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This is for Me
This Is for Me is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about different animals claiming the water for themselves…until the hippo jumps in! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, dialogue, storyboard, and caption. This Is...
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Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of Electromagnetism
Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of Electromagnetism is an expository nonfiction text about inventor Thomas Edison, the radio invention, and pioneers of electromagnetism such as Benjamin Franklin, Hans Christian Oersted, and Michael Faraday. The text...
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Thrills on Water
Thrills on Water is an expository nonfiction text that explains a variety of trilling but dangerous water sports like white-water rafting and surfing. The text discusses how these sports differ from one another and how the variety of sports equipment are...
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Through the Eyes of the Camera
Through the Eye of the Camera is an informational report on the many uses of photographic technology. Photographs are essential to the communications industry, police work, and wildlife studies, for example. Diagnostic imaging, infrared...
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Tiger and Monkey
Tiger and Monkey is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about Monkey tying a ribbon on Tiger’s tail. When Tiger woke up, he was mad and went after Monkey. When monkey was sleeping, Tiger tied Monkey’s tail to a tree! Then another...
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Tigers
Tigers is an expository text that tells readers about a tiger’s coat, ears, eyes, nose, and whiskers. Readers also learn about baby tigers. Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt...
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Time Quest
Time Quest is a science fiction story. Tonk, who lives on an Earth satellite, is accosted by a hideous time traveller who wants to steal Tonk’s life preserver. Fortunately, Tonk remembers what he’s learned about time travel in...
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Time to Sleep
Time to Sleep is an expository text that shows children where animals sleep. A picture of an animal sleeping is depicted on a two-page spread. Animals are labeled in illustrations that support the text. Interest words include sleep, den, tree, water, and...
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Toast with Miss Lily
Toast with Miss Lily is a narrative about a boy, Kip, who is angry at his parents for leaving him with a babysitter, Miss Lily, while they go on a trip. Kip warms to Miss Lily when a power failure prompts some improvising and Miss Lily teaches him...
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Tongues
Tongues is an expository text about the different tongues that animals have and how they use them. The tongue of each animal is labeled. An index is presented. Interest words include flick, tongue, sticky, danger, and hiss. Adjectives and adverbs are...
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Tony's Dad
Tony’s Dad is a realistic fiction about a boy named Tony whose dad got hurt and needed to use a wheelchair. Initially, Tony was upset that his dad could no longer pay football with him and hated the wheelchair. Tony’s dad showed his son he...
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Tooth Walkers
Toothwalkers is an expository text that invites readers to learn about walruses. The text explores useful tools that walruses use, how they hunt for food, and how they care for their young. Illustrations depict content and ideas in the text. Many...