Lee Has A Friend: Word by Word Graded Readers for Children, #5

By Philip Gibson

In this book, we meet Tom. Tom is Lee's new friend. Lee really likes his new friend and takes him home so they can play and have dinner together. Tom really likes Lee's house. He likes Lee's mommy and daddy. He likes Lee's dog and he really, really, really likes the food in Lee's house.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Philip Gibson
• Release date: Nov 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781540129000

Book preview

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New Words:

How many... ?

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Lee, Pat and their friends are playing in the garden.  Can you see them?  Can you see the children playing in the garden?  How many children can we see?  A lot.  We can see a lot of children.

We can see a lot of children playing in the garden.  Some of the children have balls to play with. 

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Some of the balls are red and some of them are black.  How many balls can we see?  A lot!  The children have a lot of balls to play with today.

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Not all the children are playing with balls. Some of them are sitting down eating.  What are they eating?  Do you know?  They are eating candy. 

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Can you see the children eating candy?  Can you see how many children are eating candy?  Can you see who they are?

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Now, Mommy and Daddy are coming from the house.  They are going to see the children.  They want to see Lee and Pat.  Mommy goes to see Pat, and Daddy goes to see Lee.

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Please give me your candy, Lee, says Daddy.  Mommy does not want you to eat a lot of candy.  Please give your candy to me. 

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Lee gives his candy to his daddy.  Here you are, he says.  Here is my candy.

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Lee gives all his candy to Daddy.  Now, Lee can go and play with his friends.  Lee has a lot of friends now and he likes to play with his friends in the garden.

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Mommy

Where are the children?  Where are Lee and Pat now?

Daddy

They are in the garden.  They are playing with their friends in the garden.

Mommy

How many children are in the garden?

Daddy

A lot.  A lot of children are playing in the garden.  Lee and Pat have a lot of friends now.

Mommy

That’s good!  It’s good to have a lot of friends.  I want Lee and Pat to have a lot of friends.

Daddy

I want them to have a lot of friends, too.  I like to see them playing with their friends in the garden.

Mommy

Yes.  I want them to play with their friends in the garden.  I do not want to have a lot of children playing in the house.

Daddy

Some children are not playing.  Some of them are sitting down and eating candy.  They are eating a lot of candy.

Mommy

That’s not good!  I do not want Lee and Pat to eat a lot of candy.  It is not good for them!

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1.  Where are the children playing?

2.  Are some children playing with balls?

3.  What are Lee and Pat doing?

4.  Do Lee and Pat have a lot of friends now?

5.  Is it good for children to eat a lot of candy?

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New Words:

know

don’t = do not

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Now, all the children are playing together in Lee and Pat’s garden.  Do you know these children?  You know Lee and Pat, don’t you?  Do you know their dog, too?  Their dog’s name is Kim.  Kim is a very good dog.

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Every boy in the garden has a ball.  The girls do not have balls.  The boys are playing a game together. 

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The girls want to play this game, too.  The girls want to take the balls from the boys and play the game.

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Pat goes to see her brother, Lee.  Lee gives her his ball.  He gives her his red ball.  Pat takes the red ball from Lee.  She takes the ball and goes to see her friends.

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Now, all the boys are giving their balls to the girls.  The girls are taking the balls from the boys.  They take the balls and go to play the game. 

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How many balls do the girls have now?  Do you know?  A lot!  Now, the girls have a lot of balls.  They have all the balls!  Now, the girls can play the game.

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Now, the boys and girls are having a lot of fun.  It is fun to play in this garden.  All the boys and girls like to play in this garden. 

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Lee

Do you like playing that game, Pat?

Pat

Yes, I do.  I know this game.  It’s a very good game.  It’s fun to play this game.

Lee

Here.  Take this ball, too.  Take this red ball and put it over there.

Pat

Where?

Lee

Over there.  Take it over there and put it with your friends’ balls.

Pat

Over there?  Yes, I