Episodes

Episode 101: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
A storybook tornado blows into the library and makes a terrible mess.

Key word: west
Word family: -est (-ess, -ell, -et)
Target sound: short "e"
High-frequency sight words: in, the, was
New vocabulary: fictional, imaginary, lasso, steady, tall tale, tornado, twister, unwelcome

Episode 102: The Lost Rock
A rock rolls out of his book and then can't remember which book he belongs in.

Key word: rock
Word family: -ock (-op, -ot, -om)
Target sound: short "o," double "o"
High-frequency sight words: am, and, mom, not, stop, the
New vocabulary: kazoo, dictionary

Episode 103: Little Big Mouse
Click's feelings are hurt when Lionel and Leona start a fan club for a heroic storybook mouse.

Key word: little
Word family: -it (-ip, -ick, -in)
Target sound: short "i"
High-frequency sight words: big, brown, can, it, little
New vocabulary: appetite, approaching, intelligent, unzipped

Episode 104: Farmer Ken's Puzzle
Lionel won't let Leona play a computer game for ages "seven and up" because she's "four and down."

Key word: hen
Word family: -en (-et, -ed, -est)
Target sound: short "e" (long "e")
High-frequency sight words: is, it, up, what, when, you
New vocabulary: clue, enchanting, peacock, miracle, vibrant

Episode 105: Shooting Stars
The very sleepy Lion family tries to stay up very late at night, so they won't miss the most spectacular meteor shower of the year.

Key word: star (night)
Word family: -ar (-ark, -art), -ight
Target sound: r-controlled "a"
High-frequency sight words: the, all, and, at, in, no, of, one, to, up
New vocabulary: marvelous, meteor, sparkling, acrobat

Episode 106: The Hopping Hen
Everyone in the library goes crazy after Lionel puts up signs about new rules.

Key word: hen
Word family: -en (-et, -ell, -ed)
Target sound: short "e" High-frequency sight
High-frequency sight words: no, what, when, where, who, why, yes
New vocabulary: allowed, hen, permitted, saxophone

Episode 107: Touching the Moon
Leona keeps the whole family awake because she wants a queen to touch the moon.

Key word: moon
Word family: -oon (-ool, -ooth, -oot, -oo)
Target sound: double "o"
High-frequency sight words: and, it, soon, the, to, too
New vocabulary: cucumber, galaxy, lagoon, platoon, snooze, toodle-oo

Episode 108: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Lionel and Leona show a shepherd boy from a storybook how to cry "Wolf!" when his sheep are threatened, and then he doesn't stop!

Key word: big
Word family: -ig (-iggle, -it, -ick, -in)
Target sound: short "i"
High-frequency sight words: bad, big, cry, in, it
New vocabulary: intelligent, jig, jiggle

Episode 109: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he? Well, was he?

Key word: fuzzy
Word family: -uzz (-ug, -un, -up, -uck)
Target sound: short "u"
High-frequency sight words: a, he, no, was, wasn't
New vocabulary: mutton, unbutton

Episode 110: Lionel's Antlers
Just like the girl in the book Imogene's Antlers, Lionel wakes up with antlers on his head.

Key word: antlers
Word family: -an (-am, -amp)
Target sound: short "a"
High-frequency sight words: an, off, man
New vocabulary: antlers, enchanting, peacock

Episode 111: To the Ship! To the Ship!
Lionel and Walter Pigeon think all pirates were men, so they won't let Leona and Clay Pigeon join their pirate game.

Key word: ship
Word family: -ip (-it, -ick, -ickle, -ish)
Target sound: short "i"
High-frequency sight words: his, in, it, on, the, to
New vocabulary: courage, squished, swabbed, treasure

Episode 112: The Chap with Caps
The Lion family helps a writer fix a story about a chap, a cap, and lots of chattering monkeys.

Key word: cap
Word family: -ap (-am, -ash, -ad), -ape
Target sound: short "a" (long "a")
High-frequency sight words: the, with
New vocabulary: cha-cha, chap, collapse, snatched, scrape, thunderclap

Episode 113: Pandora's Box
Should Lionel and Leona open a mysterious box that has a "Do Not Open!" sign on it?

Key word: box
Word family: -ox (-ot, -op, -oppy)
Target sound: short "o," double "o"
High-frequency sight words: do, not, open, stop
New vocabulary: curious, hiccup, exclamation point

Episode 114: Lionel's Great Escape Trick
Lionel ties himself up with ropes and tries to escape without magic words.

Key word: trick
Word family: -ick (-it, -ish, -ig)
Target sound: short "i"
High-frequency sight words: do, the, words
New vocabulary: applause, escape, famous, flicker, magician, sunken

Episode 115: There's a Fly in My Soup
Everyone reads jokes to Click the Mouse to try to make her laugh.

Key word: fly
Word family: -y
Target sound: y (long "i")
High-frequency sight words: a, and, in, it, is, of, my, that, the, to, what, when, where, who, why, you
New vocabulary: backstroke, chuckle, comedy, monitor

Episode 116: The Popcorn Popper
Lionel and Leona persuade Click to take a magic popcorn popper out of a book and then can't make it stop popping!

Key word: pop
Word family: -op (-om, -ot, -ox)
Target sound: short "o"
High-frequency sight words: it, mom, not, on, pop
New vocabulary: designated, poplar, popular, instructions

Episode 117: Something Fishy
When Lionel reads the latest 'Cliff Hanger' book to Leona, it gives her an idea about how to make one of her biggest dreams come true.

Key word: fish
Word family: -ish (-ip, -in, -ig, -ick)
Target sound: short "i"
High-frequency sight words: in, is, look, not
New vocabulary: disguise, squished, ticklish

Episode 118: Hug, Hug, Hug!
Leona helps a sculptor who falls in love with his statue.

Key word: hug
Word family: -ug (-uck, -un, -ut, -ub)
Target sound: short "u"
High-frequency sight words: a, but, in, love, you
New vocabulary: sculptor, unbuttoned

Episode 119: The Ram in the Pepper Patch
A rambunctious ram leaves his book, butts everyone and everything in the library, and won't go back!

Key word: ram
Word family: -am (-an, -ap, -ad)
Target sound: short "a"
High-frequency sight words: am, on, in, the, no
New vocabulary: hamburger, scram, scramble, diagram

Episode 120: A Peck of Peppers
Lionel thinks he is the king of tongue twisters and nobody can write one that he can't say.

Key word: peppers
Word family: -ep (-eck, -en, -ess, -et)
Target sound: short "e"
High-frequency sight words: a, if, is, of, the, where
New vocabulary: impressive, peck, tenderloin, tongue twister

Episode 121: Sausage Nose
Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona watch a video about a husband and wife, three wishes, a sausage, and a nose.

Key word: wish
Word family: -ish (-ing, -in, -it, -ip, -ick)
Target sound: short "i"
High-frequency sight words: in, it, three
New vocabulary: intelligent, limousine, squished, unzipped

Episode 122: Red Hat, Green Hat
Leona's new hat stirs up trouble in the library.

Key word: red
Word family: -ed (-et, -en, -end)
Target sound: short "e" (long "e")
High-frequency sight words: green, is, red, said
New vocabulary: dove, fowl, hen, jealous, peacock, quail

Episode 123: The Lucky Duck
Lionel tries to help a very cute duck from a very cute book stop being so cute.

Key word: duck
Word family: -uck (-ucky, -ug, -ud)
Target sound: short "u"
High-frequency sight words: a, oh, what
New vocabulary: delighted, leather, scanning, rude

Episode 124: The Old Man
Writer Babs Caplan visits the library to write the world's scariest story.

Key word: man
Word family: -an (-am, -and, -ack)
Target sound: short "a"
High-frequency sight words: a, an, and, it, man, old, the, this, was
New vocabulary: scram, enchanting, planet

Episode 125: A King and His Hawk
Leona thinks a book Lionel reads to her is too sad, so she tries to make sure nobody else can read it.

Key word: king
Word family: -ing (-ip, -ick, -ig, -it)
Target sound: short "i"
High-frequency sight words: a, and, in, is, it, of, that, the, to, you
New vocabulary: hidden, rage, tragic

Episode 126: The Roar That Makes Them Run
Leona and Lionel try to get their dad to roar a mighty roar.

Key word: run
Word family: -un (-ug, -uck, -up, -ut)
Target sound: short "u"
High-frequency sight words: a, and, in, but, the, up
New vocabulary: demonstration, mutton, overdue, volume

Episode 127: Piggyback, Piggyback
Leona decides to ride piggyback on her dad's back forever and ever.

Key word: back
Word family: -ack (-at, -ap, -ab, -ad)
Target sound: short "a"
High-frequency sight words: and, at, in, out
New vocabulary: flapjack, piggyback, racket, unpacked

Episode 128: The Fox and the Crow
Walter and Clay Pigeon want The Fox and the Crow banned from the library because they think the book makes birds look like birdbrains.

Key word: drop
Word family: -op (-ox, -ot, -oppy)
Target sound: short "o"
High-frequency sight words: end, the, very
New vocabulary: crow, flatter, humongous

Episode 129: Giants and Cubs
Leona thinks scary giants are coming into the library to clobber lion cubs.

Key word: cub
Word family: -ub (-ut, -ug, -uzz, -up, -uck)
Target sound: short "u" (long "u")
High-frequency sight words: up, what, when, where, who, why
New vocabulary: clobber, mutton, thunderclap

Episode 130: Be Bop
When cool, jazzy shoes come out of a book and dance all over the library, everybody gets in the groove.

Key word: bop
Word family: -op (-ot, -ock, -om)
Target sound: short "o"
High-frequency sight words: mom, pop, stop
New vocabulary: be bop, doo-wop, saxophone, xylophone

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