Author Sue Pavey ("The Alphabet Friends") and Eleni Demetriou have collaborated with Red Heart Books LLC to publish a new title, ideal for beginning readers, "Charlie Dog." Charlie Dog is the perfect story for the beginning reader. It is rich with sight words, which are so important for children at this stage of reading and comprehension. This book will boost your child's confidence, as they will find many words that are easy to recognize and sound out. Eleni Demetriou's illustrations are engaging, but do not distract the new reader, allowing them to enjoy the story through pictures while focusing on the words. Author Sue Pavey has done a brilliant job integrating the child's imagination with her main character Charlie. At this age, children's play is rich with imagination. A child may pretend to be several different things or be in several different places in a single day's imaginative play. Charlie's world is very similar. While reading, you can see children trying to guess how Charlie gets so dirty. In the end, your child smiles when the simple truth is revealed. It seems Charlie and children have a lot in common. Sue Pavey is a mother of two. Her interest in writing began years earlier in the 1990s, when she started writing a sitcom based on her family's experience in the Bahamas - where her husband Joe worked as a croupier. Twenty years down the line-and thanks to that suggestion from Joe-Sue has finally realized the long-held dream of seeing her words in print, and is now working on several more follow-ups. Red Heart Books LLC is a family-friendly publishing company. Founded in February of 2012 in the great state of Oregon, the company focuses on books that delight children and empower families.