What is the Moon (Weekly Reader Books)

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Story by Chris Arvetis and Carole Palmer
Illustrated by James Buckley
32 pages
"What's that big bright circle in the sky?" asks Christopher. Wise Owl knows it's the moon. And she tells Christopher all about the craters, valleys, and highlands that are on the moon.

No new words!

Mr. Happy and his best smile ever (Story Book)

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Story by John Malam
Illustrated by Adam Hargreaves
16 pages
ISBN 0-7498-5013-2

Find out what happens when Mr Happy loses his smile!

New words:
puff — a small quantity of vapor or smoke, emitted in one blast: a puff of blue smoke
wrinkly — having many lines or folds: he's old and wrinkly

The Tiny Seed

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by Eric Carle
32 pages

New words:
to loom — appear as a shadowy form, esp. one that is large or threatening
people from far and near — from everywhere
to sway — a rhythmical movement from side to side, to swing
a seed pod — a pod of a fruit; it is a fused case that surrounds multiple seeds

To repeat:
a stem — a trunk
a weed — a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants
a bud — a compact knoblike growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot
a petal — each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and are typically colored