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1) Cats
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Cats, students will learn amazing facts about cats. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Cats have strong flexible bodies with quick reflexes. Their claws are sharp and retractable. They also have very sharp teeth used for hunting prey.
2) Flamingos
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Flamingos, students will learn amazing facts about flamingos. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Flamingos have good hearing and eyesight but a poor sense of taste and little or no sense of smell. They are very noisy animals. Their vocalizations include...
3) Koalas
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Koalas, students will learn amazing facts about koalas. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Koalas are solitary animals. They are mostly active at night and spend most of their time eating and sleeping. Koalas are also territorial animals. They find an...
4) Dogs
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What is your favorite pet? My favorite pets are dogs. Would you like to learn about them? In My Favorite Pet: Dogs, students will learn about having dogs as pets. Each My Favorite Pet book includes information on where pets live, how they play, and what they eat. Sample Text: Dogs are smart and playful. Some like to play in the water. They also like to play tug-of-war and fetch.
5) Birds
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What is your favorite pet? My favorite pets are birds. Would you like to learn about them? In My Favorite Pet: Birds, students will learn about having birds as pets. Each My Favorite Pet book includes information on where pets live, how they play, and what they eat. Sample Text: Pet birds live in cages. Most cages are kept inside the houses of their owners.
6) Polar Bears
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Polar Bears, students will learn amazing facts about polar bears. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Polar bears have excellent sense of smell. They can smell a seal a mile away while buried under three feet of snow. Their hearing and sight are not nearly...
7) Ponies
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What is your favorite pet? My favorite pets are ponies. Would you like to learn about them? In My Favorite Pet: Ponies, students will learn about having a pony for a pet. Each My Favorite Pet book includes information on where pets live, how they play, and what they eat. Sample Text: Children usually learn to ride a pony before they learn to ride a horse. Ponies are friendly and smart. They are also very sensitive. They can tell when someone is scared,...
8) Owls
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Owls, students will learn amazing facts about owls. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: All owls fly without making a sound, except for fishing owls since they don't need to fly silently over water. Their feathers have a soft edge that makes their flight...
9) Fish
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What is your favorite pet? My favorite pets are fish. Would you like to learn about them? In My Favorite Pet: Fish, students will learn about having fish as pets. Each My Favorite Pet book includes information on where pets live, how they play, and what they eat. Sample Text: Fish live in aquariums, fish bowls or ponds. Some fish live in salt water. Some fish live in fresh water.
10) Kangaroos
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Kangaroos, students will learn amazing facts about kangaroos. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Kangaroos have very powerful hind legs, small and short front legs and a long and powerful tail. The tallest are the red kangaroos, which stand over six feet...
11) Walrus
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Walrus, students will learn amazing facts about walruses. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Walruses can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes at a time. When they get to the ocean floor, they blow out air and water to stir up the sand to uncover mollusks...
12) Sloths
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Sloths, students will learn amazing facts about sloths. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Sloths are solitary animals who spend nearly all of their time sitting and hanging from the treetops. They use their long, powerful claws to hang and to hold onto...
13) Lemurs
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Lemurs, students will learn amazing facts about lemurs. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Lemurs are one of the few animals that live in a matriarchal society. Groups are usually no more than 15 and have one dominant female who leads the group. She also...
14) Seals
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Seals, students will learn amazing facts about seals. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Seals are carnivores. They hunt fish but they will also eat squid, octopus, and crustaceans like shrimp and lobster. Leopard seals will eat penguins and sometimes...
15) Sea Lions
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Sea Lions, students will learn amazing facts about sea lions. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Sea lions spend much of the day looking for food. They will hunt close to shore if they can find food. Otherwise, they will move to another area in search...
16) Rays
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Rays, students will learn amazing facts about rays like Manta Rays and Stingrays. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Rays swim very differently than other fish. They flap their pectoral fins up and down which makes them look like they are flying through...
17) Humpback Whales
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Humpback Whales, students will learn amazing facts about humpback whales. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Although Humpbacks are mostly solitary whales they will hunt together. They often use the "bubble-net feeding" method. They form a circle 10-100...
18) Spiders
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Spiders, students will learn amazing facts about spiders. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Most spiders are predators. They rest on their webs and wait for an insect to get trapped. When spiders catch their prey, they inject it with venom that liquefies...
19) Rhinoceros
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What's your favorite animal? In My Favorite Animal: Rhinoceros, students will learn amazing facts about rhinos. Each My Favorite Animal book features interesting non-fiction at a 2nd-grade reading level paired with questions throughout the text to check the reader's comprehension. Sample Text: Rhinos spend almost all day and night grazing. They only sleep during the hottest time of day. They eat almost the entire time they're awake. They share feeding...
20) Snakes
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What is your favorite pet? My favorite pets are snakes. Would you like to learn about them? In My Favorite Pet: Snakes, students will learn about having a snake for a pet. Each My Favorite Pet book includes information on where pets live, how they play, and what they eat. Sample Text: Snakes shed their skin. When the snake becomes too big for its skin, it slides out of it. Most snakes eat insects, rats, and mice. They almost never drink water.
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