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Piranhas
Piranhas is an expository text that explores a piranha’s teeth, their jaw, what they eat, and where they live. An illustrated map with a legend shows readers where piranhas live. Captions are found on some pages and provide important information...
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Pirates
Pirates is an exciting informational report about the thieving life on the high seas. The text looks at pirates’ ships, attacks, and treasure – including treasure maps. The style is informative and conversational. The book has a...
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Plants Eat Meat Too
Plants Eat Meat, Too is an expository text about plants that can eat meat, such as sticky traps, Venus fly-traps, and water traps. Images enhance and extend meaning of the text. Most images are labeled. An index is included. Interest words include...
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Poisonous Animals
Poisonous Animals is an expository nonfiction text that explains animals with poison inside them as well as poisonous claws, fangs, skin, spines, and stingers. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels. Poisonous Animals includes...
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Prairie Dogs - Social Animals
Prairie Dogs -- Social Animals is an informational report about prairie dogs including information on their social habits, their communities, and their environment. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and...
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Racing Cars
Racing Cars is an expository text about cars that go very fast and the safety precautions drivers must take. Photographs support important content and are labeled. Illustrations add detail and interest to the text and are found on each page. Callouts...
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Rats
Rats is an expository text that shows readers where rats live, what they eat and what their teeth and nails are used for. Pet rats, and the relationship between rats and people, is discussed. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Few photographs are...
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Rave Reviews
Rave Reviews is a collection of reviews on various fictional concerts, plays, festivals, and parades. The text also discusses how to write a review. The text unfolds in first - person in the format of a review. Illustrations support and...
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Riding the Bubbly Seas
Riding the Bubbly Seas is a narrative story about a little boy and his grandma going on a cruise. The book also discusses features of a diary. The text is in the format of a diary with illustrations and a map that support and enhance the text...
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Riding the River
Riding the River is an informational explanation of the sport of kayaking. Kayak safety and skills such as launching, paddling, exiting, and rolling a kayak are described. The style is informative and conversational. The book has a...
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River Dog
River Dog is a recount by Adam, a boy with a paralyzing fear of water. In a daring rescue of an elderly lady, Adam plunges into the river. Just as panic is about to overtake him, the lady’s little dog shows him how to dog paddle. The...
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Robot Helpers
Robot Helpers is an informational report. The text describes how robots fight fires, do factory jobs, do housework, help doctors, and help scientists. For example, robots work in car factories and chocolate factories. They can mow the...