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The precious animal babies featured in this nonfiction book from Our Amazing World draw appreciative oohs and aahs from children as they turn the delightful pages. Each crystal-clear snapshot accompanied by fun facts creates wonderful opportunities for lively discussions. Advanced early readers will beam with pride as they master the words on the colorful pages.
Animals fascinate children, who enjoy learning about what they eat and how they live. Our Amazing World Series, Advanced, introduces the excitement of Arctic animals to young children through interesting nonfiction concepts. In this book, with crystal-clear, up-close-and-personal photos of Arctic animals, children get to know these unique animals. Advanced early readers will recognize many of the words in the narrative and delight in adding new words to their vocabularies, including the names of the animals.
Three boys grow up in the same drug-infested, gang-ruled, poverty-stricken neighborhood. Nelson becomes a successful doctor, his best friend Jesse, an award-winning architectural engineer, but Nelson’s brother Alvin ends up in jail. In this riveting tale, Nelson relates the story of their childhood, and how, with the love and guidance of his grandparents, they come upon valuable lessons on how against all odds to become successful.
Nicholas knows that guarding the family’s sheep is important, but he also thinks it’s one of the most boring jobs in the world. He decides to make his day more exciting by shouting “Wolf!” so the townspeople will run to help. His practical joke is a huge success from his point of view, but the townspeople are furious.
Friends enjoy an exciting game of baseball and Jan proves she can hit a ball well. The simple words with similar sounds help children recognize beginning and ending sounds. Rich colors illuminate the outdoor scenes and encourage new readers to use the picture and context clues to read the story.
Children will enjoy the exciting game of baseball in this colorful story. When Jan proves she can hit a fastball, her friends are happy for her. With a combination of one- and two-syllable words with similar sounds, this advanced reader helps children build reading skill. Rich primary colors illuminate the outdoor scenes and add a nice incentive to follow the story.
This exciting beginning reader shows Sam and his friends in a rollicking chase to catch a misbehaving cat. The words in the story teach children to recognize beginning and ending sounds, as they learn to recognize words with similar sounds. Brightly illustrated pages illuminate the narrative, encouraging children to use the picture and context clues to follow the story. The misbehaving cat offers opportunities for parents to discuss positive ways to deal with an upset friend. Target Reader 3 is part of Phonics Adventure’s systematic, leveled reading program.
An action-packed T-ball game leads Sam and his friends on a rollicking chase to catch a cute cat that runs away with Sam’s baseball cap. In this advanced early reader, children learn to recognize familiar words such as umpire on the brightly illustrated pages. The chase offers opportunities for parents to discuss positive ways to deal with an upset friend and to explain that pets usually aren’t misbehaving but think it’s a fun game when they grab something and run.
Familiar with teddy bears, young children get a different perspective when introduced to the wide and wonderful world of nonfiction. Combining clear language and dazzling photos of bears in their natural habitats, this book gives the joy of observing bears fishing, seeing a mother watch over her cubs, and spying on an adorable panda lounging to eat bamboo. The carefully presented facts allow advanced early readers to begin mastering the narrative in this book from the Our Amazing World series.
Deserts around the world are home to unique animals with unusual abilities. Did you know a cheetah runs 75 miles an hour and the desert bald eagle is different from the American bald eagle? Our Amazing World Series, Advanced, presents these distinctive facts especially for young children with dazzling photos to foster a love of learning and an interest in reading. Children of all ages and their parents will enjoy this book. Advanced early readers will like adding new compound words to their vocabulary from known root words, such as “wildflowers” and “waterless”.
It was time for the beautiful princess Elizabeth to be married. Charming Simon and strong, handsome Thomas came to ask her hand in marriage. Then there was John, a handsome but not-so-flashy commoner. Elizabeth first noticed him helping an old man get his wagon out of a muddy ditch.
Chicken Little lives in a world of fear, in spite of her big sister and loving parents’ advice. She trembles at a mouse, cowers during a wind storm, and panics when the tricky fox tries to fool her with superstitions. When an acorn hits her on the head, she’s convinced that the sky is falling. Frightened, Chicken Little starts a panic among all the animals until they take the problem to wise King Leo.