Nicole Digs a Hole tells how a girl who likes to dig holes causes trouble for some moles. The Start to Read! series helps children learn to read by presenting interesting stories with easy vocabularies. Words are repeated. Sentences are short. Rhyming words help children increase their vocabularies. Meaningful clues in the illustrations are abundant. Most of the vocabulary words in Nicole Digs a Hole are typically introduced in first grade and second grade. The words mark, leaves, bright, whole, and stole are higher-level words. You may need to help your child sound out these words.