TY - BOOK AU - Makar, Barbara W. TI - The Little skunk U1 - EA MAK PY - 1995/// CY - Cambridge, MA PB - Educators Publishing Service, Inc., N1 - Alphabetic & contracted braille; On the top of each page, the text appears in alphabetic braille. Following a row of dots, the text appears in contracted braille on the bottom of each page; Phonetic Elements Consonant sounds: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, w, sh (fish), ch (chick), -tch (witch), -nk (ink), le (apple) Consonant Blends: st-, -st, sl-, -nt, cl-, -lp, gl-, dr-, -ff, fr, -ll, tr-, -ss, br-, -ck, sn-, -x, sm-, sw-, sk-, th- Vowel sounds: a as in cat, i as in pig, o as in hot (in some localities the o in dog may have the sound of aw as in saw), u as in cup, e as in pet, a (ape), o (bone), u (mule), e (Pete), oe (toe), ee (bee), ea (seal), ee (jeep), long vowels with r (fire, deer) Sight words: a, the, to, and, of, I, said, are, you, an, then, would, were, out New Patterns: he, we, go, no, so Continues practice of plural forms, compound words and two-syllable words; K-4 N2 - Trish and Uncle Joe take care of a ranch. One day they find a skunk which leads to all kinds of trouble! ER -