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Beware of the Cat BIG BOOK
Beware of the Cat! is a humorous story. When Mrs. P moves into Fleet Street, she scratches her hand on the catch of her gate. She makes a sign to warn people about the catch but runs out of paint before she can write the letters c and h...
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Big Animals in the Sea
Big Animals in the Sea in an informational text that compares the size of sea animals to humans. The text has the repeating language pattern “This __________ is big.” All the sentences are short and predictable. Vibrant...
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Big Animals, Little Animals
Big Animals, Little Animals is a factual text that invites readers to learn about big animals and little animals. The body parts of the animals are labeled. Throughout the text, the word big is slightly larger and bolded while the word little is...
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Big Bill's Bed
Big Bill’s Bed is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about a flea jumping into Big Bill’s bed. Big Bill then went to bed and realized there is a flea in his bed. Big Bill flapped and banged and thought flea was gone. Flea kept...
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Big Bird
Big Bird is a realistic narrative about two children who find an injured albatross on the beach. After getting hurt and realizing they couldn’t help the bird, one of the child’s fathers is called and they help nurse the bird back to health...
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Big Ears
Big Ears is a nonfiction text about animals who have big ears. Repetitive language patterns are shown through the sentence stem, “The _____ has big ears.” Photographs are labelled on each page. The picture of each animal is presented on a...
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Big Hippo and Little Hippo
Big Hippo and Little Hippo is a realistic fiction about two hippos who fight over the mud puddle. Little Hippo is pushed out and sits in the sun which causes his back to crack. Big Hippo feels bad and the other animals use leaves to help Little Hippo...
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Big Mouse, Little Mouse
Big Mouse, Little Mouse is a humorous, animal fantasy about Big Mouse who tricks Little Mouse into thinking that there are big cats outside of their hole. Big Mouse searches for food, and, instead of bringing some back to Little Mouse, eats it by himself...
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Big Mouths
Big Mouths is a nonfiction text about animals that have big mouths. Photographs are labelled with the animal’s name on each page. The picture of each animal is presented on a two-page spread which includes a close-up image of each animal’s...
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Big Red and the Car Wash
Big Red and the Big Wash is a humorous, fictional text about a dog named Big Red who hates being washed. When Big Red is being washed, he runs away and jumps onto a car that is going through a car wash. Big Red comes out very clean. Illustrations support...
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Big Red Comes to Stay
Big Red Comes to Stay is a realistic story about a boy who gets a new dog that initially irritates him. When boy goes swimming with his mom at the beach, he is taken further and further by the tide and Big Red comes and saves him. Dialogue is used...
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Big Teeth, No Teeth
Big Teeth, No Teeth is an informational text about animals’ teeth – or lack of teeth. The lively text is composed of simple language patters that are close to oral language. Several questions are posed directly to the reader. All...