Not quite what I was expecting. I guess I was confusing Spelling and Reading. It is very slow moving. We are using it for homeschooling. The left page has a few cartoon frames and a sentence of an on-going story to go with each. The right page has some letter/sound/comprehension exercises. The cartoon story is picked up again on the next left page. There are a total of 4 or 5 34;stories34; in the book. My complaint about the right hand pages is that the pictures are often hard to guess (what letter does this word start with? Well, would a kid call that a hat or a cap? See what I mean?) We will use it, but I don't think it is teaching him much. I like the DK Workbooks: Spelling much better.

I bought this to help my daughter get up to level with her class and maybe ahead. We do one page (back and front) every day. I'm not sure if the school she attends is advanced or if the first part of this book is meant to be review, but she is finding it to be extremely easy. Too easy, even.