A Surprise for Mrs. O'Malley BIG BOOK

A Surprise for Mrs. O’Malley is a humorous fantasy about Mrs. O’Malley’s problems with alligators.  As alligators fill her yard, Mrs. O’Malley tries to shoo them away, but ultimately, she’s forced to call the Alligator Man.  The next morning Mrs. O’Malley is surprised to find … eggs filling her yard.  Several repeating language patterns tell the story in dialogue and narrative.

The story is told as a sequence of events.  Mostly simple sentences are used.  Quotation marks, exclamation marks, question marks, ellipses, apostrophes, and commas are used. Bold face is used for emphasis.  Large, colourful display type is used in text to enhance meaning.  Humorous illustrations support the text directly and add meaning.

The contractions don’t, can’t, and wouldn’t used.  Singular/plural pairs include claw/claws and man/men.   The homonyms too/to/two, tails/tales, there/their, and hear/here appear.  Interest words include stared, glared, disobey, and flicked.

This title is from the Sails Literacy series. Hook readers and ignite their curiosity - over 700 levelled texts with bright, colourful, sophisticated designs.