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The Big Giant
The Big Giant is a fictional story about a giant who eats too much, grows larger, and begins following a diet of only vegetables. Illustrations support the text. Speech bubbles are used to convey character thoughts. To conclude, list of the giant’s...
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The Biggest Girl in the World
The Biggest Girl in the World is a biography of Anna Swan Bates, the biggest women in the world. The book also discusses text connections, planning a biography, and features of a biography. The text is divided into sections and has a Contents...
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The Biggest Pumpkin
The Biggest Pumpkin is a recount by Max, a boy determined to win first place in the Biggest Pumpkin competition. His hopes are dashed when Mooloo the cow decides Max’s pumpkin looks good to eat, but Max has his moment of triumph when he tells...
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The Bike Race
The Bike Race is a realistic adventure about a boy who bikes through mud, grass, sand, and a pond before landing in a hole. Finally, the well-used bike goes in a truck! The text features the repeating language pattern “Look at the bike...
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The Bird
The Bird is a fictional animal fantasy story about a bird that went different places. The bird tries to go in a bird bath, but cannot fit. The bird went in a pool instead! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, storyboard, and speech...
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The Birthday
The Birthday is a realistic fiction story about a boy’s birthday party. All of his friends come to his party and give him climbing gear. He then goes to the mountain. Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, and speech bubble. The...
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The Black Rabbit
The Black Rabbit is a realistic fiction story about a boy recounting when his brother rescued a scared baby rabbit. His family took care of the baby rabbit, and by the next day, it had warmed up to the whole family. The boy recalls dropping the rabbit,...
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The Boat
A Boat is a realistic, humorous story about a sailor with a telescope. On each two-page spread he sees something new then has a humorous collision or encounter with what he’s discovered. In the end, the sailor’s boat crashes, and...
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The Booby Trap
The Booby Trap is humorous, narrative fiction about a group of children who set various booby-traps in order to catch a burglar. Illustrations add humour and extend meaning. Speech bubbles are used to convey thoughts. To conclude, a two-page spread, with...
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The Box House
The Box House is a humorous, fictional text about a boy named Jack who makes a box house outside for him and his mom to sleep in. Each hour, something bad happens and Jack and his mom must go inside. Dialogue is used between characters. Illustrations add...
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The Break
The Break is a realistic recount by a boy, Mick, who goes hiking with his older brother and his friends. The big boys laugh at Mick and get ahead of him. Mick is so angry he leaves the trail and gets hurt. By the time the hike is over...
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The Bumper Cars
The Bumper Cars is a humorous and realistic fiction story about children getting in different coloured bumper cars. When a girl gets in the green car, the tire falls off and bounces into the ball pit! Readers gain information from the text,...