Books in Red Rocket Readers: Early Level 2 series

The children are having a picnic at the zoo. Naughty Max Monkey is looking at their picnic food. He is hungry. Read to see what he does.

Many things in the world are opposites to each other. We all know about fat and thin, high and low, beautiful and ugly, north and south. Can you think of some other opposites?

What is junk? What can we make out of old junk? What can we put in the junk box? What else? Where do we get old junk from?

Most people love chocolate. Did you know that chocolate comes from pods on cacao trees? Inside the pods there are cocoa beans. They are dried, roasted and crushed to get cocoa. Machines at the factory make chocolate for us to enjoy.

In this multicultural look at international holidays, children learn how people celebrate special days throughout the year in countries all around the world.

Do you know what food animals like to eat? Fish dont have the same food as pigs, do they? Horses dont eat the same food as hens. Different animals like to have different kinds of food.

Animals tails are all different shapes and sizes. Some animals have tails that are wide, or strong, or curly. Some are white, and some have stripes. One tail is very beautiful which one is it?

The fish were happy swimming in the river. But Baby Elephant came to the river for big drinks of water. The fish were frightened when they saw the water going down. How could they make Baby Elephant go away?

These two children had a competition. They wanted to see if they could both do the same things. They tried all sorts of things and they were both the same. What do you think happened at the end of the competition?

Do you like guessing games? Something is happening to this pile of eggs they are hatching slowly while the children watch to see what will hatch out next. Will it be chickens, or turtles, or even snakes?

Have you ever been lost? The man in this story was lost and hungry. He met an old woman who had no food for him, so he played a trick on her. He made soup for them both. He put a stone in the pot, then he got the old woman to put in lots of good food.

When we make new roads, we need machines to help us. When we build new schools and houses, we need machines. Big machines are strong. They do work that is too hard for us. Some machines help to load ships and lift heavy things. Some machines move earth and rocks.