An endnote, written by the instructor, explains the goals of the course and the procedures for writing the reviews. Yes, you can judge these books by their covers. The covers, with drawings of two people, Sam and Tam at bat, show about all there is to these books. The language is not only dated, but senseless, accompanied by simplistic illustrations. There are three stories in the blue level books, two stories in the green texts, and one in the purple.
Stories gain in length as readers gain ability.
Each story begins with a summary. This is beneficial because it is otherwise difficult to make sense out of some of the stories. These texts, although well intended, have many weaknesses. The content matter of these stories is also questionable. Some of the topics are inappropriate, and others are presented in such a way that the reader would have a hard time identifying with them in real life.