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Fiction Readers: Zoo Hullabaloo
Zoo Hullabaloo is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a girl going to a zoo and hearing all of the different animal sounds. The zoo wasn’t quiet until she finally reached the crocodile and smiled. The story is narrated with illustrations,...
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Flea Goes Out!
Flea Goes Out is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about Flea hopping onto Big Bill to go out. They went to a café for lunch where Flea started hopping onto other people's heads! People noticed the flea and started to say...
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Funny Insects
Funny Insects is an informational text about striking aspects of insects, such as a butterfly wing like a leaf or hair like string. The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral language. All the sentences are short and...
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Going Places
Going Places is an informational text about the migration of whales, birds, and butterflies. The text explains how each creature travels from snow to warmer climes. The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral...
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Granny Comes to Stay
Granny Comes to Stay is a humorous, realistic story about a visit from Granny, who arrives with a truckload of baggage. As the kids help her unload, they find that Granny’s things alone take up a whole room. Granny has a solution. ...
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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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Kids Can Read
Kids Can Read is a humorous, fictional text about a father who gives a map to his children and lets them navigate. Illustrations fully support the meaning of the text. Interest words include map and mud. Positional words such as down, under, over, into,...
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Let's Eat
Let’s Eat is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the different ways that animals and humans get their food. Illustrations support the text. The tools people and animals use to get their food, such as sticks, rocks, and can...
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Looking After Eggs and Babies
Looking After Eggs and Babies is an informational text explaining how mothers and fathers in nature look after their eggs and babies. Some babies are in dens or nests, others are carried in pouches or on the legs or back. The text is composed of...
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Looking at the Fish
Looking at Fish is an expository text that invites readers to become familiar with the parts of a fish. The book begins by showing a photograph of a fish with its teeth, mouth, eyes, head, skin, and tail labeled. Photographs throughout label one body...
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Nonfiction Readers 1: Weather
Emergent readers will learn basic Earth science concepts with this fascinating reader featuring Time For Kids© content! Beginning readers will practice their reading skills as they are introduced to various types of weather including rain, sunshine,...
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Out of the Egg
Out of the Egg is an informational text describing and showing the emergence of a tortoise from an egg. The step-by-step text captures the drama of new life. The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral language. All of...