The Honest Woodcutter — Kate Rio

The Caramel Tree Readers Level 2 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It offers a range of classic fairy tale adaptations and stories with 500 to 700 words.

Each book in this set features a few sentences per page that are accompanied by detailed illustrations. Given the familiar contexts, some of the fairy tales have been reworked or adapted so that students are always surprised and eager to read all the way to the unexpected endings.

A woodcutter loses his old axe in the river. A fairy appears with gold, silver, and bronze axes and asks the woodcutter which one is his. The woodcutter is rewarded for his honesty but will others do the same?