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Max Adventure Stories

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Max Adventure Stories
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Max's Clean-up Adventure
Max's Clean-up Adventure

Today is Max's special clean-up adventure. Let's see what he gets up to and join in on the fun.

Max and the Reptile Rock Band
Max and the Reptile Rock Band

Max hears music in the forest and discovers a rockin’ reptile band! Can you guess which instruments each reptile friend plays?

Max's Curious Cave Adventure
Max's Curious Cave Adventure

Max explores a dark cave and encounters curious shadows that give him a scare! But along the way, he meets companions who help him discover the meaning of friendship. This story supports early readers in learning beginning letter sounds, with a special focus on the /c/ sound.

Baker Max: Banana Bread Beats
Baker Max: Banana Bread Beats

In this playful story, Max becomes a cheerful chef, baking banana bread while exploring the syllables in each ingredient. Children can clap along with Max as they learn to break words like ba-na-na, but-ter, and flour into syllables, making early literacy fun and tasty!

Max's Word Train
Max's Word Train

Max is the conductor of the Word Train, where each carriage has a special letter on the side. Only words that begin or end with that letter are allowed to hop aboard! Join Max on a letter-sound journey as he helps children learn beginning and ending sounds, and reading CVC words.

Max on the Move
Max on the Move

In this playful story, Max takes a new adventure each day using different types of transport, starting with one-syllable words like “truck” and building up to four-syllable words like “helicopter.” Young readers learn to clap, count, and break words into syllables while following Max’s journey.

Detective Max and the Dragon's Diamond
Detective Max and the Dragon's Diamond

In this playful phonics adventure, Detective Max helps a dragon named Dizzy find his missing diamond. Packed with D words like dragon, diamond, drain, and detective, this story helps early readers hear and learn the letter d sound, as Max investigates the diamond mystery!

Max's Mixed-up Shopping List
Max's Mixed-up Shopping List

In this playful phonics story, Max’s mum gives him a grocery list but the words are all mixed up! Each item has the wrong beginning or ending sound, and Max must use his reading skills to figure out what she really meant. Perfect for teaching early readers about beginning and ending sounds in CVC words.

Max and the Vanishing Pasta
Max and the Vanishing Pasta

When Max discovers that heavy bowls of pasta are getting lighter, it leads him on a noodle-filled adventure to solve the mystery of the vanishing pasta.

The Syllables Band
The Syllables Band

Max and his family pick out instruments by drawing a number that matches how many syllables are in the instrument’s name. From drums to harmonicas, each bunny discovers how to sound out the parts of their word. This playful story helps early readers learn about syllables while enjoying a fun family music adventure.

Max and the Three Bears
Max and the Three Bears

Max finds the home of three bears in the woods and decides to go exploring.

Max and the Green Go-kart
Max and the Green Go-kart

In this “g”-packed adventure, Max’s dad builds a green go-kart, and the three giggling rabbits zoom through a magical rabbit hole and onto a grand race track. Young readers will grow their phonics skills by hearing, spotting, and sounding out lots of playful words that begin with the letter g.

Detective Max: The Case of the Jumbled Letters
Detective Max: The Case of the Jumbled Letters

Detective Max hops through town to solve a mystery! Signs in the town have their letters all jumbled! With his magnifying glass, he investigates while readers guess the missing letters. This playful story shows children how changing beginning or ending letters can create new CVC words.

The Toy Parade
The Toy Parade

In this playful story, the toys argue over who should lead the parade in the park until Max shows them how to line up by the beats (syllables) in their names. As the toys march in order, (one-beat, two-beat, three-beat, four!) young readers learn how to break words into syllables in a fun and memorable way.

Max's Magic Helping Hat
Max's Magic Helping Hat

In this magical story, Max helps people in town by pulling out just the right items from his magic hat! Each item is made by changing a single letter sound in a CVC word. Young readers will have fun guessing the next word as they see how swapping the first or last sound creates something new!

Max's Busy Blue Bus
Max's Busy Blue Bus

In this story, Max the bus driver picks up a bear, bird, bunny and beaver to bring them to the beach. But when the bus gets a broken tire, the animals all work together to fix it. This letter b story helping early readers spot and learn words that begin with the /b/ sound.

Max and the Mystery of the Missing Cheese Sandwich
Max and the Mystery of the Missing Cheese Sandwich

Max's cheese sandwich is missing! Could there be a mysterious sandwich thief at the playground? Policeman Max is on the case!

Max's Hiccups
Max's Hiccups

Max is the host of the Animal Parade, but when he suddenly gets the hiccups, he can’t say the animal names quite right. This leads to a hilarious, hiccup-filled show! This playful story helps children learn about syllables and how words can be broken into parts, making early literacy fun and memorable.

Max Makes Music
Max Makes Music

Max the musician creates his own song by layering six fun sounds like tap, snap, and clap. Along the way, children explore rhyming -ap family words and discover how music and language can work together!

Max's Safari Cafe
Max's Safari Cafe

Max opens a cafe to cook lunch for his wild animal friends!

Policeman Max and the Missing P
Policeman Max and the Missing P

Policeman Max is on a mission to solve the mystery of the missing letter P from the park sign! He searches high and low through the park to find out who took it!

Max's Week at Reptile School
Max's Week at Reptile School

Max goes to Reptile School and all his classmates have special skills to help their teacher. But poor Max can't help at all. Does Max have any special talents?

Max's Big Week of Birdwatching
Max's Big Week of Birdwatching

Max goes birdwatching every day of the week, happily checking off a new bird each time—until he’s left wondering, when will I finally spot a pigeon?

Max's Garden Party
Max's Garden Party

When Max notices fewer insects coming to his garden, he throws a party to encourage more to visit!

Max's Yummy Letter Week
Max's Yummy Letter Week

Join Max on a tasty adventure, where he only eats foods that begin and end with the same letter sound! As Max explores a new menu each day, children learn to identify beginning and ending sounds in words, building strong phonemic awareness through playful, letter-based meals.

Max and the Great Jungle Race
Max and the Great Jungle Race

Max judges the Great Jungle Race, but when he realizes the race isn’t fair, he comes up with a clever way to celebrate each animal’s unique way of moving.

Max Builds a Treehouse
Max Builds a Treehouse

Max uses his toolbox and favorite tools to build a cozy treehouse high up in the oak tree.

Pilot Max: Delivery to Sandy Shell Island
Pilot Max: Delivery to Sandy Shell Island

Max has to follow the directions to deliver a special package to Sandy Shell Island. But can he remember which way to go?

Max Builds a Band
Max Builds a Band

Max uses tools from his toolbox to build his own musical instruments. Max is ready to play, dance, and perform for a cheering crowd of bunny friends.

Max's Special Home
Max's Special Home

On a cold, rainy day, Max turns his disappointment into creativity by using living room furniture, to build the perfect home...a pillow fort!

Counting on the Sea with Max
Counting on the Sea with Max

Join Max as he counts all kinds of boats in the bay—from rowboats to submarines—on a bright, playful journey from sunrise to starlight.

Max and the Pattern Puzzle Rocket
Max and the Pattern Puzzle Rocket

Max builds a rocket that flies him to the moon. But how will be get home again?

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