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Spitters!
Spitters! is an informational explanation. The text explains how animals use spit when they are angry, to make things, and to get food. For example, llamas fire off spit balls when other llamas fail to get the warning signals that they are...
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Spy Maps
Spy Maps is a series of fictional directions and maps for the famous spy Mickey Maloney. Micky Maloney works for Big Wig, the Master Spy. Big Wig sends Mickey Maloney to spy on things so he must read directions and follow maps carefully. The story has...
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Squirrel Monkeys
Squirrel Monkeys is an expository text about how squirrel monkeys live, what they eat, the importance of their tails, and how they deal with dangerous situations. Photographs support important content and are labeled. Illustrations add detail and...
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Stomachs
Stomachs is an informational explanation. The text explains how different creatures use their stomachs to gain energy, from the four-stomached cow to the inside/outside stomach of the starfish. The style is informative and conversational. The...
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Storing Food
Storing Food is an informational report. The text describes how animals store food for winter, for others, as fat, underground, in their stomachs, and in unusual ways. For example, beavers store weighted branches in their underwater lodges,...
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The Daily Meow Newspaper
The Daily Meow is an animal fantasy story with a series of fictional newspaper reports. Some of the headlines of reports in The Daily Meow newspaper include: Cat Robber Raids Again, Tiger Trio at Cat Concert, and Flu Hits Fat Cats. The story includes...
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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 Island of Wingo
The Island of Wingo is a fictional brochure advertising The Island of Wingo. The brochure describes how to get to the island, the free, the tree species and animals on the island, the weather, accommodations, the Wild Life tour, and the general...
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The Jungle Sun
The Jungle Sun is an animal fantasy story with a series of fictional newspaper reports. Some of the headlines of reports in The Jungle Sun newspaper include: Flying Squirrel Gets Tail Tangled, Anacondas Shelter in Trees, and Fierce Storm Hits Jungle. The...
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The New Kid on the Team
The New Kid on the Team is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting the time a new kid joined his boys softball team. The new kid was very small but turned out to be very good at softball. While playing the Cobras, the new kid was...
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The Night Out
The Night Out is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting the night his mom went out, and his dad suggested going to the movies. When they arrived at the theater, they realized that everyone was very dressed up. They were looking...
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The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a girl recounting how scared she was of the bull that lived on her farm growing up. One day when she needed new shoes, her mom let her buy expensive red shoes. The brother warned her that the...