Christmas Adventure (Oxfor Reading Tree)

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Written by Roderick Hunt
Illustrations by Alex Brychta

Stage 6
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Mum and Dad would like some help to get ready for Christmas.

24 pages

Dad turned off the television.

"Oh!" said Kipper. "We were watching a good programme."

"It's time to help," said Dad.

The Snail and the Whale

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Written by Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
36 pages

The sea snail slithered all over the rock
And gazed at the sea and the ships in the dock.
And as she gazed she sniffed and sighed.
"The sea is deep and the world is wide!
How I long to sail!"
Said the tiny snail.

Wriggle
Slithered
Earsplitting
Frolick
Shimmering

"A snail! A snail!"

The teacher turns pale.

"Look!" say the children.

"It's leaving a trail."

This is the trail

Of the tiny snail,

A silvery trail saying...

Save the whale!

Discovery Box (No 20, Feb 1998)

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Dolphins, surfers of the waves
Athens and Sparta, two Greek cities at war
The great milk adventure
60 pages
Estuary
Chirping
Gills
Supple
Crumples
Nibbles
Umbilical cord
Fibrous
Nostrils
Rudders
Dorsal

The dolphin's blood is nearly black

Its blood is very dark because it contains a large number of red corpuscles. The dolphin's lungs enable it to store 40 times more oxygen than a human being. That is how it can stay underwater for 15 minutes.