Make learning to read fun for children with this decodable fiction book about a family who is taking a trip to Portland, the city of roses! This book offers a built-in phonics review for young readers. Today, students need help with phonics concepts more than ever before. This book will engage and excite young readers while they gain practice with contractions and several high-frequency words: can't didn't, isn't, it's. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 29 covers contractions such as "aren't" and "I'm." Develop reading skills and reading comprehension with the research-based approach to phonics instruction used in this book!