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Nonfiction Readers 7: You Are There! Pompeii 79
Long ago, in a bustling village near the Bay of Naples in Italy, tragedy struck. This is the story of how a fictional resident of Pompeii may have experienced the explosion of Mount Vesuvius on that fateful day. Bring history to life with this nonfiction...
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Nonfiction Readers 7: You Are There! San Francisco 1906
At the dawn of the twentieth century, San Francisco was the economic and cultural center of the West Coast. But in 1906, everything changed. A devastating earthquake hit the city, tumbling buildings and igniting infernos. Thousands of people lost their...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Always Growing: Fruit
Always Growing: Fruit is a nonfiction picture book that begins with the planting of a seed and photographically shows the growth and picking stages of various fruits. Photographs support each page of text. One syllable words, such as grow and pick,...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Always Growing: Hair
Always Growing: Hair is a nonfiction, picture book that shows readers how hair grows back when you cut it. Simple language patterns are similar to children’s oral language. Photographs provide a split view, showing both long hair and hair being cut...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Always Growing: Skin
Always Growing: Skin is a nonfiction picture book that shows that some animals, such as iguanas, shed their skin when they grow. Photographs fully support the text. There is a clear separation of photograph and print. One syllable words, grow and shed,...
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Nonfiction Readers K: America's Eagle
The bald eagle is America's national bird and represents freedom and strength. This wordless book beautifully shows how a bald eagle hatches from an egg and grows into an amazing, powerful bird. Young readers will discover the importance of this mighty...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Being a Good Citizen
Being a Good Citizen is a nonfiction picture book that shows children that being a good citizen involves being proud of your country, being kind to one another, following laws, and caring for the Earth. The simple language reflects everyday speech...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Birds and Bugs
Birds and Bugs is a nonfiction picture book that shows birds and bugs on land and in the sky. Each page presents one more bird or bug than the previous page; thus, a mathematical pattern of adding one each time is shown. Photographs support the text...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Changing Weather
Changing Weather is a nonfiction, wordless picture book. Through photographs, readers see how weather changes throughout the seasons. The photographs provide a before and after image that showcases how things change when the weather changes. Photographs...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Good for Me: Healthy Food
Good for Me: Healthy Food is a nonfiction picture book that invites students to explore healthy food choices by illustrating what kinds of foods one should eat a lot of and what kinds of foods one should eat less of. Photographs add meaning to the...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Good for Me: Love
Good for Me: Love is a nonfiction picture book that shares the different ways that people show love to one another. Photographs add meaning to the text and connect to children’s experiences. One syllable words are repeated beneath each image...
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Nonfiction Readers K: Good for Me: Play and Exercise
Good for Me: Play and Exercise is a nonfiction picture book that show children things that one can do when playing and taking part in physical activity. The sentence stem, “I can do _____” illustrates to children that they are capable of many...