Explorer Ella’s Magic Forest – Fun phonics

In Explorer Ella’s Magic Forest we go on a magical journey through an enchanted forest all while learning sight words and phonics.

Follow the story of ella as she discover what is inside this magical forest as she meets and be friends interesting magical creatures.

As ella follows a set of tracks and ventures deep in the forest.

Special words you should take your reader through before you begin reading the story.

explore, she, really, finding, the, no, there, to, before, into, could, words, of, so, they, unicorn.

Written by Bel Richardson, Illustrated by Mykyta Harets

 Sample Text from Explorer – (Ella’s Magic Forest)

Ella likes exploring. She really likes reading
maps and finding new places.
Ella looked at a map. The map showed no forest.
But there was a huge forest next to Ella.
No explorers had found this huge forest before.
Ella decided thatit grew by magic.
She walked into the magic forest.

At first, Ella saw no animals in the magic forest.
She saw trees with leaves and bark that had sparkles.
Ella saw flowers that floated

<End of page 3 of sample>

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