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Minecraft Decodable Reader with ck Digraph Words

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Words with the 'ck' digraph, representing the /k/ sound at the end of short vowel words.

back brick checks crack jack muck pick picks shack sick snack speck stack stick stuck thick whack
Page 1
On the right side of the image, Skel and Zom stand together inside a warmly lit brick house. Skel stands slightly in front, facing the viewer with a proud, satisfied expression, his wooden brown bow slung over his shoulder. Zom stands just behind and to the right, also facing forward with a grumpy, displeased expression, arms crossed. The indoor scene features hanging lanterns, a wooden table or shelf with books, brick walls, and glowing floor lights, giving the room a cosy, warm ambiance. The left side of the image is plain background suitable for text overlay.

Skel checks each speck in his brick shack. Zom just grunts, 'Dirt is fine, step back!'

Page 2
Jack stands on the left side of the image, facing forward with a carefree grin, shrugging with both orange mitten-like hands raised palm-up in an exaggerated 'who cares?' gesture. His jack-o'-lantern head displays a wide jagged smile. The scene is set indoors in what appears to be a messy room with wooden shelving and block-built walls, with warm lighting suggesting daytime. The right side of the image is plain background, clear for text overlay.

Jack just grins and shrugs. He will not pick. He lets the muck stack up so thick.

Page 3
On the right side of the image, Skel stands with a frustrated, angry expression — mouth set in a flat frown and dark, annoyed eye sockets — gripping a broom tightly in both rounded hands, held upright like a weapon, as if he has stopped mid-sweep in defiance. His oversized round cream-white skull and small white dot pupils convey determination. The scene is set indoors against a warm yellow background, with dark reddish-brown block-style brick walls and grimy, muck-covered flooring suggesting a Minecraft-inspired aesthetic.

Skel stands still and grips the stick. The muck is wet, the mess is thick.

Page 4
On the left side of the image, Jack stands in the foreground with a relaxed, laid-back pose, one orange mitten-like hand behind his jack-o'-lantern head, grinning wide. Just behind and to the right of Jack, Zom sits casually on the grass, leaning back on his hands with a contented grin, his pixelated light-green sword resting on the ground beside him. They appear calm and at ease together, enjoying doing nothing. The scene is set outdoors in a suburban backyard-style area with a wooden fence, green grass, and earthy terrain, under bright daytime lighting. The right ~40% of the image is plain pale-yellow background with no detail.

At first the days are not so bad. Out back, Zom and Jack are glad.

Page 5
On the right side of the image, Zom stands in front of a wooden house, viewed from a low angle looking up. Zom has a wide, open-mouthed grin showing his small smiling mouth stretched wide, arms relaxed at his sides, appearing cheerful and completely unbothered. He wears his orange-and-red horizontally striped t-shirt with dark green pants and bright green shoes. Thick muck and grime is visible on the ground around his feet and along the base of the house. The scene is outdoors in daytime with blue sky and clouds visible behind the house's wooden roof overhang. The left side is plain yellow background, clear for text overlay.

Day by day the stink gets thick. But Zom just grins. He is not sick!

Page 6
The image shows an interior scene of a dimly lit, run-down house viewed at a low angle across a dark, grimy floor. On the right side, sticky patches and holes are visible on the worn floorboards, with warm light glowing from a doorway or window in the background, highlighting the neglected state of the home. Several small silverfish-like insects are scattered across the floor in the centre-right area, with more flicking past in motion. The left ~40% of the image is plain yellow-cream background reserved for text overlay.

The shack floor is full of muck. In each crack, silverfish are stuck!

Page 7
The image is rendered in a Minecraft-style blocky/voxel art style, viewed from a high angle looking down into a kitchen interior. On the right side of the image, Zom is standing on the kitchen floor, reaching toward the counter with an eager but dismayed expression, his light green skin and darker green messy hair visible from above. He wears his orange-and-red horizontally striped t-shirt. The kitchen has wooden cabinets mounted on the walls, a countertop with a pie sitting on it, and a glowing lantern providing warm light. Multiple flies buzz thickly around the pie and the room — small dark buzzing creatures swarming between Zom and his lunch. The scene is set indoors in a cosy, warmly lit kitchen. The left ~40% of the image is plain pale yellow background reserved for text.

Zom picks a snack and starts to munch. But flies swarm thick all on his lunch!

Page 8
On the left side of the image, Jack stands inside a wooden house, stepping backward with arms outstretched in a startled, frightened pose, his jack-o'-lantern face showing wide carved eyes. He had been picking up cloths from the floor when dark bugs rushed out from a crack in the wall. Dark spiders and bugs crawl rapidly across the floor and furniture around him, emerging from a visible crack in the wooden wall or floorboards. The indoor scene features wooden plank walls, a hardwood floor with a rug, shelves, and a glowing jack-o'-lantern lantern on a table, giving the room a warm, cosy glow. The right ~40% of the image is plain pale yellow background.

Jack picks up clothes set in a stack. Spiders rush out and he jumps back!

Page 9
On the right side of the image, inside a warm, lantern-lit indoor room with wooden walls and floors rendered in a blocky Minecraft-style aesthetic, two small pets — one dark-furred and one lighter — are positioned on and near a wooden shelf or counter in the upper-right corner, looking down with alert, determined expressions as they track the pests below. Scattered across the floor beneath them are several small, pale bug-like pests swarming thickly, with a large, brightly coloured neon pink-and-cyan pest resembling a sprawling insect or spider-like creature dominating the centre-right of the floor. The bugs clearly outnumber and overwhelm the two small pets. The left ~40% of the image is plain pale yellow background reserved for text.

Pets rush in to whack a pest. The bugs swarm thick. They get no rest!

Page 10
On the left side of the image, Skel stands in the centre facing the viewer with a confident grin, his oversized round cream-white skull and small white dot pupils conveying determination. He holds his wooden brown bow in one hand. To Skel's left, Zom stands with a sheepish but ready expression, wearing his orange-and-red horizontally striped t-shirt and dark green pants, gripping his pixelated light-green sword. To Skel's right, Jack stands with his large orange jack-o'-lantern head and dark brown body suit, one orange mitten-like hand raised in a fist of resolve. All three face the viewer in a united, determined lineup. The scene is set in a warmly lit indoor room with wooden cabinets and a lantern hanging above. The right ~40% of the image is plain pale background with no detail.

Zom and Jack beg Skel for a hand. He will help. But all must take a stand!

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