Buster and the Pail Story for Kids

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Part One · Buster and the Pail

Buster Bear sat in a big patch of berries.

About Buster and the Pail

A free Grade 1 story from the Peabody library, Level 5. It has 13 short pages and about 117 words, so it reads in a few minutes.

At reading level 5, Peabody's practice works on phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words; the level page says what is in each.

Thornton Burgess told stories like this about the animals of the meadow and the woods, in a book in 1916.

To print it or save it as a PDF, tap the ⓘ button above the story, then “Print this story”.

This is a first reader, so it also prints as a little book or on one page: print this book. For more like it, see beginning reader books.

For teachers: read it to the class, questions and key

📺 Read this to the class: one page at a time on the board, big arrows, and Peabody reads a page when you ask. Sound is off until you tap.
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Questions and answer key (4)

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