These titles look at words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. They have a large font and no more than five words per page (with the exception of the first page, which contains a full definition of homophones).

The words in Harry (hay/hey, heard/herd, higher/hire, hole/whole, hi/high, etc.) will be familiar to most four- and five-year-olds, while several of the examples in Fred may be new to youngsters that age (raise/rays, root/route, rains/reins). Both books have above-average, full-color, up-to-date photographs demonstrating the words. Indexes include phonetic spellings of the nouns, proper nouns, and verbs used in the texts. One can't help but wonder who these books are for. Are homophones really being taught, or even introduced, to preschoolers?

Each book features:
- Large type; ample spacing between lines
- Easy-to-follow layout; text appears at same place on every page
- Print separated from photos
- Simple sentences
- Digraphs, consonant blends
- Long and short vowel sounds
- Introduces multisyllabic and compound words, simple adjectives, and inflectional endings
- Common "picture words" list helps reader decode text
- Word repetition reinforces learning
- Photos assist reader with word recognition and reflect multicultural diversity
- Full-color Photographs
- Picture Glossary
- Word List