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Spy Maps
Spy Maps is a series of fictional directions and maps for the famous spy Mickey Maloney. Micky Maloney works for Big Wig, the Master Spy. Big Wig sends Mickey Maloney to spy on things so he must read directions and follow maps carefully. The story has...
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Spy School
Spy school is a humorous, realistic fiction about a spy whose teacher gives him a task of finding secret messages in a park. The spy finds his last messaged under the Teacher’s hat. Dialogue is bolded and in colour. To begin, the characters and the...
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Spy Tools
Spy Tools is an expository nonfiction text that explains spy tools of the past and spy tools of today. The text explains how spy tools were used and why. Readers gain information from the text, captions, and labels. Spy Tools is split into two sections...
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Spy Underwater
Spy Underwater is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a spy that went underwater and then popped up in a cave. The spy took out his spy glasses and saw some red fish, but they all of a sudden disappeared. It happened again until the spy realized...
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Spying on Animals
Spying on Animals is an informational explanation. The text explains that scientists use clever ways of spying on animals so that they can learn how to protect the animals and their habitats. Examples of how scientists spy on polar bears and...
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Squid Monster
Squid Monster is a recount about two divers who go cave diving only to be attacked by a giant squid. The book also discusses text connections, planning a recount, and features of a recount. A variety of sentence types is used...
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Squirrel Monkeys
Squirrel Monkeys is an expository text about how squirrel monkeys live, what they eat, the importance of their tails, and how they deal with dangerous situations. Photographs support important content and are labeled. Illustrations add detail and...
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Stand Up!
Stand Up! is a persuasive text. Arguments for and against eating meat, using thin models in advertisements, the war on global warming, nuclear power, and genetically modified foods and agri-business are presented in a series of essays. The...
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Starfish
Starfish is an expository text that invites readers to learn about what starfish eat, what their arms and feet are used for, and what their babies look like. Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page...
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Stars.
Stars is an expository nonfiction text that explains all about starts, including the universe, constellations, and galaxies. The back of the book includes a paragraph on one of today’s scientists. Readers gain information from text and graphics. A...
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Staying with Big Bill
Staying with Big Bill is a humorous, fictional text about two kids who go to stay with Big Bill. When the kids do not offer to help out around the house, Flea bites them and the kids go help others when they need it. Dialogue is used between characters...
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STEAM Readers: All About Clouds
White and fluffy or dark and stormy, clouds can tell us a lot about our planet! Learn how to identify and describe clouds like a meteorologist. Discover what clouds are made of, how they form, and how they affect Earth in this STEAM reader. Created...