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Riding the River
Riding the River is an informational explanation of the sport of kayaking. Kayak safety and skills such as launching, paddling, exiting, and rolling a kayak are described. The style is informative and conversational. The book has a...
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River Dog
River Dog is a recount by Adam, a boy with a paralyzing fear of water. In a daring rescue of an elderly lady, Adam plunges into the river. Just as panic is about to overtake him, the lady’s little dog shows him how to dog paddle. The...
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Robot Helpers
Robot Helpers is an informational report. The text describes how robots fight fires, do factory jobs, do housework, help doctors, and help scientists. For example, robots work in car factories and chocolate factories. They can mow the...
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Robots
Robots is an expository text about robots that help people do things, such as make cars, work in fires, and work underwater. Photographs enhance and extend meaning of the text. Robot arms, hands, and legs are labeled. An index is included. Interest words...
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Rubbery Arms and Baggy Bodies
Rubbery Arms and Baggy Bodies is an expository text that invites readers to learn about octopi. The body parts of an octopus, as well as where they live, how they eat, and their cleverness, is discussed. Illustrations depict content and ideas in...
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Ruby's Secret
Ruby’s Secret is a realistic story presented as a first-person recount. A girl has gone to spend the summer with her dad, but shortly after her arrival, her beloved dog dies. She doesn’t believe she’s ready for another dog,...
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Run Fast
Run Fast is an expository text about all the different kinds of animals that can run fast. Illustrations fully support the text. The animal, as well as their long legs, if they have them, are labeled in the photographs. To conclude, an index is presented...
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Runt
Runt is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a pig that was a runt and too small to live with other piglets. Runt was cared for by Peta and Tim as though he was a family pet. Runt became too big to live inside and eventually was returned to the...
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Rupert's Ice Cream Shop
Rupert’s Ice Cream Shop is a humorous and realistic fiction story about Rupert who owned an ice cream shop but was unhappy that the ice cream was white. He added spinach to make it green and bananas to make it yellow. The kids in his store did not...
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Rupert's Rainbow Ice Cream
Rupert’s Rainbow Ice Cream is a realistic fiction about an ice cream shop owner named Rupert who makes rainbow ice cream that the children in town love. Rupert is told his shop is going to be a bread shop so he decides to sell ice cream out of a...
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Sailor Sam
Sailor Sam is a humorous, fictional text about Sailor Sam who is sent to Sailor School. Instead of going to Sailor School, he goes to Clown School, and shows the other sailors funny things when he gets back. The captain gets mad and all the sailors leave...
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Sailor Sam and the Balloons
Sailor Sam and the Balloons is a humorous, fictional text about sailors who are told they have the day off as long as they can keep their ship moving. As the sailors are racing up the mast, it breaks and the boat stops moving. Sailor Sam blows up...