Students become super sleuths—and better readers—with kid-pleasing mysteries that target essential phonics concepts! The intriguing stories feature easy-to-decode text focusing on long and short vowels, blends, digraphs, vowel teams and more...plus corresponding illustrations to help with understanding. Children sound out the words and answer comprehension questions as they make their way through each case—developing reading skills with every mystery they solve! You get 50 paperback books (5 copies each of 10 different titles) and a 24-page teaching guide filled with tips and reproducibles—all in an 11 3/4"w x 4"d x 10"h box. Each book is 16 pages.