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The Robbers
The Robbers is a humorous, realistic fiction about a man named Paddy who calls over a police officer because he finds a mess in his house and thinks robbers broke in. The police officer examines the scene and realizes that ducks got into his home and...
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The Robot
The Robot is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a robot building a robot dog. When the robot dog is finished, he begins digging big holes in the planet! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, dialogue, storyboard, and caption...
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The Robot Car
The Robot’s Car is a fictional text about a group of robots who assemble the wheels, doors, lights, and bumper of a car. Illustrations fully support the meaning of the text. Illustrative text is used. An image of the robot’s checklist is...
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The Rock Boss
The Rock Boss is a humorous, animal fantasy about a goat with large horns who pushes everyone off the rock because he believes he is the boss of the rock. When a bee comes around and threatens to sting the goat, the goat decides that the rock belongs to...
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The Sausage Spy
The Sausage Spy is a realistic fiction about Mickey Maloney, the spy, who figures out the recipe for the best sausages in the world that are sold at Sid’s Shop. He steals the recipe and sells it at his store. After a typo, he advertises that his...
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The Secret Presents
The Secret Presents is a happy, realistic story about secrets and presents at Christmas. The book concludes with two examples of a thank you note. The story is told in dialogue and simple narrative. The text is composed of a variety of...
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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 Shoe Thief
The Shoe Thief is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting a time when there was a shoe thief on his street. The police kept watch and investigated. The boy thought his dog, Catcher, could help find the thief so the police and others...
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The Show
The Show is a fictional animal fantasy story about a lion judging a talent show. When the lion has decided the winners and is handing out the ribbons, the bird snatches one out of the lion’s hand. Readers gain information from the text,...
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The Sick Rooster
The Sick Rooster is a fictional text about a lady’s rooster who doesn’t crow in the morning. The rooster is taken to the doctor and is prescribed several medications on different occasions. When the doctor recommends the lady gets a new...
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The Silent
The Silent is a chilling fantasy. When Aneesa and Gryph see a parade of silent, robotic people, they are drawn through a “fissure in time and space.” A curse has silenced the people, including Aneesa. Gryph is on her own to...