<p>Captain Frank and First Mate Tank are ready for another exciting adventure at sea!</p><p>Frank (an otter) and Tank (a hippopotamus) are best friends and captain and first mate of the tugboat <em>Stinky Sue</em>. And on their latest voyage they discover an extra crewmate-a stowaway! Curtis hides aboard the tugboat during his class field trip. Good thing he does because Frank and Tank need extra help when they are called to rescue a pirate ship. No boat too big no boat too small the <em>Stinky Sue</em> will save them all!</p><p><em>Frank and Tank: Stowaway</em> is told through simple declarative sentences with an emphasis on phonics and colorful (and silly!) illustrations will delight newly emerging readers interested in adventure the ocean harbors and friendship.</p><p><em>Frank and Tank: Stowaway</em> is a Level 1 I Can Read book which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.</p><p>Phonics teaches children the relationship between letters and the sounds they make. A child who has mastered these relationships has an excellent foundation for learning to read and spell. According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development a child who has learned phonics has a method to recognize familiar words and 'decode' unfamiliar ones.</p>
