It's Joe's first day of school and all he wants to do is to learn to read so that he can enjoy his books all by himself - without the need for his parents to read to him. As his teacher Mrs Richey introduces the children to their new classroom, all Joe is thinking about is "When do we get to learn to read?!"

This is a sample illustration from Tricia Gardella's book 'Word Play' which is available on Amazon.