Mudslide

Mud Slide is a realistic story about a boy who must overcome his fear of the mud slide in order to join in the fun.  The book concludes with two examples of headlines, one in the newspaper and one on the internet.  The story is told in dialogue and simple, first-person narrative.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types. Humorous illustrations match the text directly and add meaning.  Quotation marks are used in dialogue.  Exclamation marks and enlarged boldface type are used for emphasis. 

Some vocabulary may require clarification: skidded, answered, suddenly, and except.  The contractions it’s, you’ll, don’t, won’t, wasn’t, and didn’t are used.

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