By Margery Cuyler, Illustrated by Arthur Howard                                                                        (Simon & Schuster Books for young readers – 2008)

First-grader Jessica, a big worrier, is especially afraid that she will make a mistake when she is reading in front of her class and parents on Reading Theater day, but after lots of practice reading to her dog Wiggles, she performs perfectly.

心配性の一年生のジェシカは、読む時にいつも緊張が激しかった。そして学校の行事で人前で読むことをとっても怖がっていたが、愛犬のウイグルスを相手に読む練習を重ねたら、完璧に読みが出来た。