Books in Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series

Do you eat rice sometimes? What do you eat with the rice? What do you use to eat it? Rice belongs to the grass family, and it is grown in many countries of the world. People eat many different rice meals. What is your favourite rice meal?

Do you know that there are schools for dogs? Little puppies can be naughty and noisy. They have to learn how to behave. At Dog School they are taught to do what they are told. What things would a dog need to learn at Dog School?

Theres a lot more to riding a skateboard than just jumping on and whizzing along. Some skateboarders do special moves and tricks on their boards. Like surfers and skiers, they twist, turn, flip and jump. Skateboarders try not to fall off. Concrete is much harder than water or snow!

What would it be like to swim in the deep sea with the animals that live there? Dolphins are very clever, friendly animals. They often follow boats and they like to meet people. Would you like to swim with dolphins?

Have you ever been to a small island? Charlie's Grandmother, Nan, lives on an island. What would it be like to live on an island? How would you get your food and clothes? What games would you be able to play there?

What is a life cycle? A butterfly goes through four stages in its life. It changes into something different each time. It starts as a tiny egg, and later it becomes a chrysalis. More changes happen inside the chrysalis, until at last a beautiful butterfly is ready to fly away.

Every year, hundreds of millions of people travel by plane from one part of the world to another. Today people can eat, sleep, and watch movies on a plane. They can be in the air for hours. The first plane that ever flew had no cabin, no seats, two propellors, two wings and only a small engine. It stayed in the air for just 12 seconds!

Grandpa hid some treasure for Charlie to find, then he gave him clues. Grandpa told Charlie he was cold when he was far away from the hidden treasure. Then he told him that he was getting warm when Charlie went closer. Stickybeak the parrot told him when he was getting hot.

Have you ever been camping in a tent? Where did you go? What was it like at the camp? These children went camping with their uncle, while Aunty stayed at home. How could they send her a message when they were camping far away?

Have you seen a weather vane? It shows which way is north, so that we know which way the wind is blowing. Do you know which way is south and east and west? Can you point to north?

We all need different clothes at different times, depending on the weather and what we are doing. What do you wear when you go to a party? What clothes do you need for sports? Which clothes do you like best? Why?

Did you know that there were no cars in the world until about 150 years ago? People rode in carriages pulled by strong horses. Then clever inventors found some ways to make carriages that moved without horses. They tried many kinds of engines and carriages before the first real car was invented.