The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

Penny and Rio
www.pennyandrio.com/homeschoolers

“Creating Interactive Books for Exceptional Readers.” Award-winning Penny and Rio early chapter books provide wholesome entertainment and exciting learning fun for children. All three of the books in the Penny and Rio series are recipients of the Mom’s Choice Awards for Juvenile Fiction—Early Reader. In addition, the books have also been awarded The Dove Foundation’s Family-Approved Seal. Reviewers rave about the books.

“I can Highly Recommend this cute dog detective series to all families, especially animal lovers. The Mysterious Backyard Meeting and The Locked Doghouse Mystery will keep your children happily engaged and may even inspire them to write their own stories about their pets. We can’t wait until the next installment of the Penny and Rio series comes out.”—Jenny Thompson, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, October 2010

On the website, teachers and parents will find curriculum aids. Designed by the author, Jennifer Swanson, M.S. Ed., the packet includes exciting and interesting ideas for how to use the Penny and Rio books in homeschool classrooms. Provoking discussion questions, interactive role-playing assignments, and even suggestions of similar books for text-to-text connections will engage students and get them thinking like the dynamic canine detectives.

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