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Free Decodable Reader with 'th' Words | Litterbug

Practice Words

Words containing the digraph 'th', producing either the unvoiced /θ/ or voiced /ð/ sound.

with they the there that them
Page 1
A girl in a plaid shirt watches as passengers in an auto-rickshaw throw trash out the window while her mother looks on disapprovingly.

Di is a litterbug. Her mum gets mad. Litterbugs fill the world with junk.

Page 2
A girl peers from under a blue blanket as a pile of trash with flies looms overhead, with stuffed animals beside her.

The next day, there is junk in Di's bed.

Page 3
A sad girl stands alone with flies buzzing around garbage above her head while newspapers and debris surround her.

The junk drifts with her.

Page 4
Classmates point and look uncomfortable at a sad girl surrounded by smelly trash and flies in a classroom setting.

Di's pals hate it. It smells bad.

Page 5
A dejected girl with trash cloud above her head stands apart while classmates gather together with cleaning buckets nearby and a mouse offers comfort.

They run to be rid of the junk.

Page 6
A girl hides behind a park bench with a mouse companion while garbage and flies float overhead near a curved pathway.

Di is left with the rats.

Page 7
A sad girl stands alone in a grey misty landscape with garbage in the corner and flies scattered around her.

Di is sad that she is a litterbug. She wants to stop.

Page 8
A frustrated girl tries to push away a cloud of trash and flies while standing on a green hill.

She runs, but the junk and bugs come for her.

Page 9
An angry girl with garbage and flies surrounding her confronts another child at a bus stop with a banana peel on the ground.

Di spots a litterbug drop a skin by a bin. She tells them to stop.

Page 10
An upset girl with messy hair holds trash near an overflowing garbage bin with flies buzzing around a pile of litter above.

Di gets all of the junk that she can and puts it in bins.

Page 11
A smiling girl carries recyclables toward a green bin while a small mouse with a banana peel follows behind.

There is less and less junk by her. That is how to stop it!

Page 12
Children in school uniforms play with balloons, a kite, and a ball in a park with a green recycling bin nearby.

Her pals are glad she is not a litterbug now.

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