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

Have you ever made pancakes? Its not hard to do if you follow the recipe carefully. Before you start, you need to wash your hands. What ingredients will you use? What tools will you need to get ready?

Children around the world eat all kinds of food. In some countries their food is different from ours. It looks different and it tastes quite different, too. Did you know that some of the foods you eat came from another country? How do people make their kind of food?

Have you ever seen a whale? What do whales look like? How big are they? What can they do? Where do they live? Would you like to go in a boat to watch the whales?

Sea turtles are air breathing reptiles that live in the ocean. They live in almost every ocean throughout the world. They face many dangers as they travel the seas and nest on beaches. Why are sea turtles in danger? What threats do they face? How can sea turtles be saved? What can you do to help?

Have you seen a telescope? What happens when you look through it? In this story, James and Molly used their telescope to help them hunt for dinosaurs. They had to be careful not to go too close to the dinosaurs!

Our world needs rainforests. The plants in rainforests help to clean our air and replace the oxygen we breathe. Without rainforests our planet would die. In hot countries, they are called tropical rainforests. Do you know where in the world the rainforests are?

Would you like to take a trip to the moon? How could you get to somewhere so far away? What do you think the moon would be like? What would you do there? What would you see?

Tom gave his dog Buddy a juicy bone to eat. Buddy chewed the bone a bit, then he left the rest to eat later. But some other hungry animals saw the bone when Buddy was asleep. What do you think happened?

There are many kinds of weather: sunny, cold, hot and rainy. What else? Sometimes we are told that there is stormy weather coming. What are some kinds of storms? Where does wild weather happen? Why are storms so scary and dangerous? What do people and animals do in wild weather?

Earth is one of eight planets in our Solar System, that circle around the Sun. Our Solar System is just one tiny part of The Milky Way. The Milky Way is the galaxy we live in. There are hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe.

Do you like treasure hunts? What do you have to do? These children had to follow a trail of papers to find a surprise. Where do you think it was hidden? What do you think the surprise was?

Why do people build skyscrapers? What would be best about living in a skyscraper? What wouldnt be so good? How many floors do you think a skyscraper must have? Why do you think these buildings are called skyscrapers?