The New Bike is an entertaining story about a girl named Lee and her first adventure on her new bike. School Zone's Start to Read! series helps children learn to read by presenting interesting stories with easy vocabularies. Words are repeated. Sentences are short. Rhyming words help children increase their vocabularies. Context clues in the illustrations are abundant. Most of the vocabulary words in The New Bike are typically introduced in first grade and second grade. The words another, pedals, across, bridge, and through are higher-level words. You may need to help your child sound out these words. After several readings together, encourage your child to read alone. Praise your childs efforts because, most of all, the reading experience should be enjoyable.