Pearson Canada Schools

Sailor Sam and the Birds

Sailor Sam and the Birds is a humorous and realistic fiction story about Sailor Sam trying to feed the hungry birds coming up to the boat. When he fed them some bread, the birds came on the boat, and the boat started to wobble. The captain tried to get...

Sailor Sam and the Captain

Sailor Sam and the Captain is a humorous story about Sailor Sam having difficulty running the ship. The Captain tells him he will need to learn how to be a sailor. When the Captain blows out the candles on her birthday cake, cake is blown all around the...

Sailor Sam and the Coconuts

Sailor Sam and the Coconuts is a nonfiction text about Sailor Sam who brings a bunch of coconuts on the ship and gets in trouble from the captain when the begin rolling around; however, when sharks threaten the ship, ship members throw coconuts overboard...

Sailor Sam and the Goat

Sailor Sam and the Goat is a humorous fiction story about a sailor who brought a goat onto a boat. The goat kept butting all of the sailors, and they thought it was funny until the goat fell off the ship. The sailors saved the goat, but the captain...

Sailor Sam Gets Lost

Sailor Sam in Trouble

Sailor Sam in Trouble is a humorous, fictional text about Sailor Sam who wants to play all day instead of helping the other sailors work. When Sailor Sam jumps into the water while he is being silly, he realizes he is surrounded by sharks and he vows...

Sailor Sam Up the Mast

Sailor Sam Up the Mast is a humorous, fictional text about a sailor named Sam who was sent up the mast to keep a lookout for danger. After being wrong about his sightings, he spots a man in the water. The man is saved and Sailor Sam is invited to a party...

Sailors

Sailors is a humorous fiction story about the chores a sailor does, but the birds, sharks, and other sailors keep making it difficult for him to get things done! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, storyboard, symbols, and speech...