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Life on a ranch with cowboys and cowgirls, cattle and horses, is intriguing to all of us. Colorful photos in majestic ranch settings provide an inside look at life on a working ranch. Our Amazing World introduces nonfiction concepts to young children through the variety of ranch activities presenting great discussion points, which children love.
Fishing is a wonderful way to introduce nonfiction to children. It’s a sport for all seasons and many different places. This charming book from Our Amazing World Series, Advanced, shares intriguing pictures of children and grownups enjoying the sport. Expect to reel in some questions as you read. Advanced early readers take pride in their ability to read the book with its simple words and short sentences.
Stephanie witnesses the deterioration of her inner-city neighborhood and school. There are gangs and violence on the street, and chaos in the school. Stephanie decides to “light her candle” against the darkness. After convincing her two friends, they begin with one simple act of kindness.
Little Red Hen had a busy summer planting seeds, watering the soil, digging up the weeds, and harvesting the grain. Whenever she asked the dog, cat, and duck to help, they always had excuses. A crisis occurred—a wicked fox captured the goose. When Little Red Hen went to her three friends, they again made excuses, so she went to the next farm, and Brown Dog helped her rescue the goose.
In this lifelike shopping story, the rich colors and detailed illustrations depict Tim and Kim’s shopping trip to find Kim a new hat. This charming book introduces words with phonic similarities and sentences that use sound repetition, creatively forming a comfortable reading experience for the early reader.
Children easily relate to this lifelike shopping story and they get a few surprises as they read. The deep, rich colors and fine detail of the illustrations sharpen the story of Kim and Tim’s trip to find Kim a new hat. This appealing book introduces new ideas and words, including a rim on Kim’s hat, a hatpin to hold the hat in place, and a mirror to see what the hat looks like on Kim. The sentences creatively repeat new words to form a comfortable reading experience in this advanced easy reader.
The life-like, richly colored illustrations in this story reflect the friendship between Nick and Jill as they try to find a new hat for Jill. Nick doesn’t want a hat, but when their search reveals that Nick could use a cap to improve his baseball skills, he changes his mind. An early reader for young children, the book introduces new words with phonic similarities that comfortably build a child’s reading skills. Target Reader 9 is part of Phonics Adventure’s systematic, leveled reading program.
The richly colored illustrations welcome children on a trip to the hat store with Jill and Nick. An advanced early reader that introduces words with phonic similarities and comfortably builds child’s reading skills. Nick helps Jill choose a blue hat with flowers even though he thinks hats are silly for men. When the man in the shop demonstrates how a cap could greatly improve Nick’s baseball game, Jill and Nick both buy red baseball caps.
Soft, fluffy chicks are adorable, but where do they live and what are their parents like? The special jobs of Papa rooster and Mama hen are explained in this charming nonfiction book, and young children see fluffy chicks grow up to look just like their parents. Through crisp, clear photos, Our Amazing World’s book about chickens opens excellent talking points, such as: Why are the chicks hiding under their mother? Why does the rooster look different from the hen?
Bright photos take children right to the fields, where they see adults and children working together to grow food, and pique their curiosity. Did you know carrots aren’t all orange? Where do French fries come from? Appropriate for children of all ages who return to the book again and again as they learn to read. Advanced early readers recognize many of the words and add new ones to grow their reading skills. Our Amazing World Series, Advanced, nonfiction books, filled with fun facts, stimulate a child’s enthusiasm to learn about the world around them.
Trapped by deep snow high on a mountain, hungry townspeople wait desperately for one of the three big trains to bring them food. All three big trains refuse to go up the mountain. In spite of the ridicule from the big trains, The Little Red Train and a family of brave helpers decide to go up the snow-covered mountain and overcome severe hardships to help the starving people.
Little Red Riding Hood is a kind-hearted girl on her way to help her sick grandmother. Her mother warns her not to speak to strangers and to stay on the path as she travels through the forest, but a smooth-talking wolf makes Little Red Riding Hood forget her promise. While Little Red Riding Hood gathers flowers for her grandmother, the wolf uses her delay to devour the grandmother and set a trap for Little Red Riding Hood.