He happily starts on the book, an "easy reader" aimed at a first grade reading level. He struggles with words: nice, true, voice, sure, might, outside, and because.

He happily starts on the book, an “easy reader” aimed at a first grade reading level. He struggles with words: nice, true, voice, sure, might, outside, and because.

The Iowa Department of Education will hand out 100,000 book packs — 1 million books in all — to first grade students this winter. News Sports Opinion Business Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper ...

He happily starts on the book, an “easy reader” aimed at a first grade reading level. He struggles with words: nice, true, voice, sure, might, outside, and because.