Amazing Lizards is an informational explanation.  The text explains that lizards are amazing because they can move, change colour, and escape enemies in novel ways.  Numerous examples of support the central idea.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into four sections, an introduction and three sections supporting the thesis that lizards are amazing.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text and add meaning.  Fact boxes provide additional information.  An index is provided.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of an explanation, including a topic, headings, supporting information, and visuals.

Some words, such as reptiles, balance, scales, and flaps may require clarification.  Several words are used in both singular and plural: enemy/enemies, body/bodies, lizard/lizards. 

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Bee Sting! is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a boy, Ben, watching his dad work around a beehive to collect honey. Ben was really excited about the honey until a bee stung him on the eye! Ben’s face became really sore and swelled up. Mum brought Ben to the doctors, and he eventually returned home to his family and friends. The story is narrated with dialogue, songs, and onomatopoeia.

Bee Sting! 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 illustrative text, change in font styles, information, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a narrative is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (spaceman/spacemen), homonyms (heard/herd), synonyms (large/big), antonyms (full/empty), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Ben’s eyelid) and apostrophes within contractions (sting’s). Focus on long and short vowel a and discuss suffix ed (puffed), base words (injection), prefix dis (disappeared), and silent letters (frightened).

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Beeman Interview is a humorous and realistic fiction interview with a man who lives with thousands of bees. Beeman tells the reporter about what it’s like living with bees, how the bees help him, how he brings the bees home with him, and his name as Beeman. He even shares a story of a time when his bees stopped a robber! The story is an interview with some narration, questions, answers, and speech bubbles to show who is talking.

Beeman 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 (robber), verbs (swarm), and singular/plural (hive/hives). Opportunities arise to discuss colons, dashes, and apostrophes to show possession (teacher’s chair). Focus on long and short vowel e and discuss base words (themselves). Look at suffix ly (easily) and prefix un (unwanted).

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ISBN-10: 1442536020

ISBN-13: 9781442536029

Birdcatcher is a realistic fiction story about a girl, Jessie, who was worried about her mother being sick. While at the park with her Nana, Jessie saw a bird that appeared to be hurt. Nana told Jessie about the birdcatcher tree that has seedpods that become sticky and catch and trap small birds. Jessie tried to nurture the bird back to health. The story is narrated with dialogue, speech bubbles, and a letter.

Birdcatcher 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 font styles of the letter, speech bubbles, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a narrative is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (leaf/leaves), homonyms (one/won), synonyms (sick/unwell), antonyms (wet/dry), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Jessie’s hand) and apostrophes within contractions (we’ll). Focus on long and short vowel i and discuss suffix ly (gently), base words (dribbled), and silent letters (thought).

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Bull Dare is a realistic fiction story about a girl recounting her experiences with the big black bull on her farm. She was always scared of the bull, but her brother dared her to walk across the paddock. The girl trips while walking near the angry bull. Her dad came to stop the bull. She learned not to do something just because someone dared her. The story is narrated from the girls’ perspective with dialogue between characters.

Bull Dare is a simple recount 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 illustrative text, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a recount including the who, where, when, what happened, and conclusion. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (maker/makers), homonyms (our/hour), synonyms (scared/frightened), antonyms (tough/weak), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (brother’s jacket) and apostrophes within contractions (won’t). Focus on long and short vowel a and discuss suffix ly (loudly), base words (jumped), and silent letters (flight).

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Dad’s Pasta is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a girl recounting when her and her brother spent the weekend at their dad’s. They were supposed to go fishing, but the rain would not stop. Dad said he would cook the best pasta in the world to make up for it, but when he was cooking up a storm in the kitchen…he mixed up one of the ingredients! The story is narrated from the girl’s perspective with dialogue between characters and speech bubbles.

Dad’s Pasta is a simple recount 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 text highlighters, illustrations, speech bubbles, font, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a recount including the who, where, when, sequence of events, and conclusion. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (apron), verbs (chase), and singular/plural (marble/marbles). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (brother’s jacket) and parentheses. Focus on long and short vowel o and discuss suffix er (loudly) and base words (worries).

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ISBN-10: 1442535911

ISBN-13: 9781442535916

Exercise Time is a series of humorous and realistic fiction timetables for a variety of businesses, chores, and fitness. Some of the timetables include: Training Timetable for Geese, Timetable-Dog Day Care Centre, and Machine Timetable Monday, March 29. The story includes a visual timetable on each page and a character explaining their timetable to the reader through speech bubbles.

Exercise Time is designed as a series of seven timetables demonstrating how different types of people use timetables. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text by showing parts of the timetable in action. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the graphics, styles, fonts, and speech bubbles as well as the information, layout, and design of timetables. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for writing a timetables. An activity on writing their own timetable is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (lunch), verbs (clean), singular/plural (goose/geese), and abbreviations (am - before noon). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (rats’ cage), apostrophes within contractions (I’m), colons, and dashes. Focus on the suffix y (healthy) and base words (beautiful).

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ISBN-10: 1442535962

ISBN-13: 9781442535961

Fossils is an informational explanation.  The text explains the types of fossils, what fossils tell us, how fossils are formed, and how palaeontologists remove fossils.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a contents and is divided into five sections.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captions photographs and sequence charts support the text and add meaning.  A glossary and index are provided.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of an explanation.

Some words may require clarification: palaeontologist, deserts, rare, extinct.  The suffixes -ful (careful), -ly (carefully), and -est (largest) are used.  The prefix re- (remove) is used.

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From Here to There is an informational explanation.  The text explains that seeds are spread by a variety of methods, including wind, animals, water and explosion.  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. a sequence diagram, and a summary chart support the text and add meaning.  An index is provided.   The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of an explanation, including a topic, headings, supporting information, and visuals. 

Some words, such as propeller, tufts, sticky, and explosion may require clarification.  The nouns plants, seeds, wind, water, and animals are used.  The verbs float and burst are used.  The following singular/plural pairs occur: seed/seeds, tuft/tufts, plant/plants. 

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Grandpa’s New Scooter is a realistic and humorous fiction story about Dana and her dad visiting grandpa. Grandpa was feeling unhappy about being old and sore so he decided to buy a scooter. Grandpa told Dana the scooter was too slow so he decided to make some changes, and eventually Dana and grandpa went racing through the park on his new space-age scooter. The story is narrated from the girls’ perspective with dialogue between characters, thought bubbles, visual list, and speech bubbles.

Grandpa’s New Scooter 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, illustrated thought bubbles, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a narrative is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (battery/batteries), homonyms (by/buy), synonyms (happy/glad), antonyms (sitting/standing), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Grandpa’s) and apostrophes within contractions (let’s). Focus on long and short vowel i and discuss suffix ly (tightly), base words (groceries), prefix un (unhappy), and silent letters (bright).

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ISBN-10: 1869700899

ISBN-13: 9781869700898

Marvellous Menus is animal fantasy with a series of fictional menus for a variety of restaurants run by different animals. Some of the restaurant menus include: Rodents’ Restaurant, Cats’ Café, Dinosaurs’ Dial-A-Meal, and Tiger Takeaways. The story includes text features like menus and signs.

Marvellous Menus is designed to be a series of seven menus in an animal community. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text by visually showing animals eating at the restaurants. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the graphics, style, font, dollar ($) signs, and restaurant signs as well as the information, layout, and design of the menus. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for designing a food menu. An activity on designing a menu is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (meals), verbs (bake), and singular/plural (drink/drinks). Opportunities arise to discuss parentheses and apostrophes to show possession (Cats’ Café). Focus on short and long vowel i, the suffix y (crispy), and base words (sizzling).

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ISBN-10: 1442535946

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McGinty’s Friend is a humorous fiction story about a girl, Melissa Brown, who loved cats…especially a cat named McGinty. She wanted a cat, but the Browns had canaries. McGinty invited Melissa to the park one night when she snuck out dressed like a cat. The cats at the park talked her into climbing up a tree…but she struggled to get down. The next morning, Melissa was thankful to have canaries. The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

McGinty’s Friend 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 changes in font style and illustrative text. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing and labelling a character with words that describe them is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (canaries), verbs (hiss), singular/plural (cat/cats), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Melissa’s legs) and apostrophes within contractions (you’re). Focus on short and long vowel a, suffix ly (quietly), base words (terrified), and silent letters (wrote).

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ISBN-10: 1442535970

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Me, Dan and the Dragonfly is a realistic fiction story about a girl, Shelly, recounting a time when she went to the riverbank. Shelly has cerebral palsy. Dan showed up and started teasing Shelly. He grabbed the dragonfly, and Shelly tried jumping onto the rocks to get to him. She slipped and fell so Dan started teasing her…until he slipped too! Shelly stood up for herself in the end and was the bigger person by helping Dan get out of the riverbank. The story is narrated from the girls’ perspective with dialogue between characters, thought bubbles, and speech bubbles.

Me, Dan and the Dragonfly 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 illustrative text, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a recount including the who, where, when, sequence of events, and conclusion. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (dragonfly/dragonflies), homonyms (weak/week), synonyms (shivering/shaking), antonyms (lucky/unlucky), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (dragonfly’s) and apostrophes within contractions (wasn’t). Focus on long and short vowel i, suffix ing (blinking), base words (flopping), and silent letters (climbed).

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ISBN-10: 1869700910

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Mickey Maloney’s Mail is a series of fictional E-mails, faxes, and letters written for the famous spy Mickey Maloney. Mickey Maloney receives mail from fans, the company he works for (Big Wig), The Spy Shop, friends, and the doctor. The story focuses on the text features within sending different messages.

Mickey Maloney’s Mail is designed as a series of nine messages sent in the mail to Mickey Maloney to demonstrate what different mail looks like and why people write mail. 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 the faxes, E-mails, letters, notes, and invitations. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for writing mail. An activity on writing and sending a message is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (mail), verbs (send), and singular/plural (hole/holes). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (bird’s) and apostrophes within contractions (didn’t). Focus on short and long vowel o, the suffix ly (silently), and base words (getting).

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ISBN-10: 1442535873

ISBN-13: 9781442535879

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ISBN-10: 1442554487

ISBN-13: 9781442554481

Mr Merton’s Holiday is a realistic and humorous fiction story about Mr Merton and his family going on a holiday. Mr. Merton is very organized and likes to keep track of time. Mrs Merton unpacked Mr Merton’s bag and took out the clocks! Mr Merton tried to make a clock with the sand and sun, but a wave washed it away and swept him out to sea. He realized how much fun a holiday can be in the sea! The story is narrated with dialogue, a roster, a list, a scene breaker, and illustrative text.

Mr Merton’s Holiday 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 changes in font style and size as well as the purpose, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on making a roster for their family is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (holiday), verbs (bounce), singular/plural (dish/dishes), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Mr Merton’s holiday) and apostrophes within contractions (I’ll). Focus on short and long vowel i, suffix ful (wonderful), base words (bobbing), prefix un (unpacked), and silent letters (wrote).

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ISBN-10: 1442535954

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Nature and Human Inventions is an informational explanation.  The text explains how some human inventions copy animals’ extraordinary capabilities.  For example, track shoes mimic a cheetah’s long, sharp claws.  A jet boat works on the same principal that propels octopuses and squids rapidly through water.  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.  Apostrophes are used for possessives.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text and add meaning. A comparison chart provides four more quick examples to support the main idea.  An index is provided.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of an explanation, including a topic, headings, supporting information, and visuals.

Some words, such as suction, prey, overlap, and nutcrackers may require clarification.  Several words are used in singular and plural: person/people, enemy/enemies, body/bodies, dragonfly/dragonflies.

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ISBN-10: 1869700961

ISBN-13: 9781869700966

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 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.  Illustrations and informative sidebars support the text and add meaning.  The apostrophe is used to show the possessive.  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 booty, wages, and raid may require clarification.  The nouns pirate, scarves, sword, and dagger are used.  The verbs steal, clean, and help are used.  The following singular/plural pairs occur: eye/eyes, ship/ships, map/maps.

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ISBN-10: 1442535989

ISBN-13: 9781442535985

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 Oysterchatchers tangled in fishing line. Poppa and Sally saved the birds, which made her feel really proud. The story is narrated with text and speech bubbles.

Poppa 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. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a narrative is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as adjectives (shimmering), pronouns (she), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (bird’s wing) and apostrophes within contractions (that’s). Focus on r-controlled vowels (started), suffix ly (slowly), base words (escaped), and silent letters (knew).

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ISBN-10: 1869706196

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Robot Helpers is an informational report.  The text describes how robots fight fires, do factory jobs, do housework, help doctors, and help scientists.  For example, robots work in car factories and chocolate factories.  They can mow the lawn and vacuum the floor.  And they can help scientists study planets in space.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into six sections, an introduction and five sections supporting the main idea.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text and add meaning. A sequence diagram explains how one robot works.  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 factories, panels, programmed, operations, and tumbleweed may require clarification.  Several words are used in both singular and plural: robot/robots, factory/factories, volcano/volcanoes.

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Runt is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a pig that was a runt and too small to live with other piglets. Runt was cared for by Peta and Tim as though he was a family pet. Runt became too big to live inside and eventually was returned to the pig pen. Everyone was upset that Runt had to go back, until the next morning when Runt banged on the door for his breakfast! The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

Runt 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 change in font styles, layout and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a narrative is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (potato/potatoes), homonyms (night/knight), synonyms (near/close), antonyms (near/far), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (hen’s food) and apostrophes within contractions (he’s). Focus on long and short vowel e, suffix ed (pushed), base words (rattled), prefix un (unhappy), and silent letters (light).

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ISBN-10: 1869700880

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Slow Joe is a recount by Joe, a boy who is used to being teased.  On the day of the cross-country race, he faces a difficult decision: help his injured tormentor or leave him behind and beat him in the race.  Joe counts doing the right thing as his victory.  The story is told in dialogue and first-person narrative.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Illustrations support the text directly.  Quotation marks, exclamation marks, dashes, and ellipses are used.  Enlarged boldface type highlights similes.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of a recount.

Some words may require clarification: ignore, loped, lumbered, trudged, slogged, staggered, stretcher.  Similes: loped off like a cheetah, lumbered off like a tortoise, and slithered … like a runaway sled are used.  The suffixes -ed (begged), -er (slower), and -y (mushy) are used.

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ISBN-10: 1442554398

ISBN-13: 9781442554399

Spitters! is an informational explanation.  The text explains how animals use spit when they are angry, to make things, and to get food.  For example, llamas fire off spit balls when other llamas fail to get the warning signals that they are annoyed.  Birds use spit to attach their nests to the walls and roofs of caves.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into four sections, an introduction and three sections supporting the main idea.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Apostrophes are used for singular and plural possessives.  Captioned and labelled photographs and diagrams support the text and add meaning. One series of photographs is numbered to show sequence.  An index is provided.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of an explanation, including a topic, headings, supporting information, and visuals.

Some words, such as twitch, nectar, and separate may require clarification.  Two words are used in both singular and plural: enemy/enemies, nest/nests.

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ISBN-10: 1869701151

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Spying on Animals is an informational explanation.  The text explains that scientists use clever ways of spying on animals so that they can learn how to protect the animals and their habitats.  Examples of how scientists spy on polar bears and tiger sharks and how they use seals to spy on fish support the main idea.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into four sections, an introduction and three sections supporting the main idea.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Apostrophes are used for plural possessives.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text and add meaning.  Labelled diagrams and inset maps provide another layer of information.  An index is provided.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of an explanation, including a topic, headings, supporting information, and visuals.

Some words, such as satellite-tracking, clamp, fins, and dart may require clarification.  Several words are used in both singular and plural: spy/spies, scientist/scientists, battery/batteries.

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ISBN-10: 1869700988

ISBN-13: 9781869700980

Storing Food is an informational report.  The text describes how animals store food for winter, for others, as fat, underground, in their stomachs, and in unusual ways.  For example, beavers store weighted branches in their underwater lodges, and male penguins store enough fat to go without food for up to 64 days.  Humans store food, too.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into eight sections, an introduction and seven sections supporting the main idea.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned and labelled photographs support the text and add meaning. Nugget lists, as well as a cross-section diagram, are provided.  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 regurgitated, pantries, fungi, and cache may require clarification.  The pronouns they, their, its, it, he, his, and themselves appear.

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ISBN-10: 186970617X

ISBN-13: 9781869706173

Submarine Rescue is an expository nonfiction text that explains finding a submarine in trouble, getting to the submarine, and getting the people out. Readers gain information from the text, zoomed in pictures, captions, visual diagrams, and sequence chart. Photographs are labelled with keywords.

Submarine Rescue 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, visual diagrams, 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 providing details under a heading is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such nouns (rescuers), verbs (sends), and singular/plural (country/countries). Focus students’ attention on adjectives, homonyms, antonyms, and synonyms. Opportunities arise to discuss abbreviations (DSRV) and quotes denoting unusual use (“newsuit”). Focus on long and short vowel i and look at suffixes ous (dangerous) and ly (quickly).

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ISBN-10: 1869700996

ISBN-13: 9781869700997

The Biggest Pumpkin is a recount by Max, a boy determined to win first place in the Biggest Pumpkin competition.  His hopes are dashed when Mooloo the cow decides Max’s pumpkin looks good to eat, but Max has his moment of triumph when he tells his story at the fair.  The story is told in dialogue and first-person narrative.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Illustrations support the text directly.  Quotation marks and exclamation marks are used.  Colourful, enlarged type in interesting fonts enhances meaning.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of a recount.

Some words may require clarification: disaster, beetroot.  Simile: red as a beetroot.  The suffixes -er (higher), -en (frozen), and -ly (quietly, quickly) are used.

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ISBN-10: 1442554479

ISBN-13: 9781442554474

The Black Rabbit is a realistic fiction story about a boy recounting when his brother rescued a scared baby rabbit. His family took care of the baby rabbit, and by the next day, it had warmed up to the whole family. The boy recalls dropping the rabbit, and the rabbit went limp. He learnt that it is important to hold the rabbit with two hands. The story is narrated from the boy’s perspective with dialogue between characters and speech bubbles.

The Black Rabbit is a simple recount 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, font, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a recount including the who, where, when, sequence of events, and conclusion. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (flap/flaps), homonyms (wait/weight), synonyms (shivering/shaking), antonyms (lift/drop), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (baby’s bottle) and apostrophes within contractions (wasn’t). Focus on long and short vowel o, suffix ful (beautiful), base words (snuffled), and silent letters (knocked).

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ISBN-10: 1869700929

ISBN-13: 9781869700928

The Egg Saga is a humorous fiction story recounting the time when Jim and his friend Charlie found an enormous egg on an island. The egg turned out to be extremely rare and valuable. Instead of selling the egg or hiding it, they donated it to the museum and received an award. The story is narrated based on Jim’s recounts and includes some text highlights and speech bubbles (when the parrot talks).

The Egg Saga is a simple narrative story following a recount structure to tell about something that has happened. 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 text highlights, certificate layout, speech bubbles, graphics, font, layout, and design of comic strips. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the different components of writing and sequencing a recount story.  An activity on designing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (museum), verbs (bury), and singular/plural (wall/walls). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (elephant bird’s egg) and apostrophes within contractions (couldn’t). Focus on long and short vowel a, base words (heavier), and the prefix up (upset). Discuss silent letters (wrong).

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ISBN-10: 1442535903

ISBN-13: 9781442535909

The Island of Wingo is a fictional brochure advertising The Island of Wingo. The brochure describes how to get to the island, the free, the tree species and animals on the island, the weather, accommodations, the Wild Life tour, and the general atmosphere. The story includes text features like a map, illustrative text, and captions.

The Island of Wingo 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 of a place they visited is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (wings), verbs (cook), and singular/plural (wing/wings). Opportunities arise to discuss dashes, nuggets, colons, and apostrophes within contractions (o’clock). Focus on short and long vowel i, the prefix para (parachute), and base words (sparkling).

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ISBN-10: 1442535938

ISBN-13: 9781442535930

The Jungle Sun is an animal fantasy story with a series of fictional newspaper reports. Some of the headlines of reports in The Jungle Sun newspaper include: Flying Squirrel Gets Tail Tangled, Anacondas Shelter in Trees, and Fierce Storm Hits Jungle. The story includes text features like headlines, columns of type, and symbols.

The Jungle Sun is designed as a series of eight 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 newspaper report demonstrating different visual features is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (crocodile), verbs (throw), and singular/plural (branch/branches). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (bird’s eggs) and apostrophes within contractions (couldn’t). Focus on short and long vowel i, the suffix ly (quickly), the prefix un (untangled), and base words (snapped).

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ISBN-10: 1442536012

ISBN-13: 9781442536012

The New Kid on the Team is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting the time a new kid joined his boys softball team. The new kid was very small but turned out to be very good at softball. While playing the Cobras, the new kid was their team’s last batter. The new kid hit a homerun, and the team was so happy! The new kid’s big hat fell off, and the team realized the kid was a girl! The story is narrated from the boy’s perspective with dialogue between characters and illustrative text.

The New Kid on the Team is a simple recount 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 font styles, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a recount including the who, where, when, sequence of events, and conclusion. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (team) and verbs (lifted). Focus some attention on homonyms, antonyms, and synonyms. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (batter’s box) and apostrophes within contractions (aren’t). Focus on short and long vowel a, suffix er (faster), base words (baggy), and silent letters (whistled).

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DRA: 20

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ISBN-10: 1869706145

ISBN-13: 9781869706142

The Night Out is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting the night his mom went out, and his dad suggested going to the movies. When they arrived at the theater, they realized that everyone was very dressed up. They were looking forward to Con the Swamp Monster movie…until they realized they were at the opera! The story is narrated from the boy’s perspective with dialogue between characters, illustrative text, text highlights, and speech bubbles.

The Night Out on the Team is a simple recount 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 text highlighters, graphics, font styles, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a recount including the who, where, when, sequence of events, and conclusion. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (movies) and verbs (growl), singular/plural (person/people), similes, and abbreviations (TV). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Tony’s bag) and apostrophes within contractions (don’t). Focus on short and long vowel i, base words (hankies), and silent letters (knees).

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ISBN-10: 144253592X

ISBN-13: 9781442535923

The Red Shoes is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a girl recounting how scared she was of the bull that lived on her farm growing up. One day when she needed new shoes, her mom let her buy expensive red shoes. The brother warned her that the bull would get mad if it saw her red shoes. She hid them in the oven. It was a good idea until her mom turned on the oven! The story is narrated from the boy’s perspective with dialogue between characters, illustrative text, thought bubbles, and text highlights.

The Red Shoes is a simple recount 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 text highlighters, thought bubbles, advertisements, signs, and font styles. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a recount including the who, where, when, sequence of events, and conclusion. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (bull), verbs (stomp), and singular/plural (shoe/shoes). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (bull’s) and apostrophes within contractions (didn’t). Focus on short and long vowel o, suffix ful (wonderful), and base words (hooves).

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ISBN-10: 144253589X

ISBN-13: 9781442535893

The Shoe Thief is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting a time when there was a shoe thief on his street. The police kept watch and investigated. The boy thought his dog, Catcher, could help find the thief so the police and others followed. Catcher led everyone under the house…where he kept a huge pile of shoes! The story is narrated from the boy’s perspective with dialogue between characters and speech bubbles.

The Shoe Thief is a simple recount 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, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a recount including the who, where, when, sequence of events, and conclusion. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a recount is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (thief/thieves), homonyms (week/weak), synonyms (someone/somebody), antonyms (new/old), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Mr Higgen’s) and apostrophes within contractions (I’m). Focus on long and short vowel a, suffix ly (loudly), base words (missing), and silent letters (thought).

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ISBN-10: 1869700953

ISBN-13: 9781869700959

Tornadoes is an informational report.  The text describes why tornadoes are dangerous, how to stay safe, how animals are in danger, and how scientists study tornadoes.  Readers gain a comprehensive picture of this phenomenon, from how tornadoes are formed to what to have on hand in a shelter to the work of storm chasers.  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 diagrams support the text and add meaning. Two nugget lists, one with words and photo icons, are provided, as well as maps and a graph.  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 funnel, battery, shelter, gallop, and radar may require clarification.

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ISBN-10: 1869701208

ISBN-13: 9781869701208

Tracey and the Sun is a realistic fiction story about a girl who moved to a new home where the sun shone every day. The sun kept ruining her day by burning her legs, melting her cookies, and making her miss goals from the sun being too bright. Suddenly, Tracey felt cold, and she thought it was because the sun heard her angry words. While Tracey was shivering, she helped a little girl that fell. All of a sudden she felt the sun again. The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

Tracey and the Sun 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 changes in fonts and style. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a narrative is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (sun), verbs (melt), and singular/plural (cookie/cookies). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Tracey’s mum) and apostrophes within contractions (you’ll). Focus on short and long vowel a, suffix ness (kindness), base words (leapt), and silent letters (crumbs).

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ISBN-10: 1442535881

ISBN-13: 9781442535886

Using a Tail is an expository nonfiction text that explains how different animals use a tail to grip, pinch/sting, send messages, move about, and display. Readers gain information from the text, fact boxes, captions, and summary chart.

Using a Tail is an Explanation to describe how or why things happen. There is a topic, headings, facts, and information shown in different ways. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text and provide a visual comparison between different tails. 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 Explanations. An activity on designing an informational diagram is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such nouns (tail), verbs (sting), and singular/plural (animal/animals). Some sentences are posed as questions to encourage readers to make inferences. Opportunities arise to discuss bullets within a list. Focus on long and short vowel i and look at suffixes ly.

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ISBN-10: 1442536004

ISBN-13: 9781442536005

Wood Eaters is an expository nonfiction text that explains invisible pests, termites, woodworms, and wood-eating fungi. Readers gain information from the text, zoomed in pictures, captions, fact boxes and visual diagrams. Photographs are labelled with keywords. 

Wood Eaters 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, visual diagrams, fact boxes, 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 providing details under a heading is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such adjectives (large pincers) and pronouns (their). Focus students’ attention on adjectives, homonyms, antonyms, and synonyms. Opportunities arise to discuss hyphens (wood-eating). Discuss r-controlled vowels and double consonants after a short vowel. Look at suffixes ies (butterflies) and base words (destructive).

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ISBN-10: 1869706161

ISBN-13: 9781869706166

Wood Storks is an expository nonfiction text that explains what wood storks are, how they catch fish, why they nest together, how they build nests, how they take care of their young, and how they are being monitored by scientists. Readers gain information from the text, captions, labels, illustrative diagrams, and photographic web.

Wood Storks 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, illustrations, glossary, illustrative diagrams, 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 providing details under a heading is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such nouns (beaks), verbs (wade), and singular/plural (foot/feet). Focus students’ attention on adjectives, homonyms, antonyms, and synonyms. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (stork’s). Focus on long and short vowel i and look at suffixes ing (flying), base words (information), and silent letters (islands).

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ISBN-10: 1869700945

ISBN-13: 9781869700942