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Pack 5

Short U

Bug, mug, sun, truck — the short U sound, from drums to mud camps.

The twenty words

bughugmugrugtubcupsunrunbusgumnutjugpupmuddrumplugtruckstumpjumpbrush

Plus a few words readers learn by heart: a, the, has, in, on, and, to, is.

Five storybooks

Pick one for a single storybook order (from $19.99), or get all five in the bundle. “[NAME]” becomes your character’s name.

“A Mug for Gran”

[NAME] carries a full mug across the garden to Gran, but a bouncy pup sends it flying into the mud. A rub in the tub, a refill from the jug, and Gran gets her mug after all, with a hug on top.

10 pages · uses: hug, mug, tub, sun, run, jug, pup, mud, stump · with Gran

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“[NAME]'s Truck is Stuck”

[NAME]'s big red truck bumps a stump and lands in the mud. Stuck! [NAME] tugs, the pup tugs [NAME], the cat tugs the pup, until, pop, the truck jumps free and everyone lands in a muddy hug.

10 pages · uses: hug, sun, run, pup, mud, truck, stump, jump

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“[NAME] Has a Drum”

[NAME] bangs a new drum so loudly that the pup, the cat and even the bug on the rug run off. A soft brush and a gentle tap, tap, tap bring everyone back.

10 pages · uses: bug, rug, tub, run, pup, drum, stump, brush

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“[NAME]'s Box Bus”

[NAME] turns a big box into a bus. The pup and the cat jump in, snacks go on the dashboard, and off it goes, bump, bump, bump, until it tips on the rug and everyone plops out laughing.

10 pages · uses: hug, rug, cup, run, bus, nut, pup, jump

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“[NAME] and the Bug”

A bug lands on the rug and [NAME] wants to keep it in a cup, but it hops to the mug, the jug, then the cat. When it finally settles on [NAME]'s nose, [NAME] carries it out to the sun and lets it go.

10 pages · uses: bug, mug, rug, cup, sun, run, jug, jump

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