A Mystery for Mickey Maloney is a humorous story with a beginning, a series of episodes, and an ending.  Mickey is a tidy spy who discovers a little white dog leaving rubbish in his yard.  After a series of mishaps, Mickey enlists the little white dog to help him on his investigations, checking trash bins.  The story is told in dialogue and narrative with some descriptive language.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Humorous illustrations support the text, and a few speech balloons are used.  Quotation marks are used in dialogue.  Commas are used for several purposes.  A number of apostrophes are used in contractions. Dashes are used for dramatic effect.  The book concludes with a comparison of a newspaper advertisement and a flyer advertisement.

Some words, such as mop, rubbish, and bin, may require clarification. 

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ISBN-10: 1869700767

ISBN-13: 9781869700768

Animal Headgear is an expository nonfiction text that explains how some animals have headgear, such as horns and antennae and how some animals use headgear to fight or help them find food. The text further describes how some animals can grow new headgear. Readers gain information from the text, graph, captions, labels, and fact boxes.

Animal Headgear is split into eight sections to outline how different animals use their headgear. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, illustrations, labels, graph, Index, layout, and design. There is a chart at the end of the book that provides a visual summary of the different animals with headgear with photographs and labels. An activity on writing an explanation is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (antenna/antennae) and homonyms (for/four). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (won’t). Focus on long and short vowel u and look at suffixes and base words (strongest).

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ISBN-10: 1869700724

ISBN-13: 9781869700720

Animal Smugglers is an expository text that describes the business of animal smuggling and its tragic consequences for a variety of species.  The style is informative and conversational.

Mostly simple sentences are used.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text directly.  A bulleted list and a chart are used to present information.  The book concludes with a photographic summary and an index. 

Some words may require clarification: endangered, problem, law, warning, rare.  The suffixes -ing (smuggling) and -ly (sadly) are used. 

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ISBN-10: 1442554991

ISBN-13: 9781442554993

Baboon Troops is an expository nonfiction text that explains the dynamics, hierarchy, and everyday life of baboon troops. Readers gain information from the text, fact boxes, photographs, and schematic diagram.

Baboon Troops is a Report with a topic, headings, facts, and information shown in different of ways. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, Table of Contents, Index, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the different components of Reports. An activity on designing an informational chart is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Many sentences begin with phrases or subordinate clauses. Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (member), verbs (protect), and singular/plural (baby/babies). Opportunities arise to focus on the apostrophes to show possession. Focus on long and short vowel a and look at suffixes ing and est.

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ISBN-10: 1442535792

ISBN-13: 9781442535794

Birdwoman Interview is a humorous and realistic fiction interview with a woman who turned her home into a bird hospital. Birdwoman tells the reporter about how she has saved birds, where she keeps the birds, releases birds, what people say about her birds, and her name as Birdwoman. The story is an interview with some narration, questions, answers, and speech bubbles to show who is talking.

Birdwoman Interview is an interview written in questions and answers. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the graphics, style, and font as well as the information, layout, and design of interviews . There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining why people conduct interviews. There is an exemplar and procedure for conducting an interview. An activity on interviewing an interesting person and recording their response is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (helicopter), verbs (sing), and singular/plural (house/houses). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (didn’t). Focus on long and short vowel a and discuss base words (fallen). Look at suffix y (grumpy) and prefix un (untangle).

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ISBN-10: 1442535814

ISBN-13: 9781442535817

Black Cat and Poodle Dog is a humorous animal fantasy story about Black Cat trying to get Poodle Dog in trouble by having her go on a wild adventure outside. The story’s ending has a twist when the reader realizes just how clever Poodle Dog really is. The story is narrated from Black Cat’s perspective with some dialogue and thought bubbles.

Black Cat and Poodle Dog is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text and depict the characters’ facial expressions as mischievous, worried, and clever. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the illustrative text as well as the information, layout, and design of comic strips.The story ends with a Comic Strip summarizing the events through illustrations, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia. An activity on designing and writing a simple comic strip is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (wall/walls) and homonyms (right/write). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (couldn’t). Focus on long and short vowel a and look at suffixes and base words (stopped).

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ISBN-10: 186970066X

ISBN-13: 9781869700669

Boot Balancers Wanted is a series of humorous and realistic fiction advertisements about different professions seeking applicants for their job postings. Some of the job postings are for: Boot Balancers, Animal Hotel Chef, Flying Instructor, and Musician. The story includes a visual job posting advertisement on each page.

Boot Balancers Wanted is designed as a series of eight advertisements demonstrating how companies persuade someone to do something. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the graphics, styles, fonts, colours, and catch phrases as well as the information, layout, and design of advertisements. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose, style, and techniques for advertisements. An activity on designing and writing advertisements for jobs is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (circus), verbs (paddle), singular/plural (person/people), and abbreviations (USA). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (won’t), colons, dashes, and nuggets. Focus on the suffix ly and base words (balancing).

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ISBN-10: 1442535806

ISBN-13: 9781442535800

Bugs on the Menu is an informational report that describes how plants, animals, and people eat bugs for nourishment, from Venus flytraps to quick-tongued frogs to grasshopper cakes.  A menu from the Bugsy Café highlights the amazing range of bug dishes people have created.  The style is informative and conversational. 

The book has a table of contents and is divided into five sections, an introduction and four sections supporting the main idea.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned photographs and two sidebars, as well as some fanciful illustrations for the Bugsy Café menu support the text and add meaning.  Parentheses are used to provide additional information.  An index is provided.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of a report, including a topic, headings, supporting information, and visuals.

Some words, such as calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates, mush, ground, and roasted may require clarification.  The nouns Venus flytrap, pitcher, and tongue are used.  The verbs catch, crawl, and taste are used.  The following singular/plural pairs occur: bug/bugs, plant/plants, dragonfly/dragonflies.

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ISBN-10: 1442535784

ISBN-13: 9781442535787

Camping with Dads is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a dad planning a camping trip for his family. He ensures everything on his list is packed, but when the family gets to the campsite, they realize there may have been some packing errors. The story is narrated with dialogue and speech bubbles.

Camping with Dad is a simple narrative. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the bold text and speech bubbles as well as the information, layout, and design of instructions.The story ends with an infographic outlining a procedure for how to put up a tent. It demonstrates how to list the materials needed and outlines steps 1-8 through bullet points and illustrations that match the steps. An activity on designing and writing simple instructions is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (bag/bags) and homonyms (their/there). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (let’s). Focus on long and short vowel u and suffixes or base words (fallen).

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ISBN-10: 1869700678

ISBN-13: 9781869700676

Cold Places is an expository nonfiction text that explains the Arctic and Antarctica by outlining the animals, people, plants, and location of these two cold places. Readers gain information from the text, captions, labels, maps, graph, and photographic sequence.

Cold Places is split into two sections to provide a comparison between the Arctic and Antarctica. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, illustrations, photographic sequence, graphs, Index, and the layout and design of maps. There are two summary webs at the end of the book providing a comparison between both cold places. An activity on researching one of the animals from the text is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (place/places) and homonyms (two/too/to). Opportunities arise to discuss using apostrophes within contractions (don’t). Focus on long and short vowel o and look at suffixes and base words (boiling).

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ISBN-10: 1869700813

ISBN-13: 9781869700812

Cool School is a fictional brochure advertising Cool School. The brochure describes the school’s beach, forest, and farm, the interesting timetable, the cool staff, what kids say about the school, and how much it costs (free!). The story includes text features like speech bubbles, visual schedules, and captions.

Cool School is designed to be a full brochure where each page discusses a different part of the brochure. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text by visually showing what the brochure is talking about. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the graphics, style, font, and text highlighters as well as the information, layout, and design of the brochure. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for designing a brochure. An activity on designing a brochure for their own Cool School is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (canoe), verbs (surf), and singular/plural (school/schools). Opportunities arise to discuss parentheses, colons, abbreviations (Mr L), and apostrophes within contractions (there’s). Focus on short and long vowel i, the suffix ist (specialist), and base words (amazing).

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ISBN-10: 1442535865

ISBN-13: 9781442535862

Dangerous Jobs is an expository text that profiles a variety of high-risk jobs, such as fire fighting, demolition, rescue work, stunt work, and wild animal training.  The style is informative and conversational.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types, including sentences with dependent clauses and compound sentences.  Multiple photographs per page, often with captions, support the text.  A sequence of photographs is used to show the process of demotion.  A colon is used to introduce a list.  An apostrophe is used in a contraction. The book concludes with a visual summary and an index.

Some words, such as dynamite, parachute, and stunt may require clarification.  A number of words are used in both singular and plural.  Several homonym pairs appear: there/their through/threw, where/wear.

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ISBN-10: 1869700716

ISBN-13: 9781869700713

Fangs and Teeth is an expository nonfiction text that explains how different animals’ teeth or fangs are unique and serve different purposes. These animals include land (Komodo dragon) and water animals (cookie-cutter shark). Readers gain information from the text, captions, labels, and illustrative diagrams.

Fangs and Teeth is split into seven sections where it outlines how seven different animals use their teeth or fangs. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, illustrations, Index, illustrative diagrams, layout, and design. There is a photographic web with text boxes at the end of the book providing a summary of the text. An activity on creating a diagram with a caption is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (jaw/jaws) and homonyms (prey/pray). Opportunities arise to discuss using apostrophes within contractions (can’t). Focus on long and short vowel a and look at suffixes and base words (cutter).

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ISBN-10: 186970083X

ISBN-13: 9781869700836

Fun Zone is a fictional travel guide about a variety of fun zones. The story outlines the things to do and see at the different fun zones and what makes them unique. Some of the fun zones include Billionaire Island, Parrot Land, and Dinosaur Land. Each fun land includes a map and key for students to view while reading. The story also includes zoomed in illustrations to show what is going on at certain locations on the map.

Fun Zone is designed as a series of six fun zones with information to help navigate the different fun zones. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the information, layout, and design of the maps and keys. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for designing a travel guide. An activity on designing a travel guide with a map is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (park), verbs (ride), and singular/plural (buggy/buggies). Opportunities arise to discuss colons, dashes, and inverted commas. Focus on the suffix ful (careful) and base words (exciting).

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ISBN-10: 1442535849

ISBN-13: 9781442535848

Gran’s Hearing Aids is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a grandma mixing up what people are saying because she needs hearing aids. After getting hearing aids, Gran becomes grumpy because everything is too loud…until her grandchildren steal the hearing aids! The story is narrated with dialogue, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia to describe the sounds Gran hears.

Gran’s Hearing Aids is a simple narrative. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the illustrative text, information, layout, and design of thank-you notes.The story ends with an infographic outlining how thank-you notes can look different. There is an example of a thank-you email and a thank-you card.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (face/faces) and homonyms (here/hear). Opportunities arise to focus on the apostrophes to show possession (Gran’s). Focus on long and short vowel o and look at suffixes and based words (humming).

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ISBN-10: 1869700783

ISBN-13: 9781869700782

Inside Caves is an expository text describing exploration of some of the planet’s most mysterious places: caves underground, under ice, and under the sea.  The style is informative and conversational.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types. Captioned and labelled photographs support the text.  A fact box is used to clarify terminology.  An apostrophe is used for contraction.  The book concludes with a graphic organizer and an index.

Some words, such as narrow and glowworms may require clarification.  Several words appear in both singular and plural.  The homonyms to/two/too and their/there appear.

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ISBN-10: 1869700732

ISBN-13: 9781869700737

Long Hairy Legs is a humorous, realistic story about a cottage clean-up that uncovers a monster.  Is it a massive spider?  No, those long, white and purple legs belong to a well-sprouted potato!  The book ends with a procedural text feature titled: How to Grow a Potato Monster.  The story is told in dialogue and simple narrative.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Humorous illustrations match the text directly and add meaning.  Speech balloons appear in art.  Quotation marks are used in dialogue.  Exclamation marks are used for emphasis. 

Some vocabulary may require clarification: teased, awful, carefully, stared, wrinkled.  The contractions it’ll, we’ll, we’re, there’s, don’t, it’s, and let’s are used.

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ISBN-10: 1442554363

ISBN-13: 9781442554368

MM Mouse at the Movies is a humorous fiction story about Harry’s pet mouse, MM Mouse, hiding in his pocket to sneak into the movie theatre with him. While enjoying the popcorn on the floor, someone noticed the mouse and people started to scream. When Harry got home, he thought the mouse would make a good friend for his mouse…until MM Mouse spit up a piece of popcorn! The story is narrated with some dialogue, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia.

MM Mouse at the Movies is a simple narrative story demonstrating how actions have consequences. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the bold text, illustrative text, layout, and design. There is an illustrated infographic at the end of the book outlining an action/consequence chart. An activity on designing their own action/consequence chart is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (whisker/whiskers) and homonyms (by/buy). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Harry’s) and apostrophes within contractions (there’s). Focus on long and short vowel a and discuss suffixes and base words (running).

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ISBN-10: 1869700686

ISBN-13: 9781869700683

Mr. Bean is a humorous, realistic story about Jack who gets his dream pet and names him Mr. Bean.  Together they win the Dog and Owner Lookalike Competition with a very clever idea.  The book concludes with an entry form for the competition.  The story is told in dialogue and simple narrative.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Humorous illustrations match the text directly and add meaning.  Speech balloons appear in art.  Quotation marks are used in dialogue.  Exclamation marks are used for emphasis. 

Some vocabulary may require clarification: chart, designer dogs, cutest, dachshund, notice, annual, and competition.  The contractions didn’t, I’m, he’s, that’s, and Jack’s are used.

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ISBN-10: 1442554347

ISBN-13: 9781442554344

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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ISBN-10: 1442554320

ISBN-13: 9781442554320

Mum at the Football is a humorous fiction story about a son and his Mum going to a football game. Mum was very enthusiastic about her favourite team winning and started to embarrass her son. When her team was struggling, she jumped onto the field to show them how it’s done. The story is narrated by the son with dialogue, speech bubbles, and thought bubbles.

Mum at the Football is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the speech bubbles and thought bubbles embedded in the illustrations as well as the information, layout, and design of billboards. There is an illustrated infographic at the end of the book outlining how billboards can look different. There is an informational billboard and advertising billboard. An activity on designing their own billboard advertisement is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (shoe/shoes) and homonyms (would/wood). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Mum’s), apostrophes within contractions (don’t), and ellipses. Focus on long and short vowel a.

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ISBN-10: 1869700791

ISBN-13: 9781869700799

Mum’s Shoes is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a son and his Mum going shopping for some new shoes. Mum bought a pair of high heels, but her son was not sure about them. Mum struggled to walk in the shoes out the mall and one eventually snapped…she then had to get creative! The story is narrated by the son with dialogue, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia.

Mum’s Shoes is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the bold and illustrative text as well as the information, layout, and design of advertisements. There is an illustrated advertisement for shoes to use as an exemplar at the end of the book. An activity on designing a new pair of shoes for Mum and creating an advertisement is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (heel/heels) and homonyms (new/knew). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Mum’s) and apostrophes within contractions (can’t). Focus on long and short vowel e and discuss suffixes and base words (shopping).

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ISBN-10: 1869700694

ISBN-13: 9781869700690

My Donkey Can Read is a humorous story about a donkey with a voracious appetite and the smarts and sweet good looks to convince the chickens, cows, pigs, and passersby to give him treats. The story is told in dialogue and simple narrative.

Simple and compound sentences are used.  Humorous illustrations match the text directly and add meaning.  Speech balloons and important text appear in art.  Quotation marks are used in dialogue.  Exclamation marks are used for emphasis. 

Some vocabulary may require clarification: treats, fluttered, collect, roly-poly, mischief.  The contractions it’s, he’s, didn’t, there’s, don’t couldn’t, and you’re are used.

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ISBN-10: 1442554827

ISBN-13: 9781442554825

On the List is a series of fictional lists made by different people. Some of the lists include recipe lists, trip lists, building materials, and party lists. Each character in the story narrates part of the story by introducing themselves and explaining why they make lists. Speech bubbles are used to show that it is the character speaking. The story includes one exemplar list per character.

On the List is designed as a series of seven unique lists made by very different people. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the categories within the lists as well as the information, layout, and design of the lists. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for designing a list. There is also an added exemplar list. An activity on making a list for a special occasion is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (list), verbs (ride), and singular/plural (mouse/mice). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Mary’s wedding cake), apostrophes within contractions (I’m), colons, dashes, and brackets. Focus on short and long vowel , the suffix ous (dangerous), and base words (parties).

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ISBN-10: 1442535776

ISBN-13: 9781442535770

On the Menu is a story about Felix Brown, a man who travels the world in search of menus.  Felix comments on each menu he shares, including menus from The Desert Café, The Igloo Eating House, and the Poodle Paradise Diner.  Most of the text is in menu format.  Felix’s comments are in simple, everyday language.  The book concludes with a four-step guide to creating a menu.

Humorous illustrations match the text directly and add meaning.  A variety of fonts and colours are used to make each menu distinctive.  Speech balloons are used.  Dashes, apostrophes, parentheses, colons, and abbreviations are used.

Some vocabulary may require clarification: available, menu, paradise, stale, and sieve.  The verbs serve, wear, bring, lick, and wrap are used.

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ISBN-10: 1442535822

ISBN-13: 9781442535824

Sailor Sam and the Goat is a humorous fiction story about a sailor who brought a goat onto a boat. The goat kept butting all of the sailors, and they thought it was funny until the goat fell off the ship. The sailors saved the goat, but the captain decided the goat should go to the nearest island. The sailors did not want to leave the goat until they realized that other goats lived on the island too. The story is narrated with dialogue, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia.

Sailor Sam and the Goat is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text, and one illustration is a zoomed in view of what the captain sees through the telescope. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the bold and illustrative text as well as the information, layout, and design of maps. There is an illustrated map with a key to use as an exemplar at the end of the book. An activity on designing a map is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (sailor/sailors) and homonyms (their/there). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (can’t). Focus on long and short vowel e and discuss suffixes and base words (butted).

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ISBN-10: 1869700708

ISBN-13: 9781869700706

Scuba Diving is an expository text about the training and skills scuba divers need to explore or do jobs underwater.  The style is informative and conversational.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text directly. Labelled diagrams provide additional information.  The book concludes with a photographic summary and an index. 

Some words may require clarification: coral reefs, collect, communicate, common sense.  The suffixes -ous (dangerous) and -ly (slowly) are used. 

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ISBN-10: 1442554983

ISBN-13: 9781442554986

Sea Turtles is an expository text that describes the different types of sea turtles, their life cycles, and the dangers they face. The style is informative and conversational.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text directly. An annotated diagram provides additional information.  The book concludes with a photographic summary and an index. 

Some words may require clarification: extinct, hatch, leathery, predators.  The compound word moonlight is used.  The suffixes -est (largest) and -ly (quickly) are used. 

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ISBN-10: 1442554355

ISBN-13: 9781442554351

Shamus is a humorous fiction story about a sheep farmer, Tilly, thinking her sheep are boring because they always do the same thing and copy one another. When it was time for sheep shearing, one sheep, Shamus, hid in a rock cave. Shamus hid there and only came out to eat until one day when his wool grew so long that he tripped and couldn’t get up. Tilly got the clippers, but decided to give Shamus dreadlocks! The story is narrated with dialogue, thought bubbles, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia.

Shamus is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the speech bubbles and thought bubbles as well as the information, layout, and design of magazine headlines. There is an infographic at the end of the story illustrating how headlines can look different. There is a newspaper headline and magazine headline. An activity on designing a newspaper heading is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (thing/things) and homonyms (road/rode). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Mum’s) and apostrophes within contractions (can’t). Focus on long and short vowel e and discuss suffixes and base words (tripped).

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ISBN-10: 1869700805

ISBN-13: 9781869700805

Special Tricks is an expository text that describes the remarkable ways animals have of catching and eating food, keeping safe, and escaping danger.  The style is informative and conversational.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types, including sentences with dependent clauses and compound sentences.  Multiple captioned photographs on each two-page spread show the animals’ methods in dramatic close-ups.  Some photographs are in numbered sequences.  The word stretch is printed in a way that shows its meaning: str-e-t-ch.   Apostrophes are used for possession and contraction.  Ellipses are used to create suspense.  A sequenced diagram in a sidebar adds detail.  The book concludes with a graphic organizer and an index.

Some words, such as swallow, armadillo, muscles, and slime may require clarification.  A number of words are used in both singular and plural.  Several homonyms appear: their/there, no/know, to/two/too, and new/knew.

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ISBN-10: 1869700740

ISBN-13: 9781869700744

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 some narration at the beginning and end. The story takes readers through a series of job descriptions, directions, maps, and keys. There are also speech bubbles and fictional photographs with captions to document Mickey Maloney’s jobs.

Spy Maps is designed as a series of five spy jobs to demonstrate how instructional directions and location directions are used. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the graphics, style, and font as well as the information, layout, symbols, and design of the maps and keys. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for writing directions with a map. An activity on writing directions with a map for Mickey Maloney is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (map), verbs (cross), singular/plural (mouse/mice), and abbreviations (o’clock). Opportunities arise to discuss colons, hyphens, and apostrophes to show possession (Well’s Zoo). Focus on short and long vowel e, the suffix y (bossy), base words (spies), and prefix un (until).

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Invoice Title: Sls Og/Trq: Spy Maps(NZ)

ISBN-10: 1442535830

ISBN-13: 9781442535831

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 to provide a comparison between spy tools of the past and spy tools of the present. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, illustrations, Index, layout, and design. There is a photographic web at the end of the book that provides a visual summary of the past and present tools discussed. An activity on summarizing how one of the spy tools were or are used is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (jaw/jaws) and homonyms (prey/pray). Opportunities arise to discuss using apostrophes within contractions (can’t). Focus on long and short vowel a and look at suffixes and base words (cutter).

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ISBN-10: 1869700759

ISBN-13: 9781869700751

The Daily Meow is an animal fantasy story with a series of fictional newspaper reports. Some of the headlines of reports in The Daily Meow newspaper include: Cat Robber Raids Again, Tiger Trio at Cat Concert, and Flu Hits Fat Cats. The story includes text features like headlines, columns of type, news flashes, and symbols.

The Daily Meow is designed as a series of seven newspaper reports. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text by visually showing what the different columns are talking about. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the headlines, graphics, style, font, and text highlighters as well as the information, layout, and design of the reports. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for designing a newspaper report. An activity on designing a report for a specific newspaper is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (shopkeeper), verbs (snatch), and singular/plural (tail/tails). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Marmalade’s clean fur) and apostrophes within contractions (don’t). Focus on short and long vowel e, the suffix ful (wonderful), and base words (waving).

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Invoice Title: Sls Og/Trq: The Daily Meow(NZ)

ISBN-10: 1442535857

ISBN-13: 9781442535855

The Nose Horns is an expository nonfiction text that explains the characteristics of rhinoceroses, which include their skin, ears, eyes, and horn. The text discusses how the rhinos use these body parts and how they protect their body. Readers gain information from the text, graph, captions, fact boxes, and labels.

The Nose Horns is split into six sections to outline the different characteristics and behaviours of rhinos. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, illustrations, graph, Index, layout, and design. There is a body map at the end of the book that provides a visual summary of the location and characteristics of rhino body parts. An activity on making a comparison chart is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (hoof/hooves) and homonyms (break/brake). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (birds’). Focus on long and short vowel e and look at suffixes and base words (flapping).

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ISBN-10: 1869700848

ISBN-13: 9781869700843

The Secret Presents is a happy, realistic story about secrets and presents at Christmas.  The book concludes with two examples of a thank you note.  The story is told in dialogue and simple 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 are used for emphasis. 

Some vocabulary may require clarification: secret, fibs, enough, promise, and laundry.  The contractions that’s, I’ll, wasn’t, I’m, and isn’t are used.

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ISBN-10: 1442554312

ISBN-13: 9781442554313

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 used. Readers gain information from the text, graph, captions, and labels.

Thrills on Water is split into seven sections to outline the different characteristics of each water sport. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, illustrations, graph, Index, layout, and design. There is a photographic web at the end of the book that provides a visual summary of the different water sports with labels. An activity on making a comparison chart is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (wave/waves) and homonyms (tow/toe). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (fish’s) and apostrophes within contractions (can’t). Focus on long and short vowel i and look at suffixes and base words (thrilling).

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ISBN-10: 1869700821

ISBN-13: 9781869700829

Trackers is an expository text that describes a variety of methods and purposes for tracking.  Indigenous expertise, dogs, GPS devices, infrared cameras, and radar are used to track animals, criminals, lost people, and wildlife. The style is informative and conversational.

Mostly simple sentences are used.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text directly. The book concludes with a photographic summary and an index. 

Some words may require clarification: skills, disaster, detect, devices, and signal.  The suffixes -en (broken) and -tion (migration) are used. 

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ISBN-10: 1442554339

ISBN-13: 9781442554337

Travelling Animals is an expository nonfiction text that explains how some animals move from one place to another to find food or water, have babies or lay eggs, or find a warm place. Readers gain information from the text, map, key, captions, labels, fact boxes, and life cycle diagram.

Travelling Animals is split into seven sections to outline why different animals travel. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, illustrations, labels, map, diagrams, Index, layout, and design. There is a chart at the end of the book that provides a visual summary of the different travelling animals with photographs and labels. An activity on creating a categorical chart is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (egg/eggs) and homonyms (their/there). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (parents’) and apostrophes within contractions (don’t). Focus on long and short vowel e and look at suffixes and base words (warmer).

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ISBN-10: 1869700856

ISBN-13: 9781869700850

Volunteers is an expository text that describes the many ways volunteers help in their communities, from keeping public spaces tidy to fire fighting to helping the disabled.  The style is informative and conversational.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned photographs support the text directly. A bulleted list provides additional information.  The book concludes with a photographic summary and an index. 

Some words may require clarification: difference, in need, guide dog.  The suffixes -ing (planting) and -ly (badly) are used. 

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ISBN-10: 1442554975

ISBN-13: 9781442554979

You Can Have a Party Anywhere is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a boy, Tom, who was embarrassed to go to a party in his silver spacesuit. The day did not get better when his mom’s truck broke down and the people backed up behind them started to get angry. A friendly man called for help and started a party on the road for Tom! The story is narrated with dialogue, thought bubbles, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia.

You Can Have a Party Anywhere is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the purpose of illustrative fonts as well as the information, layout, and design of invitations. There is an infographic at the end of the story illustrating how invitations can look different. There is an invitation card and an email invitation. An activity on designing an invitation to a parent/guardian for a class party is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (car/cars) and homonyms (right/write). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Tom’s) and apostrophes within contractions (I’ll). Focus on long and short vowel a and discuss suffixes and base words (coolest).

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ISBN-10: 1869700775

ISBN-13: 9781869700775