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Tame and Wild
Tame and Wild is an expository text about tame animals and wild animals. Readers learn about dogs, wild cats, rabbits, rats, and wolves. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. An index is included. Interest words include...
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Tents
Tents is an expository text that invites readers to learn about various tents that people can use such as tents for the beach, for camping, for shows, for sick people, and for weddings. Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and...
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Termites
Termites is an expository text about termites that discusses what they eat, their homes, and termite kings, queens, and soldiers. Most photographs are labeled. A cross-sectional diagram illustrates the inside of a termite mound. An index is presented...
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The Complete Survival Guide
The Complete Survival Guide is a procedural text that details how to survive in a variety of hostile situations. Hyperthermia and hypothermia, shelter, water, fire, attitude, and improvisation are some of the topics covered. The book concludes with...
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The Cuckoo Bird
The Cuckoo Bird is an expository text about how cuckoo birds find nests, how they lay eggs, and how they find food for their babies. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. A life cycle diagram of a cuckoo bird’s life is...
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The Hiders
The Hiders is an informational report. The text describes how animals and people choose places of safety and use camouflage to elude predators and enemies. Wartime hiding tactics by soldiers and those persecuted, such as Anne Frank, are...
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The Hummingbird
The Hummingbird is an expository text that invites readers to learn about how hummingbirds get their food, how they fly, and how they lay their eggs. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. A scale diagram shows how small a...
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The Nose Horns
The Nose Horns is an expository nonfiction text that explains the characteristics of rhinoceroses, which include their skin, ears, eyes, and horn. The text discusses how the rhinos use these body parts and how they protect their body. Readers gain...
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The Octopus
The Octopus is an expository nonfiction text that explains the body parts of an octopus include the arms, eyes, food, head, ink, and skin. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels. The Octopus includes critical thinking questions...
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The Secrets of Sand
The Secrets of Sand is an informational report. The text describes sand, the creatures that live in sandy environments, the challenges sand poses to living things, and some sand survival tips. It also looks at how sand can be both useful and...
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The Stick Insect
The Stick Insect is a narrative about Amy, an on-stage kind of girl, and her brother, Josh, a very behind-the-scenes kind of boy. When Amy breaks her leg before the school play, Josh has to find the courage to take her place as … The Stick...