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Fiction Readers: Tiddalick: The Greedy Frog
Tiddalick the Greedy Frog is an Australian Aboriginal animal story about a greedy, giant frog named Tiddalick who drank all the water on earth causing the world to go into a massive drought. The story unfolds chronologically in third-person...
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Fiction Readers: Vroom, Vroom! Poems About Things with Wheels
Using a variety of styles and conventions, Vroom, Vroom! Poems About Things with Wheels is an exciting and humorous way to expose young readers to poetry. All the poems contain literary elements such as alliteration, imagery, and rhyming. Young...
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Fiction Readers: Way Back When
Way Back When is a realistic fiction story about a boy, Ethan, that wants to interview his grandpa. As Ethan asks questions, his grandpa recounts the games he use to play, what books he liked, what he was taught in school, and transportation. As the...
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Fiction Readers: What Can You See?
What Can You See? is a humorous and realistic fiction story about Lola’s class going on a field trip to an art museum. They see a variety of different pieces of art, and Lola talks about what she sees in them. The story is narrated with dialogue...
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Fiction Readers: When I Grow Up
When I Grow Up is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a boy imagining what he will be when he grows up. The story is narrated with illustrations, a thought bubble, and a speech bubble. When I Grow Up is a simple narrative story...
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Fiction Readers: Where Did the Dinosaurs Go?
Where Did the Dinosaurs Go? is a fictional story about two dinosaurs learning about planets. They tried to figure out why the dinosaurs disappeared from planet Earth. They thought about what dinosaurs need, humans, the volcano that blew up, and the...
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Fiction Readers: Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs
Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs is a tale from West Africa about an greedy and impatient spider that did not want to wait around while his friends cooked food. He still wanted to eat the food so he tied his web to their pots and said that they can tug him...
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Fiction Readers: Your Guide to Superheroes
Your Guide to Superheroes is a humorous fiction story about a team of superheroes ready to be hired and fix people’s problems. Some of the superheroes have abilities like super shoulders, large lungs, smarts, and a powerful nose! The story also...
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Fiction Readers: Zoo Hullabaloo
Zoo Hullabaloo is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a girl going to a zoo and hearing all of the different animal sounds. The zoo wasn’t quiet until she finally reached the crocodile and smiled. The story is narrated with illustrations,...
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Find Your Sport
Find Your Sport is an expository nonfiction text that explains why you should play sports, team sports, having good sportsmanship, safety during sports, and making time to be active. The back of the book includes a section on Michelle Obama. Readers gain...
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Finding Their Way
Finding Their Way is an informational explanation of some interesting methods animals use to navigate. The book describes how various birds, sea creatures, mammals, and insects maintain their sense of direction using the stars, the sun, or...
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Fingers and Thumbs
Fingers and Thumbs is an expository nonfiction text that explains animals with fingers and thumbs to help get food, hold a baby, and stay in a tree. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels. Fingers and Thumbs includes critical...