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The Phoenix and the Carpet

by E. Nesbit

A magic carpet and a vain golden phoenix take four kids anywhere they wish, with messy results.

📖 12 chapters, complete ⏱ about 35 minutes a night 📅 a chapter a night finishes it in about 2 weeks
Read it free in theApp StoreHow reading missions work

In ChoreUnlock

This book can earn their screen time.

Assign The Phoenix and the Carpet as a mission and pick the schedule: every day, school nights, weekends, or one chapter a week. The app serves the next chapter each time and keeps the bookmark.

📚 They read it in the app

The full text, 12 chapters, on their own device. No separate book to buy or lose.

🎤 They prove it out loud

At the end of a chapter the app highlights a short passage and your child reads it aloud. Mak listens and checks it against the page.

⚡ The screen time is earned

Pass, and the XP lands. Screen time comes from the book, not the feed.

What's inside

The complete book, split into 12 chapters the app serves one at a time.

See all 12 chapters
Chapter 1THE EGG
Chapter 2THE TOPLESS TOWER
Chapter 3THE QUEEN COOK
Chapter 4TWO BAZAARS
Chapter 5THE TEMPLE
Chapter 6DOING GOOD
Chapter 7MEWS FROM PERSIA
Chapter 8THE CATS, THE COW, AND THE BURGLAR
Chapter 9THE BURGLAR’S BRIDE
Chapter 10THE HOLE IN THE CARPET
Chapter 11THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Chapter 12THE END OF THE END

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Tonight, The Phoenix and the Carpet can be the mission.

Assign it in about a minute. The first read-aloud usually earns a grin.

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