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Piranhas
Piranhas is an expository text that explores a piranha’s teeth, their jaw, what they eat, and where they live. An illustrated map with a legend shows readers where piranhas live. Captions are found on some pages and provide important information...
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Pirates
Pirates is an exciting informational report about the thieving life on the high seas. The text looks at pirates’ ships, attacks, and treasure – including treasure maps. The style is informative and conversational. The book has a...
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PLANETS
Planets is an expository nonfiction text that explains the solar system, the planets, and where we are in the solar system. 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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Plants Eat Meat Too
Plants Eat Meat, Too is an expository text about plants that can eat meat, such as sticky traps, Venus fly-traps, and water traps. Images enhance and extend meaning of the text. Most images are labeled. An index is included. Interest words include...
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Poisonous Animals
Poisonous Animals is an expository nonfiction text that explains animals with poison inside them as well as poisonous claws, fangs, skin, spines, and stingers. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels. Poisonous Animals includes...
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Policeman's Files
Policeman’s File is a fictional collection of letters, faxes, and emails all sent to Policeman O’Donnell. The book also discusses features of letters, faxes, and emails. The story unfolds in first - person with illustrations that...
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Ponds
Ponds is an expository nonfiction text that explains all about ponds, life in a pond, a pond’s life cycle, and ponds at risk. The back of the book includes a section on Scientists Then and Now. Readers gain information from text and graphics. A...
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Pop and Roman
Pop and Roman is a realistic, humorous story about a boy name Roman and his Pop who use a map to get to Can Can Cave where dinosaur bones are buried. Roman reads the map upside down and Pop helps direct him to the cave. After finding bones, Roman helps...
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Poppa
Poppa is a realistic fiction story about a girl named Sally who accidently let her budgie bird out of its cage. Her budgie went missing and Sally was really upset. She decided to go stay with her Poppa to cheer herself up. While on a walk, she saw some...
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Potato Chip Pete
Potato Chip Pete is a recount by an avid young gardener. When a potato chip company invites local gardeners to compete in a potato-growing competition, everyone is worried about Pete, the grumpiest gardener ever. Happily, when the results are...
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Prairie Dogs - Social Animals
Prairie Dogs -- Social Animals is an informational report about prairie dogs including information on their social habits, their communities, and their environment. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and...
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Rabbit and Fox
Rabbit and Fox is a fictional text about Fox who is trying to lure Rabbit out of its hole with carrots and ends up getting tricked. Illustrations fully support the meaning of the text. A header on the top left page helps readers compare the carrot sizes...