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The first step in learning to read is a big one: from single letters to whole words. That's a lot to ask of young children. To make the transition to reading as simple and easy as possible, why not use the shortest words possible, at least in the very first books that children read? How short can words be and still make a story? Three letters? Two letters? "Y" uses one-letter "words" to tell a very simple story, with characters, action, and humor, to help young children cross the threshold ...