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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Tool Makers
The Tool Makers is an informational report on tools through the ages, from the Stone Age to the New Stone Age to the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. The style is informative and conversational. The book...
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The True Cost of Food
The True Cost of Food is an informational report on the environmental impact associated with food production. Global warming, food miles, animal faming, commercial fishing, water consumption, and...
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The Volcano Awakes
The Volcano Awakes! is a first-person factual recount of a reporter’s experience covering the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Narrative and dialogue are used to tell the dramatic story. The style is...