Reed Howard of Brain Hurricane Learning is the creator of the "I Can Read" series of children's books. Beginning with Carrie the Camel the "I Can Read" books bring the joy of learning to read to children through fun and sometimes "wacky" books that children love. The early reading books focus on phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds, (phonemes) in spoken words. Phonemic awareness is essential for children to develop before they can learn to read. The kids these books are read to will have fun exploring them and will learn valuable pre-reading skills lessons at the same time.