations. They loved the friendship between characters. They loved the safe-scary monsters and the thrill of making choices that mattered. They loved solving puzzles together and the camaraderie of group decision-making.
When I tried to find more books in the series, I discovered they'd been out of print for over 20 years. Used copies were selling for $180 on Amazon. That astronomical price tag told me everything: I wasn't the only teacher who'd discovered that this kind of book creates something special.
What Makes a Book Worth Reading 100 Times?
That experience taught me invaluable lessons about what makes children fall in love with reading:
1. Repetition Through Joy, Not Drill
Children don't mind repetition when the experience is joyful. They'll watch the same movie, play the same game, and read the same book endlessly—if they love it. Traditional decodable readers rely on repetition for skill-building, but they lack the story magic that makes children choose to repeat the experience.
2. Characters That Feel Like Friends
When children connect with characters—especially characters who are different, quirky, and authentically themselves—they want to spend time with them again and again. They remember their names, their traits, their personalities. They root for them.
3. Safe Scares Create Excitement
Young readers crave adventure and a touch of danger, but within a framework that feels safe. Monsters that are a little scary but ultimately friendly. Challenges that feel real but surmountable. Stakes that matter but don't traumatize.
4. Choice Creates Investment
When children make choices that affect the story, they become co-creators, not passive consumers. They take ownership. They strategize. They care deeply about outcomes because they made them happen.
5. Visual Storytelling Engages Everyone
Graphic novels and illustrated books provide multiple entry points for learning. Struggling readers can follow the pictures. Visual learners absorb information through images. Every child can participate in the story, regardless of their current reading level.
Enter Luna & Meg: A New Kind of Phonics Adventure
The Luna & Meg series is born from that $180 lesson—and from years of watching what actually works with young readers.
The Concept
Luna and Meg are two first-grade friends on the autism spectrum with wild imaginations and an even wilder companion: Noodle, an extra-long dachshund with impossibly expressive eyes. Together, they discover that their local library holds portals to incredible adventures—but only if they can solve phonics puzzles to unlock the paths forward.
Luna has long, wild hair perpetually decorated with flowers, buzzing bees, butterflies, and twigs. Meg has short, spiky hair and flaps her hands when she's excited. Both girls celebrate being different. Both girls are smart, brave, and kind. Both girls struggle sometimes—and that's okay.
The Revolutionary Format
Each Luna & Meg graphic novel is a choose-your-own-path adventure where phonics knowledge determines the journey:
- Multiple branching paths lead to different adventures
- Wrong answers loop back to the beginning, encouraging re-reading and problem-solving
- Six or more unique paths mean tremendous replay value
- Phonics riddles and challenges are embedded naturally in the story—they're not drills, they're puzzle-solving adventures
- Safe-scary creatures (Gem Beasts, Backwards Dragons, Mist Monsters, Sky Whales) create excitement without fear
- Character-driven plots emphasize friendship, perseverance, resilience, and celebrating differences
The Educational Framework
Unlike traditional decodable readers, Luna & Meg books don't limit vocabulary artificially. Instead, they:
- Highlight phonics patterns through formatting (short vowels in italics, long vowels in bold)
- Embed phonics challenges in story puzzles that feel like games
- Teach phonemic awareness through riddles the characters must solve
- Build auditory discrimination through sound-based choices
- Encourage meta-cognitive thinking about language patterns
- Provide natural repetition through multiple re-readings of different paths
Each book targets specific phonics skills (short vs. long vowels, consonant blends, digraphs, r-controlled vowels, etc.) but wraps them in stories so engaging that children forget they're learning.
Why This Matters for Homeschooling Families
Homeschooling parents face unique challenges when teaching reading. They need materials that:
Work for Mixed Ages and Abilities
Luna & Meg books can be read together by siblings of different ages. Younger children follow the pictures and make choices. Older children tackle the phonics challenges. Everyone participates in the adventure.
Build Independent Reading Skills
The choose-your-own-path format encourages children to read and re-read independently. They're motivated by story, not by parent pressure. They track page numbers, follow directions, and make decisions—all crucial reading comprehension skills.
Create Genuine Parent-Child Connection
These aren't books that parents grudgingly read because they "should." They're books families genuinely enjoy together. The shared experience of choosing paths, solving puzzles, and discovering new endings creates joyful learning moments that strengthen family bonds.
Teach More Than Phonics
While phonics mastery is essential, Luna & Meg adventures also model:
- Resilience: Wrong paths mean starting over—and that's okay
- Perseverance: Finding all the endings takes determination
- Friendship: Luna and Meg support each other through challenges
- Problem-solving: Characters think through puzzles logically
- Celebrating differences: Being unique is portrayed as wonderful
- Emotional intelligence: Characters help creatures who are sad, lonely, or misunderstood
Eliminate Reading Battles
When children love books, they choose to read them. Parents don't have to cajole, bribe, or force. The books themselves become the motivation.
Building a Love of Reading That Lasts
The ultimate goal of early reading instruction isn't just to teach children how to read—it's to show them why reading matters.
Children who associate reading with boring drills, limited vocabulary, and forgettable stories often become reluctant readers. They decode competently but rarely choose books for pleasure.
But children who associate reading with:
- Adventures they control
- Characters they love
- Puzzles they solve
- Stories they revisit
- Worlds they explore
...these children become lifelong readers.
The Luna & Meg Promise
This series makes three promises to families, teachers, and children:
For Children:
You'll love these books so much you'll beg to read them again. Luna and Meg will feel like real friends. The adventures will be exciting enough to remember and talk about. You'll feel smart every time you solve a phonics puzzle. And you'll discover that being different—just like Luna, Meg, and Noodle—is something to celebrate.
For Parents and Teachers:
You'll see genuine reading growth without battles or tears. Your children will develop phonics skills through joyful repetition, not drill-and-kill worksheets. You'll watch them build resilience as they navigate wrong paths and try again. You'll have actual conversations about character, friendship, and problem-solving. And you might even find yourself enjoying these read-alouds as much as your kids do.
For Everyone:
These books prove that educational materials don't have to be boring to be effective. In fact, they're most effective when they're irresistible.
The Bigger Vision
Luna & Meg isn't just a book series—it's a movement to reimagine what literacy instruction can look like.
For too long, we've accepted that "educational" means "not very fun." We've resigned ourselves to books that children tolerate rather than treasure. We've separated "learning to read" from "learning to love reading" as if they're incompatible goals.
But that $180 out-of-print graphic novel proved otherwise. When books combine:
- Strong educational foundations
- Compelling storytelling
- Genuine humor and heart
- Interactive elements
- Replay value
- Characters worth caring about
...they become worth their weight in gold. Literally.
Luna & Meg aims to create that same magic for a new generation—but this time, with intentional phonics instruction woven seamlessly into every adventure.
A Series Built on What Actually Works
Each Luna & Meg graphic novel will target different aspects of phonics and phonemic awareness:
- Book 1: Short vs. long vowels (the foundation)
- Book 2: Beginning and ending consonant sounds
- Book 3: Consonant blends (bl, cr, st, etc.)
- Book 4: Digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh)
- Book 5: R-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)
- Book 6: Diphthongs and variant vowels
- And beyond: Silent letters, syllable patterns, prefixes, suffixes, homophones...
But every book, regardless of its phonics focus, will maintain the same core elements:
- Choose-your-own-path structure
- Multiple branching storylines
- Safe-scary adventures
- Character growth and friendship
- Puzzles that require phonics knowledge
- Replay value that encourages re-reading
- Authentic representation of neurodivergent characters
- Celebration of being different
Why This Will Succeed
The market has proven that children and families are hungry for this kind of book. That $180 price tag for an out-of-print choose-your-own-adventure graphic novel wasn't an anomaly—it was a signal.
Teachers are tired of dry decodable readers that children tolerate but never love.
Homeschooling parents are seeking materials that genuinely engage their children while building essential skills.
Children deserve reading materials that respect their intelligence, spark their imagination, and make them feel seen.
Luna & Meg meets all these needs at once.
The Reading Revolution Starts Here
Imagine a generation of children who:
- Associate phonics practice with exciting adventures
- Choose to re-read books because they genuinely love them
- See themselves in characters who are different and celebrated for it
- Build resilience by navigating wrong paths and trying again
- Develop both reading skills AND character strengths
- Remember their first reading experiences with joy, not tedium
That's the Luna & Meg promise.
Because learning to read should feel less like drilling and more like discovering magic.
And sometimes, that magic comes with wild hair full of bees, a dog as long as a limousine, and the courage to choose your own path—even when it means starting over.
Luna & Meg's Adventures: Where phonics meets adventure, and every wrong turn is just another chance to try again.
Coming soon for homeschoolers, classroom teachers, and every child who deserves to fall in love with reading.
Luna & Meg's Magical Library Adventure
A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Style Graphic Comic Book
Teaching Short & Long Vowel Sounds
π HOW TO READ THIS BOOK
Short Vowel Sounds (in italics):
- cat, bed, pig, hot, bug
Long Vowel Sounds (in bold):
- cake, bee, kite, boat, mule
When you see a choice, pick one and go to that page number! If you pick wrong, go back to Page 1 and try again!
PAGE 1: THE LIBRARY
Introduction
Luna and Meg sat on the library rug. Luna's long wild hair had pink flowers, buzzing bees, and little twigs stuck in the curls. A blue butterfly landed on her head!
Meg had short hair that stuck up like grass. She wore her favorite red cape.
Between them stretched Noodle, their extra-long dachshund. His huge brown eyes looked from left to right, watching both girls.
"I'm bored," said Meg, tapping her feet—tap tap tap.
Luna picked up a green book. "Look! This book glows!"
The book popped open! WHOOOOSH!
A rainbow spiral spun around them. The library walls melted away like ice cream on a hot day.
"Noodle, stay close!" yelled Luna.
WOOF! Noodle's long body stretched even longer as they fell through the rainbow!
They landed—THUMP—in a strange new place.
→ Go to PAGE 2
PAGE 2: THE FORK IN THE PATH
First Big Choice!
Luna, Meg, and Noodle stood in a misty forest. The trees had blue leaves that whispered secrets.
In front of them, the path split into three directions:
PATH 1: A cave with glowing purple stones
- The stones spelled out: "The Gem Beasts live here"
PATH 2: A tall silver gate with golden locks
- A sign read: "Time Clock Land - Tick Tock!"
PATH 3: A rainbow bridge over pink clouds
- A banner said: "Sky Whale Rides This Way!"
Meg squeezed Luna's hand. "Which way?"
Noodle sniffed each path with his long nose. His big eyes got bigger!
MAKE YOUR CHOICE:
Choose PATH 1 (The Gem Beast Cave)? → Go to PAGE 3
Choose PATH 2 (Time Clock Land)? → Go to PAGE 10
Choose PATH 3 (Sky Whale Bridge)? → Go to PAGE 17
π· PATH 1: GEM BEAST CAVE ADVENTURE
PAGE 3: INSIDE THE CAVE
Luna, Meg, and Noodle walked into the cave. Purple stones glowed on the walls like night lights.
Drip, drop, drip, drop. Water fell from the ceiling.
"It's so pretty!" said Luna. A butterfly from her hair flew to a shiny stone.
Suddenly—CRACK! A big rock moved!
It wasn't a rock. It was a Gem Beast!
The creature looked like a bear made of sparkling crystals. It had six eyes that blinked—blink, blink, blink—all different colors.
"You took my stone!" the Gem Beast growled, but not too scary. "Give it back or answer my riddle!"
Luna's butterfly flew back to her hair, holding a small purple gem.
"We'll answer!" said brave Meg.
→ Go to PAGE 4
PAGE 4: THE GEM BEAST'S RIDDLE
The Gem Beast sat down. His crystal body went clink clink.
"Here's my riddle," he said:
"I have a short sound, quick and bright,
I'm in the word 'cat' but not in 'kite.'
I'm the sound you hear in 'bat' and 'mat,'
What vowel am I? Can you tell me that?"
Noodle's big eyes looked at Luna, then at Meg.
"I know!" said Meg. "It's the letter—"
MAKE YOUR CHOICE:
Is the answer the letter A (short sound)? → Go to PAGE 5 ✓ CORRECT
Is the answer the letter E (long sound)? → Go to PAGE 6 ✗ WRONG PATH
PAGE 5: CORRECT! THE GEM BEAST'S GIFT
"YES!" shouted the Gem Beast. "The short A! Hooray!"
The Gem Beast did a happy dance. His crystal body sparkled with rainbow colors.
"You're smart little humans!" He gave them each a glowing stone. "These magic gems will help you see in the dark and talk to animals!"
Noodle barked—WOOF WOOF—and suddenly they could understand him!
"I was trying to tell you," said Noodle, "that this cave leads to the library's secret room!"
"A secret room?" Luna's eyes got big.
The Gem Beast pointed with his paw. "Follow the green glow! It leads to what you seek. But watch out for the Mist Monster on level two!"
MAKE YOUR CHOICE:
Go deeper into the cave to find the secret room? → Go to PAGE 7
Go back and try a different path? → Go to PAGE 2
PAGE 6: WRONG ANSWER - TRY AGAIN!
"E?" The Gem Beast shook his head. "Nope, nope, nope!"
"That's a long vowel sound, like in bee or me. The riddle asked for a SHORT vowel!"
The Gem Beast pointed to the cave entrance. "You must go back to the start and try again! Maybe choose a different path!"
Luna, Meg, and Noodle walked back through the purple cave.
→ Go back to PAGE 1 and start over!
PAGE 7: THE MIST MONSTER LEVEL
Luna, Meg, and Noodle walked deeper. The green glow led them down, down, down.
Whoooosh! Mist filled the tunnel. They could barely see!
"Stay close!" said Meg, holding Luna's hand.
Noodle stretched his long body between both girls so they wouldn't get lost.
Then they heard it: "Hooooo... whooooo... whoooo..."
A shape moved in the mist! It was HUGE! It had long arms and a round body.
"THE MIST MONSTER!" squeaked Luna.
But when the mist cleared, they saw... it was made of clouds! It had big, sad eyes.
"I'm not scary," the Mist Monster whispered. "I'm just lost. I need to find my home in the sky."
"We can help!" said Meg.
→ Go to PAGE 8
PAGE 8: HELPING THE MIST MONSTER
"To get home," said the Mist Monster, "I need to remember the magic word. It's a word with a long O sound, like boat or goat."
The monster pulled out a list written on a cloud:
- HOME
- STOP
- HOPE
- HOT
"Which words have the long O sound like I need?" asked the Mist Monster.
Noodle used his paw to point at the list. His big eyes looked at the girls.
"I think I know!" said Luna.
MAKE YOUR CHOICE:
Pick words 1 and 3 (HOME and HOPE)? → Go to PAGE 9 ✓ CORRECT
Pick words 2 and 4 (STOP and HOT)? → Go to PAGE 6 ✗ WRONG - back to start!
PAGE 9: THE SECRET LIBRARY ROOM!
"YES! HOME and HOPE have long O sounds!" cheered the Mist Monster.
He said the magic words: "HOME and HOPE will show me the road!"
WHOOOOSH! A tunnel of clouds appeared, leading up!
"Thank you!" The Mist Monster floated away. "Follow the green glow to your prize!"
Luna, Meg, and Noodle walked forward. The green light got brighter and brighter!
They pushed open a stone door and—
"WOW!" they gasped.
They were in a hidden library room! But instead of books, there were floating cubes of light! Each cube showed a different story playing like a movie!
In the middle sat a huge book on a golden stand.
"It's the Book of Imagination!" read Meg.
The book's pages glowed: "You solved the mystery! The library has a secret door to endless adventures. Whenever you're bored, return to this spot, and your imagination will open new paths!"
✓ CONGRATULATIONS! YOU FOUND ONE OF THE ENDINGS!
→ Want to try the other paths? Go to PAGE 2
→ Want to start a new adventure? Go to PAGE 1
π PATH 2: TIME CLOCK LAND
PAGE 10: THROUGH THE SILVER GATE
Luna, Meg, and Noodle walked through the tall silver gate with golden locks.
Click! Clack! Tick! Tock!
Everything here moved like a clock! The trees swayed tick-tock, tick-tock. The flowers opened and closed every second.
"This place is so weird!" said Meg.
A huge grandfather clock appeared! It had arms, legs, and a face where the clock face should be.
"Welcome!" it said in a tick-tock voice. "I'm Clock Master! You're just in time!"
"In time for what?" asked Luna. A bee from her hair buzzed nervously.
"In time to save Time Clock Land!" said Clock Master. "The Backwards Dragon stole my main gear! Now time is going wonky!"
Just then, a butterfly flew backwards! Noodle's tail wagged in reverse!
"We'll help!" said the girls.
→ Go to PAGE 11
PAGE 11: FINDING THE BACKWARDS DRAGON
"The Backwards Dragon lives in the Then-and-Now Tower," said Clock Master. "But you must pass my vowel test first!"
He pointed to a path with five stones:
π₯ = PET (short E)
π¦ = PETE (long E)
π¨ = BIT (short I)
π© = BITE (long I)
πͺ = TUB (short U)
"Step only on the long vowel stones!" said Clock Master. "Short vowels will make you slip back in time!"
Noodle looked worried. His big eyes got VERY big.
"I'll go first!" brave Meg stepped forward.
MAKE YOUR CHOICE:
Step on the blue stone (PETE) and green stone (BITE)? → Go to PAGE 12 ✓ CORRECT
Step on the red stone (PET) and yellow stone (BIT)? → Go to PAGE 6 ✗ WRONG - back to start!
PAGE 12: THE THEN-AND-NOW TOWER
Luna, Meg, and Noodle made it across! They high-fived with smack sounds.
The Then-and-Now Tower stood tall, made of spinning clocks and gears. It went up, up, up into the clouds!
At the top window, they saw a cute dragon! He was purple with a long neck. He flew backwards—swooping down tail-first!
"I'm the Backwards Dragon!" he said, but the words came out: "!nogard sdrawkcab eht m'I"
"He talks backwards!" Luna figured out. She was good at puzzles.
The dragon held a big golden gear in his claws.
"!reag ym si sihT" (This is my gear!) he said sadly.
"Why did you take it?" asked Meg kindly.
The dragon flew in a backwards circle and landed upside-down.
→ Go to PAGE 13
PAGE 13: THE DRAGON'S PROBLEM
With Noodle's help translating, they learned the dragon's story:
The Backwards Dragon couldn't fly forward like other dragons. He was born flying backwards! The other dragons made fun of him.
"So I took the gear to make time go backwards," he explained (they had to listen in reverse). "Then everyone would be backwards like me!"
Luna's heart felt warm. She knew what it was like to be different.
"Being different is cool!" said Luna. "My hair is wild and full of bugs, and I like it!"
"I flap my hands when I'm happy," said Meg, flapping them now. "And that's okay!"
"I'm a super-long dog!" added Noodle. "The longest!"
The Backwards Dragon's eyes (big like Noodle's!) filled with tears—which went UP instead of down.
"Really?" he asked hopefully.
MAKE YOUR CHOICE:
Teach the dragon about vowel sounds to make him feel smart? → Go to PAGE 14 ✓ LEADS TO GOOD ENDING
Ask him nicely to just give back the gear? → Go to PAGE 15 ✗ NICE TRY BUT...
PAGE 14: VOWEL LESSON FOR THE DRAGON
"Let's play a game!" said Luna. "We'll teach you about vowels, and you teach us to fly backwards!"
The Backwards Dragon smiled (backwards)!
Luna drew in the air with her magic gem:
"Short vowels are quick like a snap:
- CAT, BED, SIT, HOP, CUP"
"Long vowels say their own names:
- CAKE, BEET, KITE, HOPE, MULE"
The dragon practiced: "Cat... cake... bit... bite!"
"You're doing great!" cheered Meg.
The dragon felt so happy! "I AM smart! Going backwards doesn't make me dumb!"
He gave back the gear. "Thank you for being my friends!"
Clock Master appeared with a POOF! "Time is fixed! And I have a gift!"
→ Go to PAGE 16
PAGE 15: ALMOST... BUT NOT QUITE
"Can you please give back the gear?" asked Meg politely.
The Backwards Dragon thought about it. "!peon ...yroS" (Sorry... nope!)
"I'm still too sad," he said. "I need to feel better about myself first!"
Clock Master appeared. "You must start over and find another way to help him!"
→ Go back to PAGE 1 and try again!
PAGE 16: TIME CLOCK LAND ENDING
Clock Master fixed the gear. CLICK! Time moved forward again!
"You helped the Backwards Dragon feel proud!" said Clock Master. "Here's your reward!"
He opened a door in his chest (he was a clock, after all!). Inside was a golden key!
"This key opens the Secret Library Room!" he said. "Follow the bright light!"
They followed a beam of yellow light through a door and—
They were back in the library! But now they could see a tiny door behind the bookshelf!
The golden key fit perfectly!
Inside was the room from their dreams: floating story cubes, magical books, and the huge Book of Imagination!
"We found it!" cheered Luna and Meg!
The book said: "You used kindness and smarts! The library's magic is now yours forever!"
✓ CONGRATULATIONS! YOU FOUND ANOTHER ENDING!
→ Try the Sky Whale path? Go to PAGE 2
→ Start fresh? Go to PAGE 1
☁️ PATH 3: SKY WHALE ADVENTURE
PAGE 17: THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
Luna, Meg, and Noodle stepped onto the rainbow bridge. Their feet went squish on the bouncy clouds!
"This is fun!" laughed Meg, jumping. Boing, boing!
Noodle stretched his long body and bounced like a spring! His big eyes sparkled with joy!
At the end of the bridge, they saw them: SKY WHALES!
The whales were as big as buses! They were blue and purple with sparkly fins. They swam through the air like water!
A baby sky whale floated over. She had huge eyes (even bigger than Noodle's!).
"Heeeelp!" she sang in a high voice. "My mama is stuck in the Storm Reef! She needs someone smart to free her!"
"We'll help!" said Luna. A butterfly flew from her hair to sit on the baby whale's nose.
→ Go to PAGE 18
PAGE 18: THE STORM REEF
The baby whale (her name was Melody) carried them on her back through purple clouds.
They reached the Storm Reef—a place where lightning bolts grew like trees! ZAP! CRACK! BOOM!
There was Mama Whale! She was stuck between two huge lightning crystals!
"To free me," she sang, "you must answer the Lightning Bird's vowel challenge!"
A bird made of electricity appeared! BZZZZT!
"Here's the challenge!" the Lightning Bird sparked. "I'll give you words. Sort them into SHORT vowel and LONG vowel!"
The words:
- KIT
- KITE
- BED
- BEAN
- CUP
- CUBE
"Put them in the right groups!" said the bird.
MAKE YOUR CHOICE:
SHORT: KIT, BED, CUP | LONG: KITE, BEAN, CUBE? → Go to PAGE 19 ✓ CORRECT!
SHORT: KITE, BEAN, CUBE | LONG: KIT, BED, CUP? → Go to PAGE 6 ✗ WRONG - start over!
PAGE 19: FREEING MAMA WHALE
"CORRECT!" The Lightning Bird flashed bright!
ZAP! The lightning crystals disappeared like smoke!
Mama Whale was free! She sang a beautiful song that made the clouds dance!
"Thank you, little heroes!" She nuzzled Luna, Meg, and Noodle with her huge nose.
Baby Melody squeaked with happiness!
"As a reward," said Mama Whale, "I'll show you the Sky Secret!"
She swam up, up, UP through the clouds. The girls and Noodle held onto her fin.
They went higher than birds! Higher than planes! Higher than anything!
And then they saw it...
→ Go to PAGE 20
PAGE 20: THE CLOUD LIBRARY
At the very top of the sky was a library made of clouds!
Books floated everywhere! They were made of mist and rainbows!
"This is the Cloud Library," said Mama Whale. "Every story ever imagined lives here! But there's one special book..."
She led them to a huge book floating on a golden cloud. It glowed with every color!
"The Book of Imagination!" read Meg.
Noodle's eyes got so big they looked like dinner plates!
The book opened by itself. Pages flipped—whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Words appeared:
"Dear Luna, Meg, and Noodle,
You found the Cloud Library by being brave, kind, and smart! You helped creatures in need. You learned about vowels and words.
The secret is: THIS LIBRARY IS YOUR OWN IMAGINATION!
You can return here whenever you read or dream. Every book in the real library is a door to here!
Keep imagining! Keep being different! Keep being YOU!"
✓ CONGRATULATIONS! YOU FOUND THE FINAL ENDING!
→ Want to explore the other paths? Go to PAGE 2
→ Start a brand new adventure? Go to PAGE 1
PAGE 21: THE RETURN HOME
Luna, Meg, and Noodle held hands (and paws).
"Should we go home?" asked Meg.
"Let's!" said Luna. "But we can come back anytime!"
The Book of Imagination glowed. WHOOOOSH!
They spun through the rainbow again—this time going UP instead of down!
They landed—thump!—back on the library rug.
Everything looked normal. But now they knew the secret!
Luna still had flowers, bees, and twigs in her wild hair. Meg's short hair still stuck up like grass. Noodle was still extra-long with huge eyes.
But now they each had a tiny glowing gem in their pockets (the gems from their adventure!).
"Same time next week?" asked Meg.
"YES!" said Luna.
Noodle wagged his tail and barked: "WOOF!" (Which now meant "yes" in their special language!)
The librarian walked by and smiled. She winked at them, like she knew their secret.
On the shelf, the green book with the rainbow on it glowed softly, waiting for their next adventure.
THE END... OR IS IT THE BEGINNING?
π LEARNING GUIDE FOR GROWN-UPS
Vowel Sounds Featured:
Short Vowels (quick sounds):
- A as in: cat, bat, mat, tap, sat
- E as in: bed, pet, red, met
- I as in: bit, kit, sit, pink
- O as in: hot, stop, hop
- U as in: bug, cup, tub, hug
Long Vowels (say their name):
- A as in: cake, cape, gate, day, stay
- E as in: bee, tree, green, bean, beet
- I as in: kite, bite, like, pie, sky
- O as in: boat, goat, home, hope, glow
- U as in: mule, cube, huge, music
Discussion Questions:
- Which path did you choose first? Why?
- How are Luna and Meg different from each other? How are they the same?
- What made each creature feel better?
- Can you find 5 short vowel words and 5 long vowel words on any page?
Tips for Re-Reading:
- Try each path to discover all three endings!
- Find all the vowel examples
- Notice how being different is celebrated
- Count how many times Noodle's eyes get bigger!
CONGRATULATIONS, READER!
You finished Luna & Meg's adventure! Remember: Your imagination is the BEST superpower! Being different makes you special! And reading opens doors to EVERYWHERE!
Now go pick a different path and find another ending!
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