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Fiction Readers: The Happy Faces Leave Home
The Happy Faces Leave Home is a fictional animal fantasy story about a mother happy-face spider and all of her children. The children happy-face spiders wanted happy faces on their back just like their mom. When they finally grew up, they left home and...
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Fiction Readers: The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hare and the Tortoise is an Aesop Fable that has been retold by another author. The story is about a hare teasing a tortoise for being slow. They end up racing, but hare decided to take a nap in the middle of the race. Tortoise is slow and steady and...
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Fiction Readers: The Human Calculator
The Human Calculator is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a girl, Ashley, frustrated that Madison seems to be doing so much better than her in math. Ashley started to suspect that when Madison hurt her head, they implanted a calculator in her...
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Fiction Readers: The Lonely Penguin's Blog
The Lonely Penguin’s Blog is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about a penguin who writes a blog. Palaki, an emperor penguin, blogs about his journey heading south. He describes what he is looking for to know he is on the right route...
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Fiction Readers: The Lovely One
The Lovely One is an animal story based on true events about a giraffe named Beloved that travels from Africa to France as a gift to the King. The story unfolds chronologically in third-person narrative following a single plot line. The...
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Fiction Readers: The Marshmallow Man
The Marshmallow Man is a realistic fiction about a little boy’s day at the state fair. After food, rides, and candy, Charlie enters a costume contest. The story unfolds chronologically in third-person narrative following a single plot line. ...
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Fiction Readers: The Mystery of the Grand Bazaar
Young readers will love the beautiful illustrations and adventurous text in this story about a young boy named Zeyd who enjoys working at the bazaar. One day, someone does the unthinkable and steals a bag of gold coins from the rug merchant! When the...
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Fiction Readers: The Princess and the Pea
The Princess and the Pea is a fractured fairytale based on a traditional tale about a prince trying to find a princess. One day, a woman shows up drenched in water claiming to be a princess. She stays the night, but the queen tests her to make sure she...
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Fiction Readers: The Snake's Diary by Little Yellow
In the diary of Little Yellow the snake, children will learn about what it's like to be a growing snake. Little Yellow desperately wants to be big and green, but slowly comes to realize that there are advantages to being little and yellow. For example,...
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Fiction Readers: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about city mouse visiting his cousin country mouse. Country mouse decided it was time for a change and went to the city. After hiding from the woman in the house and...
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Fiction Readers: The Treasure Hunt
The Treasure Hunt is a realistic fiction story about a girl, Opal, who was opening her birthday gifts. One of her gifts was a map of a science museum with a clue! Opal and her family went to the museum where she saw her friends. The clues led them around...
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Fiction Readers: The Untold Story of Ms. Mirabelle
The Untold Story of Ms. Mirabelle is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a girl and her friend making fun of how a teacher as old as Ms. Mirabelle could not run. Rosalyn’s dad took her to a race to watch the runners. Rosalyn wanted to...