Mouse Goes to Town Story for Kids

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Part One · Mouse Goes to Town

Country Mouse lived in a hole in a field.

About Mouse Goes to Town

A free Grade 1 story from the Peabody library, Level 5. It has 17 short pages and about 165 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.

A calm home is better than a fancy one full of fear.

Aesop, a storyteller in Greece, told this about 2,600 years ago.

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.
📚 More books at level 5 for a guided-reading group. This is Peabody's own level, not a Lexile or a guided-reading letter. Pick a group's books from their level, and one level up to stretch them.
🖨 Print the passage with its questions and answer key

Questions and answer key (5)

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