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Decodables, stories, and creative tools to help kids read, imagine, connect, and laugh.

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"I would give your book 1,000 stars!" — Yasmeen, 1st grader (the maximum rating was 4 stars)

"I will give you 3 million dollars!" — Juan, 2nd grader

Juan and Adam, two 2nd graders, started a bidding war over KC's books during a classroom visit — going from $1M to $2M to $3M. Unfortunately, neither had a PayPal account, so the transaction was never completed.

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"KC Bagley Speech Language Pathologist author and illustrator of KC PlayLit"

Who is KC Bagley, creator of KCPlayLit:

KC Bagley is a Speech Language Pathologist, author, illustrator, and creator. He built KC PlayLit Decodables because early readers deserve books with a foundation built on literacy science that kids will actually want to read!

Every book is hand-illustrated, decodable, UFLI aligned and classroom-tested with real teachers and students.

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