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61) Urban Places
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
In this nonfiction title, carefully leveled text and full-color photographs introduce emergent readers to all the exciting things to see in a city. Pairs with the fiction title Wait, Ride, Walk.
"These titles offer new readers short sentences every other page against full-page colorful photos. The text is large and easy to...
62) Rural Places
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
What is life like on a farm? Readers will take a tour of a farm through carefully leveled text and full-color photographs. Pairs with the fiction title I Look Up.
"These titles offer new readers short sentences every other page against full-page colorful photos. The text is large and easy to read in black and circled by white,...
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Originally published in the 1950s, these beautifully illustrated stories for young readers recount the adventures of the Tatums, a backwoods family, and their puppy, Tough Enough. Mainly set on a farm in Appalachia, the tales are noteworthy for their realistic portrayal of rural life. This collection features the first three books from the Tatum family series: Beanie: It's Beanie's birthday, and he gets the best gift of all: a new puppy, Tough Enough....
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Learn different ways to help out around town. The book utilizes social emotional based text to get children comfortable with reading and uses the Whole Language approach to literacy, a combination of sight words and repetition builds recognition and confidence. Bold, colorful photographs correlate directly to text to help guide readers through the book.
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Resuscitating Kenya is a narration of the events following the disputed general election of December 2007 in Kenya, from a child's perspective. Using the analogy and terminology of a health-care system, the author explains the events that degenerated into chaos and violence, claiming the lives of many and displacing others from their homes. It was a response to the depressing images and information that populated both local and international media...
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The country is filled with open spaces and amazing wild animals to discover. It's a place where horses live on ranches and people live far apart from their neighbors. Readers learn these and other facts about life in the country as they explore the early social studies concept of rural and urban communities. Through accessible text and a helpful picture glossary, readers are able to learn about life in a rural community on their own. Vibrant photographs...
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Teachers, children, principals, and nurses: these are just a few of the people who live and work in a school community. Young readers will get to know all about these people and their role in their community through this engaging, simple text. Interesting facts and full-color photos provide readers with a look at all aspects of the school community, including how different students get to school, who works in a school, and how students, teachers,...
74) Bug Goes Fishing
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Bug is a young boy growing up in a rural area. He loves the outdoors. Go with Bug as he decides to go fishing. There are so many different options and choices to make. Once Bug gets to the stream, what will he see and what kind of adventures will he have? Share in his adventures and the many fun and exciting experiences he has today!
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In this poetic portrait, three farm girls adopt their own trees and make discoveries about nature, the magic of nurturing, and themselves. As they all grow, they share the joy of living in a loved landscape and the beauty of their unique differences. Each tree, by nature's fortune, had treasures to impart, as each of us has gifts to offer from the heart.
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¿Alguna vez te pusiste a pensar cómo sería el mundo en el siglo 31? ¿Cómo sería la Argentina? Imposible saberlo... pero afortunadamente no hay límites para la fantasía. Inspirada en las historietas de Astérix y Obélix, nuestra saga narra las epopeyas de Astivio y Obdulio (¿dos antihéroes? ¿paladines bizarros tal vez?), quienes habitan en el conurbano bonaerense del año 3.000. Se trata de un lugar distópico, plagado de peligros... Bueno,...
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Soldiers, families, teachers, and doctors: these are just a few of the people who live and work together on a military base. Young readers will get to know all about these people and their role in this special community through the engaging, simple text. Interesting facts and full-color photos provide readers with a greater understanding of all aspects of military base life, including school, shopping, and recreation. A follow-up activity helps students...
78) Fishing Village
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Did you know that many fishing villages have a tall building called a lighthouse? The lighthouse has a big light at the top to show sailors where to find land. Learn more in Fishing Village, a title in the I Live Here! series.
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Andy and the Attitude Bus is a refreshing and delightful reminder of how important our attitude is every day.
This timeless book is a joy to read at all ages - yes,
even adults.
This book has sold more than 20,000 copies; given away at staff meetings for organizations to remind their people that attitude matters every day.
This fun little book is co-authored by two of today's top motivational speakers on the subject of attitude,...
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Families, neighbors, plumbers, and mail carriers: these are just a few of the people who live and work in a suburban community. Young readers will get to know all about these people and their role in their community through this engaging, simple text. Interesting facts and full-color photos provide readers with a look at all aspects of the suburban community, including different kinds of homes, community activities, and how people help one another....
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