The True Story of Pocahontas (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

I must admit, my kindergartener and I are great fans of the Step Into Reading series of books. Since my daughter had completed the Step 2 books in the Step Into Reading series of books, I decided to go ahead and purchase the Step 3 books. I was a bit hesitant because I noticed there is quite a big leap between the Step 2 and Step 3 books, especially in terms of vocabulary and sentence structure. The vocabulary is more advanced with higher order words, and the sentences are longer. I was also concerned that my daughter might not like the topics which seemed to be more 'academic' with history-based stories. My worries were unfounded. She loves the books and is reading them with very little help from me (and I enjoy listening to the stories!)These books are excellent for building children's reading skills as well as increasing their confidence in reading. Once you've completed the Step 1 and Step 2 books (I would advise proceeding level by level), the Step 3 books are not as daunting as they might first appear. In "The True Story of Pocahontas", intermediate readers (ages 5 and up) will learn about the 'real' Pocahontas and her adventures. This is not the Disney version, but a more accurate portrayal of Pocahontas from a historical point-of-view. That does not mean this story is boring. On the contrary, the story coupled with the vivid illustrations depict Pocahontas' amazing life in interesting detail, and engaged my young daughter's interest. Highly recommended.

I am beyond pleased with this book! My daughter has been struggling to read and so I purchased this book with hopes that it would make practicing reading fun for her and also build her confidence reading. She loves history and loves Disney's movie 'Pocahontas'. This book was perfect for her. It had a great balance of sentences/illustrations- just enough sentences on each page to make it feel like a 'real book' and not just a 'beginners book'. She was able to read/sound out most of the words without help and when we got to the word 'Powhatan' I googled the pronunciation to makes sure she was saying it right. The story is fun to follow and the illustrations are very nicely done! What I love most is that she got to practice reading AND learn about real historical events. I highly recommend this book and plan on ordering the other ones on this level that Amazon has available!

This is a Summer reading book for my almost 7 year old heading into 2nd grade. She picked this from a list for non-fiction. It is a Step 3 History Reader. Step 3 is reading on their own, with engaging characters, easy to follow plots & popular topics. This book hit all that, The True Story of Pocahontas. My daughter was able to read it with some help on the indian names/tribes. We liked the story & the illustrations were good too!

This is the story adaptation for kids. It’s the PG version. My kid is clever enough to ask a lot of questions about “unclear” things. The narrative is in first person, so it sound weird when you read it aloud, but it’s easier for kids to read like that. Good book.

I love these series. But most important that my son does. I order 20+ books and he loves to read them (usually it is not that easy to make him read). I got mix of 2-3-4 levels for the second grader, second level is too easy, but it creates some fun and he reads them with pleasure. Love it, I would recommend it.

Great book

great

nice book, however they could have done alittle bit better putting clothes on the indians :-)

A more-faithful account of Pocahontas’ life than the Disney version, this does however have some issues.The first is that the entire book (bar the last page) is written in the present tense. The cover describes the book as “A History Reader” - surely this should be in the past tense!The early life of Pocahontas is somewhat imagined, as of course it must be when we have no records.Finally, the last page of the book states that “Pocahontas stayed in England for the rest of her life.” While this is true, it paints a rather unrealistic image of her life. She spent around 9 months in England in total, boarded a ship to go home and fell ill and died before the boat could leave the river it was sailing on. Romanticising the history does not help anyone!

Not the most exciting story, but an interesting counterpoint to the Disney version.

Bought for the granchidren who have enjoyed it very much, many thanks

Granddaughters loved it.

I ordered a book described as Used - Like New.I was delivered with a crease down the entires book and a child's writing on the first page.