Students read about Marty Mathews' many interesting relatives and ancestors in stories authored by an experienced reading specialist. Each story is illustrated, and each is accompanied by eight comprehension questions. Glossary words are included. As students work, they choose a story to read, and then answer four comprehension questions presented by Marty's grandma.
Students can have the computer pace their reading at any of nine different speeds.
Student work on ten kinds of comprehension questions is monitored, and reports can be printed or saved to disk. Multiple choice vocabulary tests covering the glossary words in each group of ten stories also are included in the program for pre and post testing, or just for fun. As children read these materials, they are motivated by curiosity about Marty's relatives and amused by similarities between Marty's ancestors and famous characters of fact and fiction.