Semantic and syntactical features of storybooks in the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) Reading Program are reviewed and analyzed. To make the scripts match children's oral language as closely as possible within other program constraints and to avoid potential semantic difficulties, the following changes are recommended: (1) the introduction of "let's" as a sight word; (2) the introduction of "here" as a sight word, and (3) the deletion of "ask." Approximately 50 script changes are listed by story number and page number. (Author/LL)