Books in Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 1: Orange series

You are sure to have seen the changes of the tide when you are at the beach. Do you know what makes the tide come in and go out again? How often does it happen? How do the tide changes help sea animals? Why are the tides important to people?

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. More than 100 million people in 150 countries play soccer. Every four years these countries play each other for the World Cup. Players need many skills to play soccer. What are the most important skills a soccer player needs?

This story is about two different giants. The Lonely Giant was sad and grumpy because he was tired of being alone. He wished he had some friends, but he was lonely until he watched the Gentle Giant being kind and helpful. Then the Lonely Giant learned how to make friends. What do you think he had to do?

This story is about some bad pirates who were very greedy. They always wanted more money and more food. Some clever animals thought of a good way to teach them a lesson. What do you think the animals did to the greedy pirates?

Fossils are the ancient remains of living things preserved in rocks. They are usually formed from plants, bones, or shells. Scientists who study fossils are called paleontologists. Fossils show paleontologists what life was like on Earth when the animal or plant died. Which plants or animals do you know about from fossils?

Things that we dont want any longer can be called rubbish, trash, junk or garbage. What do we do with it? What happens to it at your house? Do you recycle it? Recycling means reusing something that would otherwise be thrown away. What things could we recycle from our rubbish?

The Arctic and Antarctica are the wildest places on Earth. After millions of years, they have hardly changed. In the oceans, there are huge icebergs and tiny sea creatures. On the ice, there are polar bears, penguins and people. The Arctic and the Antarctic are important, special places. Would you like to go there?

The man in this story was so huge that people called him a giant. But he wasnt fierce or mean like some giants. He liked to do kind things to help anybody who was in trouble. Thats why he was called the Gentle Giant.

Some races are just for fun, but there have been some important races. Who won the race to reach the South Pole? Who was first to climb to the top of the worlds highest mountain? Russia was the first country to send a man into Space, but who was first to reach the Moon?

What do you know about vintage cars? They are really old cars that are quite valuable. Sometimes people drive their vintage cars to join in a parade. Tin Lizzy was a vintage car that wanted to go in a parade. Instead, the old car was left sitting in a farm shed for many years. What do you think happened to Tin Lizzy in the end?

Within What Feels Cold? and Other Stories there are 8 different non-fiction stories, all at similar reading levels, and featuring high-frequency sight words.

Do you know that spiders homes are called cobwebs? Where do spiders like to make their webs? They always work silently, so we dont often notice them. Have you ever watched a spider spinning its web? What are webs made of? What are they for?