Legs, No Legs is an expository text about animals with legs and animals without legs. Readers learn about centipedes, crabs, spiders, starfish, snails, and snakes.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and some captions are used. An index is included.

Interest words include centipede, insect, and starfish. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, a classification chart is presented with animals separated into two categories. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449703

ISBN-13: 9781869449704

A Big Spider is an expository text that invites readers to learn about big spiders and the burrows that they make, the food that they eat, the hair on their body, and how they shed their skin.

Illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Some dialogue is presented and simple adjectives are used. To conclude, a labels page asks readers to properly label a spider. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446267

ISBN-13: 9781869446260

A Long Time Ago is a historical, expository text that invites readers to learn about what it means to live a long time ago. The book focuses on things from a long time ago such as axes, bows and arrows, coats, hats, and shoes.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs of actual items from long ago are labeled and include some captions that add to written text. An index is included.

Interest words include ago, skin, arrows, wood, stone, and axes. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1442535644

ISBN-13: 9781442535640

A Nest of Grass is an expository text about animals that make nests with grass such as, deer mice, harvest mice, mole rats, and squirrels.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Adjectives describe mice. To conclude, a yes/no chart asks readers yes or no questions about mice. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446275

ISBN-13: 9781869446277

A Time to Sleep is an expository text about how and where animals go to sleep. This book focuses on animals that sleep for a long time, a short time, in the day, standing up, and with their eyes open.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Some photographs include captions. A comparison chart of each animal’s sleeping time is shown. An index is included.

Interest words include wild, awake, sleep, and den. Simple connectives such as and are used. A sentence begins with an independent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449843

ISBN-13: 9781869449841

Aliens is the humorous, realistic story of a brother and sister playing good-natured tricks on each other.  Jack tries to scare Milly by banging on her door and shouting “Aliens, aliens!”  When the pair sleep outside in tents, Milly turns the tables on Jack. The story is told in dialogue and narrative that is close to the language patterns of oral language.

All the sentences are short and similar in structure.  Realistic illustrations match the text directly.  The characters’ names are capitalized.  Quotation marks are used in dialogue.  Bold face and exclamation marks are used for emphasis.  The final page of the book is a news report.

The high frequency word is didn’t. Interest words include aliens, banged, scare, and flippers.  The positional words are under, over, in, on, up, down, out, and into.  The compound words are into and footprints.

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ISBN-10: 1869442164

ISBN-13: 9781869442163

An Upside-Down Life is an expository text about sloths. Readers learn about where sloths live, what they eat, how they move, and the things that can be found in their fur.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. An index is included.

Interest words include claws, mold, moths, and droppings. Adverbs such as slowly are used. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1442535660

ISBN-13: 9781442535664

Animal Lights is an expository text about animals that have lights. Readers learn about animals that have lights on their tails, on their bodies, on their heads, under their eyes, and on their mouths.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions that provide additional information. An index is included.

Interest words include glow-worm, stars, firefly, and light. A simile appears. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1442535687

ISBN-13: 9781442535688

Baby Owl is Scared is an animal fantasy about a baby owl who leaves his mother’s side while she sleeps to wake up bats in a cave. One day, baby owl is caught and the bats won’t let him out. When baby owl promises to not wake them up again, the bats let him go back to his mother. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used in addition to written text.

Some sentences begin with independent clauses and adjectives appear. To conclude, an action/consequence chart is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869444833

ISBN-13: 9781869444839

Bats in the Blankets is an expository text that invites readers to learn about all the different parts of a bat including its eyes, nose, teeth, tongue, and wings. Readers also learn about how bats find food and how they look after their pups.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. A map shows where the animal lives. An index is included.

Interest words include caves, claws, tongue, fruit, blankets, and cool. Simple adjectives are used. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1442535679

ISBN-13: 9781442535671

Big Mouse, Little Mouse is a humorous, animal fantasy about Big Mouse who tricks Little Mouse into thinking that there are big cats outside of their hole. Big Mouse searches for food, and, instead of bringing some back to Little Mouse, eats it by himself. Big Mouse grows larger and gets stuck in the hole so Little Mouse goes out, finds food, and shares it with Big Mouse.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, two lists of party food are shown, one for mice and one for humans. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447026

ISBN-13: 9781869447021

Big Red Comes to Stay is a realistic story about a boy who gets a new dog that initially irritates him. When boy goes swimming with his mom at the beach, he is taken further and further by the tide and Big Red comes and saves him. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Illustrative text is used. Some words are bolded to show emphasis.

Some sentences begin with an independent clause. Adjectives appear throughout the story. To conclude, an action/consequences is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 186944955X

ISBN-13: 9781869449551

Black Cat Stays Out is an animal fantasy about a cat who does not get dinner from its owner when called. After failed attempts at trying to catch a moth, a mouse, and a porcupine, Black Cat gets very hungry and is scared by an owl. He scratches on his owner’s door and she lets him inside.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. This story is a narrative text with a straightforward structure of a clear beginning, a series of episodes, and an ending. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

Listed items are separated by commas. Simple adjectives are used. To conclude, a story sequence that asks for the reader’s help is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447174

ISBN-13: 9781869447175

Boats is an expository text that invites readers to learn about different types of boats such as canoes, fishing boats, ships, and yachts.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Various adjectives are used throughout. To conclude, a labels page that asks readers what goes on boats is shown. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446291

ISBN-13: 9781869446291

Bully Cat is a humorous, animal fiction about a mean cat named Bully Cat who torments Little Cat by eating his food and pushing him off of chairs. Bully Cat chases Little Cat but Dog comes to Little Cat’s rescue. Bully Cat can see Dog watching him, so he is nice to Little Cat and they become friends. The story is organized by an event that occurs each day from Monday to Thursday.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Illustrative text is used.

There are prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. There are some adverbs describing action. To conclude, a diary that shows what happened each day is presented. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447107

ISBN-13: 9781869447106

Bully Cat and the Birds is an animal fantasy about a mean cat named Bully Cat who runs the birds out of the garden and pushes their nests out of the tree. After waking up from a nap, he finds a large bird sitting over him. Bully Cat now lets the other birds live in the garden but when he sees the large bird, he goes inside.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. 

Some sentences begin with dependent clauses. Adjectives appear and some are bolded and repeated. To conclude, an action/consequence chart is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449568

ISBN-13: 9781869449568

Bully Cat’s Mistake is a humorous, animal fantasy about a mean cat named Bully Cat who tries to catch things that are smaller than him. After trying to catch a fish, and after putting his paw on a lizard, Bully Cat puts his paw on a bee and gets stung. Bully Cat gets his paw wrapped up and has to stay inside for a couple of days. Some dialogue is used.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Some thought bubbles with symbols are used.

Adjectives such as big and little are bolded. To conclude, an action/consequence chart is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449452

ISBN-13: 9781869449452

Camels is an expository text that invites readers to learn about where camels live as well as their eyelashes, nose, toes, humps, and feet.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. A map shows where the animal lives and an index is included.

Interest words include hump. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869446143

ISBN-13: 9781869446147

Canals is an expository text that invites readers to learn about why canals are important, how boat lifts work, and how locks work.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. A flow diagram shows how locks work. An index is included.

Interest words include canal, lock, desert, gates, and waterfall. Simple adjectives appear. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449819

ISBN-13: 9781869449810

Cargo Cat is a realistic fiction about a worker named Carlos who accidentally put a box his cats fell asleep in on a plane. Carlos sends a message to other workers and the cat is flown back to him. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. The electronic message is shown and cat’s trip to and from the cargo shed is shown.

Commas separate listed items. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. Adjectives appear. To conclude, the route map with both trips, as well as a legend, is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1442535601

ISBN-13: 9781442535602

Changing and Growing is an expository text that invites readers to learn about how animals grow and change. The sentence stem, “Look at the ________” appears throughout.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Simple adjectives are used. To conclude, a flow diagram that shows the life cycle of the frog is shown. Readers are asked to make a life cycle for the butterfly. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446305

ISBN-13: 9781869446307

Chimpanzees is an expository text that invites readers to learn about where chimpanzees live, what they eat, what they look like, and how they make their nests, and how they raise their young.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. A map shows where the animal lives. An index is included.

Interest words include forest, knuckles, insects, and nest. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449770

ISBN-13: 9781869449773

Clown is Sick is a humorous, realistic story about a sick clown who can’t stop sneezing while getting ready for work in the morning. He stops at the doctor’s office and the doctor tells him that she does not think he is sick. She asks clown to take off his nose, and when he does, he finds a feather in it.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Illustrative text is used.

There are some prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. To conclude, a story correct and incorrect story sequence is presented. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447077

ISBN-13: 9781869447076

Crazy Wheels is an informational text describing the astonishing number of uses people have found for wheels, from unicycles to spinning wheels to Ferris wheels to water wheels.  The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral language.

Most of the sentences are short and similar in structure.  A few sentences begin with a dependent clause followed by a comma.  Labelled photographs match the text directly.  Labelled diagrams explain how water wheels and fish wheels work. The book concludes with an index.

The high frequency words are making, around, and so.  Interest words include wool, motor, and turtle.  The positional words are on, around, into, up, onto, and in.  The compound words are into and onto.

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ISBN-10: 1869449673

ISBN-13: 9781869449674

Dad and the Skateboard is a humorous, realistic fiction about a dad who skateboards past their driveway gate, down the road, and into the mud. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Some speech bubbles are used.  Illustrative text is used.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, a map with a legend is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449584

ISBN-13: 9781869449582

Dad at the Beach is a humorous, realistic fiction about a dad who takes a funny looking towel, umbrella, and swim shorts to the beach. His kids are embarrassed but he does not mind. When Dad is in the water, a big wave hits him and steals his pants. A dog takes them and hides them in the sand on the beach. On their way home, Dad purchases new beach items.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. This story is a narrative text with a straightforward structure of a clear beginning, a series of episodes, and an ending. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. Listed items are separated by commas. To conclude, a symbols page is shown. Four scenes from the story are chosen and readers are encouraged to choose Dad’s mood in that scene.  In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447069

ISBN-13: 9781869447069

Dad at the Fair is a humorous, realistic story about a dad who goes to the fair with his embarrassed kids. Dad spills ketchup on his shirt, knocks over a tent, and gets stuck in a tunnel that is too small for him. Regardless, Dad laughs everything off and tells his kids he had a great day at the fair.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. This story is a narrative text with a straightforward structure of a clear beginning, a series of episodes, and an ending. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

Commas are used to list items. To conclude, a symbols page is shown where readers decide dad’s mood at each point in the story. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447115

ISBN-13: 9781869447113

Duck and Rooster is a humorous story about duck and rooster who copy one another.

Illustrations fully support the meaning of the text. Speech bubbles and dialogue are used.

Interest words include fence, grass, chimney, and roof. To conclude, a flow diagram that helps in retelling is shown.

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ISBN-10: 1869449460

ISBN-13: 9781869449469

Duck and Rooster in Trouble is a humorous, animal fantasy about Rooster jumping into a bucket that Duck was sitting in. When they try to get out, they roll down the hill, and crash into a tree. The bucket breaks and Rooster vows to never get into another bucket again. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles and illustrative text are used.

Adjectives appear. To conclude, an action/consequence chart is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449576

ISBN-13: 9781869449575

Ears is an expository text about animals’ ears. Readers learn about big ears, small ears, ears that have fur, and ears that have hair.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Some photographs are labeled. An index is included.

Interest words include elephants, hippo, camel, and knees. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449681

ISBN-13: 9781869449681

Eddy’s Hair is a realistic fiction about a boy named Eddy who is insecure about his red hair and always tries to cover it. When an older soccer player who has been on TV comes to Eddy’s classroom, he says he needs a student to help him at his game on the weekend. He picks Eddy because he has red hair like him. All the kids see Eddy on TV and think he is cool.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Some illustrative text is used.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. To conclude, an image of the students in the class, along with a graph organized by hair colour, is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447158

ISBN-13: 9781869447151

Eels is an expository text that shows readers where eels live, what they eat, how they are caught, and how they are cooked.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. A scale diagram shows the size difference of different eels. A map shows where the animal lives. An index is included.

Interest words include fins, muddy, traps, and spears. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449886

ISBN-13: 9781869449889

Eggs in the Sun is a humorous, realistic story about a trick that Mr. Mack plays on Mrs. Mack. Mr. Mack tells his wife not to leave eggs in the sun because they will hatch but she doesn’t believe him. He buys two baby chicks and puts them in the bowl with cracked eggshells. Mrs. Mack cannot believe her eyes and wants to hatch more eggs so that she can have a chicken farm.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Numbered directions with pictures show how Mr. Mack executed the trick.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. To conclude, a sequence that asks students to decide the proper order of events is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447182

ISBN-13: 9781869447182

Eggs, eggs, eggs is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the eggs that come from birds, butterflies, fish, frogs, and turtles.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. A diagram of the inside of an egg is shown. An index is presented.

Adjectives are used to describe eggs. To conclude, a mapping chart that asks readers where the animals will lay their eggs is shown. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446321

ISBN-13: 9781869446321

Fantastic Frogs is an informational text describing how frogs can jump, catch insects, climb, hold their young in their mouths, and control garden insects.  The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral language.

All the sentences are short and similar in structure.  Labelled photographs match the text directly.  One page has a boxed “fun fact.”  The book concludes with an index.

The high frequency words are fast, lot, eat, from, and when.  Interest words include sticky, flies, toes, and tongue.  The positional words are up, out, in, and on.  The compound word is fingernail.

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ISBN-10: 186944969X

ISBN-13: 9781869449698

Fat Ducks is a realistic story about people on a street who feed the ducks too much food. The ducks grow larger and larger and the community comes up with a plan to help the ducks get smaller. They decide to create a roster that tells everyone what day they will feed the ducks. On Saturday and Sunday, the ducks are expected to feed themselves. Dialogue with simple questioning is used among characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Address signs are shown throughout.

Adjectives appear. To conclude, the street’s completed roster is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 144253561X

ISBN-13: 9781442535619

Fern Goes Away is a humorous, fictional story about a lady named Fern who gets fed up of the farm animals in her house and leaves to live in the city. She quickly realizes that the city is too busy and too fast paced and returns home to the farm.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used.

Many adjectives appear in sentences. To conclude, a list of the rules for the farm animals is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Fern Goes Away

ISBN-10: 1869449479

ISBN-13: 9781869449476

Flea and the Robber Cat is a humorous, animal fantasy about a flea who scares Robber Cat away from the pizza that Big Bill left on the table.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used.

Adjectives and simple connectives such as and appear. To conclude, Robber Cat’s trail is shown with a legend. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449487

ISBN-13: 9781869449483

Flying Machines is an expository text that invites readers to learn about machines that fly in the sky and the parts that help them work such as propellers, wheels, and wings.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Listed words are presented in a sentence and separated by commas. Adjectives appear. To conclude, a yes/no chart that asks readers about what parts can be found on a plane is shown. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Flying Machines

ISBN-10: 186944633X

ISBN-13: 9781869446338

Foxes is an expository text that invites readers to learn about what foxes look like, where they live, how they get food, and how they take their cubs from den to den.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Some photographs include captions that add additional information. An index is included.

Interest words include desert, paws, cubs, and dens. Adjectives appear throughout. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl/Gn: Foxes

ISBN-10: 1442535652

ISBN-13: 9781442535657

Frogs and Toads is an expository text that invites readers to learn about what frogs and toads eat, what their skin looks like, how they lay eggs, and what their babies look like. The sentence stem, “Look at the ______” is used to introduce frogs, toads, and eggs.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Simple adjectives appear. To conclude, a yes/no chart that asks questions about toads and frogs is shown. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Frogs & Toads

ISBN-10: 1869446348

ISBN-13: 9781869446345

Frogs in the house is a humorous, realistic story about a young girl who wants to bring frogs to school so she leaves the frogs in the bathroom overnight. Her mom wakes up and tries to catch all of the frogs. After she cannot get them all, she wakes up the father and he catches the rest with a net.

Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. There are a few callouts that prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. There are some adjectives. To conclude, a comic strip is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Frogs in the House

ISBN-10: 1869447166

ISBN-13: 9781869447168

Funky Flamingos is an expository text that shows readers where flamingos live, what they look like, what makes them pink, how they eat, and how they clean their feathers.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and some include captions. A map shows where the animal lives. A cross sectional diagram shows the inside of a flamingo’s mouth and scale diagrams show a flamingo’s height and wingspan. An index is included.

Interest words include flamingo, lakes, and feathers. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Funky Flamingo

ISBN-10: 1869449851

ISBN-13: 9781869449858

Going Fast is an expository text about things that can go fast such as trucks, planes, racing boats, and motorbikes.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and an index is included.

Interest words include motorbike, racing, helmet, mud, and life jacket. Simple adjectives are used. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Going Fast

ISBN-10: 1869446151

ISBN-13: 9781869446154

Gorillas is an expository text that shows readers where gorillas live, what they look like, what they eat, and their relationship with people.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. A map shows where the animal lives and a scale diagram illustrates a gorilla’s size. An index is included.

Interest words include gorilla, forest, ape, and nest. Simple adjectives are used. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Gorillas

ISBN-10: 1869449762

ISBN-13: 9781869449766

Gran Helps Out! is a realistic fiction about a boy named Ben who is asked to clean his room before Gran comes over. When Gran sees that Ben throws all of his items where you can’t see them, she buys boxes, paints them, labels them, and organizes Ben’s things. Dialogue is used between two characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Some speech bubbles are used.

Adjectives are used. To conclude,  an image of Ben’s labeled kitchen is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Gran Helps Out!

ISBN-10: 1869449495

ISBN-13: 9781869449490

Granny Comes to Stay Again is a humorous, realistic story about a granny who comes over to stay with her family. She brings her mice, fish, and birds and Dad gets frustrated because they are all over the house. Granny set up a tent and suggests they all sleep outside which they do.

Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

To conclude, mapping charts are shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl:Granny Comes to Stay Again

ISBN-10: 186944700X

ISBN-13: 9781869447007

Greedy Mouse is an animal fantasy about Greedy Mouse who eats an entire cake and does not share with Little Mouse even though she is very hungry. Greedy Mouse gets sick from eating too much cake and Little Mouse nurses him back to health. Dialogue is used between two characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Some speech bubbles are used.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, a story sequence with seven scenes is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Greedy Mouse

ISBN-10: 1869449509

ISBN-13: 9781869449506

Hairy Caterpillars is an expository text that invites readers to learn about hairy caterpillars that are bad to eat, ones that can hide, and ones that can sting.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. An index is included.

Interest words include caterpillar, toothbrush, sting, and hairy. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, a classification chart is presented. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Hairy Caterpillars

ISBN-10: 1869700368

ISBN-13: 9781869700362

Happy Harriet is a realistic story about a lady named Harriet who makes everyone happy. After hurting her leg, she goes to the hospital and shares her happiness with others through art. She draws pictures for the wall and draws suns on her cast. When she returns home, she receives a letter from the hospital saying they want her to come back. She returns and makes the hospital happy again.

Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. The letter that the people from the hospital sent to Harriet is shown.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. Adjectives are used to describe colour and mood. To conclude, thank-you notes to Harriet are shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Happy Harriet

ISBN-10: 1869447085

ISBN-13: 9781869447083

Headgear is an expository text that invites readers to learn about headgear that people use to help them stay safe or to help them do their jobs better. Headgear for bike races, hockey, skiing, space, and working are discussed.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Illustrative text is used. An index is presented.

Adjectives are used in sentences. To conclude, a mapping chart that asks readers what headgear can be used to keep people safe is shown. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Headgear

ISBN-10: 1869446356

ISBN-13: 9781869446352

Hedgehogs is an expository text that invites students to learn about what hedgehogs eat, what they look like, what their bodies can do, and how they make nests for their babies.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

A short, bulleted list appears. To conclude, a yes/no chart that asks questions about hedgehogs is presented. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Hedgehogs

ISBN-10: 1869446283

ISBN-13: 9781869446284

Help for Eyes is an expository text about things that can help eyes see. Readers learn about things that can help us see monkeys, ants, boats, craters, stars, and the moon.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. Things that help eyes see, such as binoculars and magnifying glasses, are shown.  index is included.

Interest words include glasses, crater, and submarine. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Help for Eyes

ISBN-10: 1869446194

ISBN-13: 9781869446192

Hot and Cold is an expository text about the kinds of animals that live in cold places and the ones that live in warm places.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. An index is included.

Interest words include shade, den, and wombat. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: EXP Hot And Cold : Early 3 Blue L3n

ISBN-10: 1869442229

ISBN-13: 9781869442224

Jumping Spiders is an expository text that invites readers to learn about spiders that jump. The text explores what kind of eyes a spider has, what it eats, and how it makes its’ nest.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Simple connectives such as and are used to connect ideas. Some listed words are separated by commas. To conclude, a yes/no chart that asks questions about spiders is asked. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Jumping Spiders

ISBN-10: 1869446364

ISBN-13: 9781869446369

Ladders is an expository text that shows readers the different things ladders are used for such as treehouses, spaceships, and ships.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. An index is included.

Interest words include ladder, firefighters, climbers, packs, and sailors. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Ladders

ISBN-10: 1869449711

ISBN-13: 9781869449711

Lazy Sailor Sam is a humorous story about Sailor Sam who stays in bed all day. The frustrated captain of the ship decides to stop on a nearby island to have a party with the rest of the crew and leaves Sailor Sam on the boat. Sailor Sam cannot cross the water to the island because there are sharks in the water. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles appear throughout.

Adjectives and simple connectives are used in sentences. To conclude, a comic strip that helps in retelling is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Lazy Sailor Sam

ISBN-10: 1869444825

ISBN-13: 9781869444822

Life Savers is an expository text about things that save lives. Readers learn about air bags, seat belts, act’s eyes, and smoke alarms.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. An index is included.

Some interest words include life savers, alive, foam, smoke, pilot, and crash. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl/Gn: Life Savers

ISBN-10: 1442535598

ISBN-13: 9781442535596

Lizards is an expository text that invites students to learn about what a lizard’s body parts do and the different places where lizards live. Some dialogue is used.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

To conclude, a yes/no chart that asks questions about lizards is presented. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Lizards

ISBN-10: 1869446372

ISBN-13: 9781869446376

Looking After Babies is an expository text that shows how some animals take care of their babies. The book focuses on crocodiles, frogs, bugs, cats, penguins, and seahorses.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Many labels appear on photographs. An index is included.

Interest words include animals, babies, fur, lick, and hatch. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Looking After Babies

ISBN-10: 1869446186

ISBN-13: 9781869446185

Making Roads is an expository text about how roads, bridges, and motorways are made. Readers are also invited to learn about the materials that make roads such as concrete, sand, steel, and stone.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. An index is included.

Interest words include bulldozer, machines, graders, rollers, and concrete. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449800

ISBN-13: 9781869449803

Mickey Maloney’s Missing Bag is a humorous story about the spy Mickey Maloney who cannot find his spy bag. He leaves his home and searches for it but does not find it. When he sits down on the couch, he finds his bad under a cushion. Dialogue is used between characters and simple questions are asked.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles with only visual text is used.  Some illustrative text is used.

Adjectives appear. To conclude, a story sequence with four scenes is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Mickey Maloney's Missing Bag

ISBN-10: 1869449592

ISBN-13: 9781869449599

Molly and Harry is a humorous, realistic fiction about a dog named Harry that sneakily follows his owner, Molly, around town. Harry goes everywhere Molly goes and she does not realize. When she returns home, she thinks Harry has been waiting on the step for her the entire time.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. This story is a narrative text with a straightforward structure of a clear beginning, a series of episodes, and an ending. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

A few sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, a map with a legend is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Molly & Harry

ISBN-10: 1869447042

ISBN-13: 9781869447045

Monkey’s Ride is a humorous, animal fantasy about a monkey who wants his animal friends to take him on a fast ride. After his other friends are too slow, Monkey rides on tiger’s back and goes too fast through the mud and water. Monkey jumps off before tiger realizes.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are some adjectives are used. Dialogue is used between animals.  To conclude, an accurate and an inaccurate story sequence is presented. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Monkeys Ride

ISBN-10: 1869447123

ISBN-13: 9781869447120

Mr. Magee’s Goat is a humorous, realistic fiction about Mr. Magee’s rowdy goats who go into Mrs. Jon’s backyard and eat her apples. Mr. Magee’s goats get into Mrs. Jon’s house and make a mess. She traps them in a small building and Mr. Magee brings them back home.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. This story is a narrative text with a straightforward structure of a clear beginning, a series of episodes, and an ending. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. To conclude, a correct and incorrect story sequence is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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Invoice Title: Solo Bl: Mr Magees Goats

ISBN-10: 1869447050

ISBN-13: 9781869447052

Mum at the Market is a humorous, realistic story about a boy who goes to the market with his Mum. Mum buys many strange things, and on their way home, they pick up a watermelon. The watermelon is so large that they roll it as they are walking home but it rolls away from them and crashes into a tree. The boy and his Mum eat the watermelon.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. There are some adjectives throughout. To conclude, a map with a legend is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447131

ISBN-13: 9781869447137

Night Work is an expository text about people who work at night. Readers learn about people who fish at night, people who play music at night, and people who work at different places like the airport and the hospital.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. An index is included.

Interest words include hospital, building, police officer, and DJ. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Night Work

ISBN-10: 1869449738

ISBN-13: 9781869449735

No Buzz for the Bees is a realistic fiction about a beekeeper who finds his bees have stopped buzzing because their wings are caught in spider webs. After thinking of the ways to get the web off, he makes the bees chase him very fast and they start buzzing again.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Illustrative text is used. Thought bubbles appear.

The compound word beeman is used. Adjectives and simple connectives such as and are used. Some ellipses are used. To conclude, a Rules for Bees sign is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449630

ISBN-13: 9781869449636

No TV is a realistic fiction about kids in Sun Sun House whose TV’s stop working. Jack’s mom begins to tell him a silly story and the other children come up to their room to join. Instead of watching TV on a Saturday night, the children use their imagination and make up stories.

Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Few callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. Adjectives are used. There are some adverbs describing action. To conclude, a mapping chart is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447018

ISBN-13: 9781869447014

Orangutans is an expository text that invites readers to learn about where these animals live, what they eat, how they make their nests, how they care for their young, and the relationships between orangutans and people.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. An index is included. A list is supported by visual text.

Interest words include orangutan, apes, forests, and umbrella. Some adjectives are used and a sentence begins with a dependent clause. Simple questions are posed. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449789

ISBN-13: 9781869449780

Pancakes is a humorous, fictional text about a family who makes a pancake for themselves when they enter the kitchen. When dad walks in, he flips the pancake, it gets stuck on the ceiling, and falls on his head. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, a recipe for pancakes is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869442180

ISBN-13: 9781869442187

Pop and Roman is a realistic, humorous story about a boy name Roman and his Pop who use a map to get to Can Can Cave where dinosaur bones are buried. Roman reads the map upside down and Pop helps direct him to the cave. After finding bones, Roman helps with directing Pop out of the cave.

To begin, the main characters and setting are introduced. This story is a narrative text with a straightforward structure of a clear beginning, a series of episodes, and an ending. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Words are bolded for emphasis.

Some adjectives are used. To conclude, a map with a legend is presented. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with both visual and written text.

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ISBN-10: 186944714X

ISBN-13: 9781869447144

Rats is an expository text that shows readers where rats live, what they eat and what their teeth and nails are used for. Pet rats, and the relationship between rats and people, is discussed.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Few photographs are labeled. A scale diagram is used to show the average size of a rat. An index is included.

Interest words include sharp, teeth, rubbish, pests, and germs. Some adjectives are used. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449754

ISBN-13: 9781869449759

Rupert’s Rainbow Ice Cream is a realistic fiction about an ice cream shop owner named Rupert who makes rainbow ice cream that the children in town love. Rupert is told his shop is going to be a bread shop so he decides to sell ice cream out of a rainbow truck to the kids. The children write letters of thanks to Rupert. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles and signs are used

Adjectives are used throughout. To conclude, the children’s thank-you letters are shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: Sls Bl: Ruperts Rainbow Icecream

ISBN-10: 1869444817

ISBN-13: 9781869444815

Sailor Sam is a humorous, fictional text about Sailor Sam who is sent to Sailor School. Instead of going to Sailor School, he goes to Clown School, and shows the other sailors funny things when he gets back. The captain gets mad and all the sailors leave the ship to go to the Sailor School that Sam went to. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used.

Adjectives appear. Simple connectives such as and are used in sentences. Many contractions appear. To conclude, a Sailor Sam comic strip is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1442535628

ISBN-13: 9781442535626

Sailor Sam and the Boots is a humorous, fictional text about Sailor Sam who wants to make the other sailors laugh. While the captain is sleeping, he steals her boats and climbs up the mast. When she wakes up, she sees the boots fall from the sky and thinks a bird stole them because she cannot see Sailor Sam hiding behind the mast. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles, as well as some illustrative text, is used.

Simple connectives and adjectives appear. To conclude, a comic strip with many speech bubbles is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449606

ISBN-13: 9781869449605

Sailor Sam and the Captain is a humorous story about Sailor Sam having difficulty running the ship. The Captain tells him he will need to learn how to be a sailor. When the Captain blows out the candles on her birthday cake, cake is blown all around the room. Sailor Sam jokes that she will need to learn how to blow out the candles on a cake.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. To conclude, an action/consequence chart is shown and provides a space for student to fill in one consequence. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with written and visual text.

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ISBN-10: 1869447034

ISBN-13: 9781869447038

Sailor Sam in Trouble is a humorous, fictional text about Sailor Sam who wants to play all day instead of helping the other sailors work. When Sailor Sam jumps into the water while he is being silly, he realizes he is surrounded by sharks and he vows that he will help the others if they save him. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used to convey thoughts.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, a story sequence with four scenes is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449517

ISBN-13: 9781869449513

Same, but Different is an expository text about animals that look the same and different. Readers learn about butterflies and moths, frogs and toads, and turtles and tortoises.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. An index is included.

Some interest words include same different, insects, and flippers. To conclude, a comparison chart of all the animals is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 186944986X

ISBN-13: 9781869449865

Shell Homes is an expository text about animals that live in shells, such as tortoises, snails, and crabs. Readers are invited to learn about how large or small shells are and why they are important to these animals.

 Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions. A sequence diagram shows how a turtle can close its shell like a door. An index is included.

Interest words include tortoises, crab, and shell. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449665

ISBN-13: 9781869449667

Smelling! is an expository book that invites readers to learn about how animals smell different things like food and danger. How animals smell with their beaks, noses, tongues, and feet, is discussed.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. The body part that senses smell is labelled on each animal. An image of what the animal is smelling for, predator or food, is pictured. An index is included.

Interest words include rabbit, zebra, ground, beak, flower, and tongue. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 186944616X

ISBN-13: 9781869446161

Smelly Skunks is an expository text about skunks. Readers are invited to learn about where skunks live, how skunks make smells, what they eat, and how they take care of their young.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and include some captions that provide additional information. An index is included.

Interest words include spots, stripes, grubs, den, and scared. A sentence begins with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449657

ISBN-13: 9781869449650

Snow and Ice is an expository text about things people can do in the ice such as go ice fishing, make ice sculptures, go skating and go skiing.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Simple contractions are used. Many one and two-syllable words are used. To conclude, a yes/no chart is shown with questions that relate to ice. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446453

ISBN-13: 9781869446451

Space, Stars, and Planets is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the things in outer space such as Earth, Mars, the Milky Way, moons, stars, and the sun.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. A diagram of the planets is shown. An index is presented.

Many adjectives appear. Adjectives relating to colour are bolded and reflect the colour of the written text. To conclude, a mapping chart is shown. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446445

ISBN-13: 9781869446444

Spies Go Shopping is a humorous story about spies who go to Spy School but are not properly dressed. The spy teacher sends them to get glasses, coats, and hats. When they get back, their colourful clothing is seen as silly, and they get a specific list to take with them when they go shopping for new spy clothes.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Illustrative text is used. Lists are shown.

Many adjectives describing colour are used. To conclude, the spies are shown holding of list of spy clothes. Another list asks readers what spies need. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447190

ISBN-13: 9781869447199

Spikes, Scales, and Armour is an expository text about animals with spikes, scales, or armour. Readers learn about animals such as armadillos, hedgehogs, pangolins, snakes, and porcupines.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. An index is included.

Some interest words include spikes, scales, and armour. Adjectives appear throughout. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869442202

ISBN-13: 9781869442200

Starfish is an expository text that invites readers to learn about what starfish eat, what their arms and feet are used for, and what their babies look like.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Adjectives appear as illustrative text. To conclude, a yes/no chart with questions about starfish are shown. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446399

ISBN-13: 9781869446390

Staying with Big Bill is a humorous, fictional text about two kids who go to stay with Big Bill. When the kids do not offer to help out around the house, Flea bites them and the kids go help others when they need it. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Some thought bubbles are used.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, an action/consequence chart is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449614

ISBN-13: 9781869449612

Storms is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the different kinds of storms that can take place on the Earth. Dust storms, sandstorms, and snowstorms are some of the storms that are discussed.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Some adjectives are used. To conclude, a yes/no chart is shown that asks readers to decide what clothing choices are best for a snowstorm and a sandstorm is presented. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446402

ISBN-13: 9781869446406

Tame and Wild is an expository text about tame animals and wild animals. Readers learn about dogs, wild cats, rabbits, rats, and wolves.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. An index is included.

Interest words include hunts, tame, wild, and burrows. Some sentences begin with an independent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 186944972X

ISBN-13: 9781869449728

Tents is an expository text that invites readers to learn about various tents that people can use such as tents for the beach, for camping, for shows, for sick people, and for weddings.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Adjectives are used to describe tents. To conclude, a mapping chart that asks readers to match pictures is shown. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446437

ISBN-13: 9781869446437

That’s Us is an expository text about animals that stay together such as elephants, fish, lions, meerkats, and penguins. Readers learn what each group of animals is called.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. An index is included.

Interest words include flock, colony, herd, pride, and pack. Some sentences begin with a dependent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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Invoice Title: EXP That's Us : Early 3 Blue L3n

ISBN-10: 1869442210

ISBN-13: 9781869442217

The Box House is a humorous, fictional text about a boy named Jack who makes a box house outside for him and his mom to sleep in. Each hour, something bad happens and Jack and his mom must go inside. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used.

Adjectives and contractions are used. To conclude, a plan of the box house is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449525

ISBN-13: 9781869449520

The Cuckoo Bird is an expository text about how cuckoo birds find nests, how they lay eggs, and how they find food for their babies.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. A life cycle diagram of a cuckoo bird’s life is shown. An index is included.

Interest words include cuckoo and nest. Adjectives appear throughout. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449649

ISBN-13: 9781869449643

The Flower Robber is a humorous, fictional text about a robber who wants to steal the beeman’s flowers. The bees chase him away every time and he does not succeed at stealing any flowers. The beeman puts up a sign that says Bee-ware. Dialogue is used.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles and illustrative text is used.

Adjectives are used. The compound word beeman is used. To conclude, an action/consequence chart is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449533

ISBN-13: 9781869449537

The Hole in the Garden is a humorous, fictional text about Eddy and his dad who find a hole in their garden and have no idea how it got there. While at school, the boy makes creative stories about how the hole got there. They later find out a rabbit made the hole. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Some speech bubbles are used.  Eddy’s stories are illustrated.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, a true or false chart is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869444809

ISBN-13: 9781869444808

The House Sitters is a humorous, fictional story about a man named Dingle who tries to find a house sitter for his home. When all applicants have animals they want to bring with them, Dingle turns them away and chooses a lady who only has fish. When he returns from his trip, he is surprised to see that the lady had ten kids who stayed in his house. Dialogue is used between characters. A page of dialogue, with character images, is shown on one page.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Signs are used.

Adjectives and ellipses are used. To conclude, Wanted posters are shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869442113

ISBN-13: 9781869442118

The Hummingbird is an expository text that invites readers to learn about how hummingbirds get their food, how they fly, and how they lay their eggs.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. A scale diagram shows how small a hummingbird is in centimeters. An index is included.

Interest words include flying, wings, beak, and tongue. Some adjectives appear. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449746

ISBN-13: 9781869449742

The Robbers is a humorous, realistic fiction about a man named Paddy who calls over a police officer because he finds a mess in his house and thinks robbers broke in. The police officer examines the scene and realizes that ducks got into his home and created the mess. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Three clues are illustrated with written and visual text and thought bubbles are used.

Ellipses are used to show a continuation on the next page. To conclude, the police officer’s report of the incident is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1442535636

ISBN-13: 9781442535633

The Rock Boss is a humorous, animal fantasy about a goat with large horns who pushes everyone off the rock because he believes he is the boss of the rock. When a bee comes around and threatens to sting the goat, the goat decides that the rock belongs to everyone. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Multiple illustrations are shown to depict movement.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, a flow diagram that depicts the events of the story is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869444795

ISBN-13: 9781869444792

The Sausage Spy is a realistic fiction about Mickey Maloney, the spy, who figures out the recipe for the best sausages in the world that are sold at Sid’s Shop. He steals the recipe and sells it at his store. After a typo, he advertises that his sausages are only for spies.

Illustrations with details add interest. Many signs are used throughout.

Adjectives and simple connectives such as and are used. To conclude, billboards from Sid’s Shop are shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 186944213X

ISBN-13: 9781869442132

Tigers is an expository text that tells readers about a tiger’s coat, ears, eyes, nose, and whiskers. Readers also learn about baby tigers.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Some descriptive language is used and simple contractions appear. To conclude, readers are encouraged to compare the labels of a cat and a tiger. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446380

ISBN-13: 9781869446383

Tracks in the Sand is an expository text about animal tracks in the sand. Readers learn about tracks made by a bird, snake, spider, and turtle. Simple questions are asked throughout.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Some photographs are labeled and an index is included.

Interest words include tracks, snake, and spider. To conclude, animals are matched up with their tracks. Simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449827

ISBN-13: 9781869449827

Tracks in the Snow is an expository text about animals that make tracks in the snow. Readers learn about tracks made by a cat, a penguin, a fox, a raccoon, and a person.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and an index is included.

Some interest words include mountain lion, raccoon, stomach, and snow. Simple questions are asked throughout. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449835

ISBN-13: 9781869449834

Trees is an expository text about invites readers to learn about the different parts of a tree as well as what trees need for survival.

Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Adjectives appear when describing trees and their needs. To conclude, a labeled image of a tree is shown with another image of a tree that asks readers decide what labels align with the image. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446410

ISBN-13: 9781869446413

Trunks, Humps, and Tails is an expository text about animals that have trunks, humps, and tails. Camels, monkeys, elephants, and whales, are the focus of this book. The sentence stem, “Look at the ____” is used to introduce each animal. It is bolded and in colour.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented.

Adjectives appear. To conclude, a mapping chart is shown that asks readers to match up a picture of each animal with their trunk, hump, or tail. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446313

ISBN-13: 9781869446314

Uncle Ted is Tricky is a humorous, realistic fiction about two twins whose uncle comes over. Uncle Ted always play tricks on the twins and says that they never be able to trick him. The twins finally trick Uncle Ted when they put salt all over his ice cream. Dialogue is used between characters.

 Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used.

 Adjectives appear. To conclude, instructions on how to trick someone with an egg is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449541

ISBN-13: 9781869449544

Uncle Ted’s Teeth is a humorous, realistic fiction about twins whose uncle snaps his fake teeth together to make people and animals laugh. When the boys and their uncle buy toffee, Uncle Ted’s teeth get covered in the sticky candy and he has to soak them all day. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Illustrative text and speech bubbles are used.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, a story sequence with six scenes is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449622

ISBN-13: 9781869449629

Under the Microscope is an expository text about how things look under the microscope. Readers see magnified images of a butterfly’s body parts, a fly’s eyes and feet, and a spider's eyes and web.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled. An index is included.

Interest words include microscope, hooks, feelers, and tongue. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869449878

ISBN-13: 9781869449872

Watch Out for Rubbish Bins! is a humorous, animal fantasy about Big Bird who wants to teach Little Bird how to fly, how to fish, and how to land. When teaching him how to get food from a trash can, Big Bird falls in through the lid of the trash can and is released when a garbage truck comes by. Dialogue is used between two characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Speech bubbles are used and multiple images are shown to depict motion and movement.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, a rebus is shown with written and visual text. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869442199

ISBN-13: 9781869442194

Where Do Snakes Live? is an expository text that shows readers the different types of snakes that live in the desert, the sea, and in trees. Some sentences are questions.

Labeled illustrations enhance and extend the meaning of the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. Some illustrative text is used.  An index is presented.

Adjectives are used to explain the areas snakes live in. To conclude, a mapping chart that gets students to match images to correct captions. In addition, a word bank with text and imagery is provided.

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ISBN-10: 1869446461

ISBN-13: 9781869446468

Yellow Bird is an animal fantasy about a little bird in a cage who wishes he could fly freely like the other birds he watches outside. A group of butterflies open Yellow Bird’s cage, and, because he cannot fly, the butterflies lift him up to the sky. Dialogue is used between characters.

Illustrations add meaning and interest. Some speech bubbles are used.

Adjectives are used. To conclude, an advertisement selling Yellow Bird’s cage is shown. In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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ISBN-10: 1869444787

ISBN-13: 9781869444785

Zack’s Spots is a realistic, humorous story about an imaginative boy who gets spots on his back and has to stay home from school. When Zack and his mum visit the doctor, they learn the spots are toast crumbs Zack picked up eating toast in bed. Characters are introduced at the beginning of the book with pictures and labels, and dialogue is shown in red type.

This story is a narrative text with a straightforward structure of a clear beginning, a series of episodes, and an ending. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. Most vocabulary words presented are known by children through oral language, listening to stories, or reading. There are some adverbs describing action. A two-page spread shows and labels the parts of Zack’s imaginary truck and boat. To conclude, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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ISBN-10: 1869447093

ISBN-13: 9781869447090