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Books in 21st Century Basic Skills Library, Level 1: Welcome to the Farm series

  • Patterns at the Zoo

    Rebecca Felix

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Jan. 1, 2015)
    This Level 2 guided reader illustrates examples of patterns found at a zoo, especially those found on animal skins and scales. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning to identify how repeating shapes, colors, or lines form a pattern.
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  • Discover Octopuses

    Helen Foster James

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)
    This Level 3 guided reader introduces basic facts about octopuses, including their physical characteristics, diet, and habitat. Simple callouts ask the student to think in new ways, supporting inquiry-based reading. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
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  • Chimpanzees

    Katie Marsico

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Publishing, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Learn all about the lives and habits of baby chimpanzees.
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  • Keep It Clean Time to Wash Up

    Cecilia Minden

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2010)
    Tells how germs spread and explains how washing one's hands helps prevent spreading disease.
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  • Discover Sea Turtles

    Virginia Loh-Hagan

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)
    This Level 3 guided reader introduces basic facts about sea turtles, including their physical characteristics, diet, and habitat. Simple callouts ask the student to think in new ways, supporting inquiry-based reading. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
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  • Puppies Grow Up to Be Dogs

    Cecilia Minden

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2010)
    Introduces puppies from birth to the time they are full grown at two years.
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  • Fear

    Tamra B. Orr

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2016)
    This Level 1 guided reader explores the feeling of fear. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about their feelings.
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  • Let's Sort Shapes

    Lauren Coss

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2014)
    This Level 2 guided reader teaches how to classify objects by shape and sort them into categories. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning how to identify, compare, and describe shapes and sort them by their key attributes.
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  • Excavator

    Samantha Bell

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2018)
    This Level 1 guided reader series explores how excavators are used on construction sites. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about exciting construction machinery. Includes table of contents, glossary, and index--as well as sources for further reading.
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  • Koala Bear Joeys

    Susan Heinrichs Gray

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Jan. 1, 2020)
    Read about the koala bear joeys and how zookeepers take care of them. This level 3 guided reader book includes intriguing facts and adorable photos. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about how these baby animals learn and grow, what they eat, and how they socialize with each other. Book includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biographies, sidebars, and word list for home and school connection.
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  • Pictographs

    Sherra G Edgar

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2013)
    This Level 2 guided reader teaches how to interpret and create pictographs. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about using a scaled pictograph to represent a data set.
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  • Let's Sort by Color

    Lauren Coss

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2014)
    This Level 2 guided reader teaches how to classify objects by color and sort them into categories. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning how to identify and sort objects by one of their key attributes, color.
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