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Inside Nests
Inside Nests is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the different materials that birds may use when they make their nests such as feathers, leaves, and mud. Illustrations match print. The materials used in the making of the nest is...
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Invisible Clues
Invisible Clues is an informational report that explores collecting evidence for forensic investigators including information on how investigations begin and how evidence is collected, reported, and analyzed. The book also discusses text...
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Jobs for Some People
Jobs for Some People is an expository nonfiction text that explains different jobs including: clown, dancer, drummer, juggler, magician, and man with puppets. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels. Jobs for Some People includes...
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Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill is a biography of environmentalist Julia Hill. The book describes her early life and how she became involved in a tree-sitting campaign to save a redwood forest. Her determination led her to spend two years living at the...
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Jumping Spiders
Jumping Spiders is an expository text that invites readers to learn about spiders that jump. The text explores what kind of eyes a spider has, what it eats, and how it makes its’ nest. Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the...
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Keeping Clean
Keeping Clean is an expository text that explores how some animals keep clean by using dust, water, and ants. Photographs support interpretation. Most images are labeled. An index is included. Interest words include dust, roll, bugs, feathers, and flap...
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Komodo Dragons
Komodo Dragons is an expository text that explores where Komodo dragons live, how they get food, what their bodies look like, and how they have their babies. Labeled photographs enhance and extend meaning. A world map with a legend shows where Komodo...
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Ladders
Ladders is an expository text that shows readers the different things ladders are used for such as treehouses, spaceships, and ships. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. An index is included. Interest words include ladder,...
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Leafcutter Ants
Leafcutter Ants is an expository text that shows readers how leafcutter ants live. Where ants live, their social hierarchy, as well as how they lay eggs and take care of their young, is discussed. Photographs support important content and photos...
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Legs
Legs is an expository text about the different ways that animals and people use their legs to move. Examples include running, jumping, and walking. A picture of the animal or human in movement is depicted on a two-page spread. Their moving legs are...
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Legs, No Legs
Legs, No Legs is an expository text about animals with legs and animals without legs. Readers learn about centipedes, crabs, spiders, starfish, snails, and snakes. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and some captions are...