Book excerpt: This wipe-clean phonics book combines curriculum-based language-arts-skills practice with puzzles, humor, and playful art. The convenient, reusable format is designed to make learning phonics exciting and fun. Phonics skills are important building blocks for reading success. Highlights brings "Fun with a Purpose" to this essential learning activity with this 56-page, full-color, write-on wipe-off book that includs a dry erase marker. This book, created with education experts, covers consonant blends, rhyming words, vowel sounds, spelling patterns, and more--all designed to help kids improve reading and writing skills and build confidence in the classroom. Hidden Pictures puzzles, mazes, and other activities help reinforce learning and add to the fun.