DK Super Readers Level 4 Beastly Tales


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Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about some of the world’s most mysterious monsters with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress. DK Super Readers Level 4: Beastly Tales will introduce kids to everything they need to know about famous mysterious monsters–including the Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster–and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading. DK Super Readers take children on a journey through the wonderful world of nonfiction: traveling back to the time of dinosaurs, learning more about animals, exploring natural wonders and more, all while developing vital nonfiction reading skills and progressing from first words to reading confidently. The DK Super Readers series can help your child practice reading by: - Covering engaging, motivating, curriculum-aligned topics. - Building knowledge while progressing key Grades 4 and 5 reading skills. - Developing subject vocabulary on topics such as mysterious monsters, the evidence for their existence, and apparent sightings of these creatures. - Boosting understanding and retention through comprehension quizzes. Each title, which has been leveled using MetaMetrics®: The Lexile Framework for Reading, integrates science, geography, history, and nature topics so there’s something for all children’s interests. The books and online content perfectly supplement core literacy programs and are mapped to the Common Core Standards. Children will love powering up their nonfiction reading skills and becoming reading heroes. DK Super Readers Level 4 titles are visually engaging, full of fun facts, and challenge young readers to broaden their subject knowledge while practising nonfiction reading skills. Perfect for children ages 9 to 11 (Grades 4 and 5) who are confident readers ready for a challenge.




DK Super Readers Level 4: Beastly Tales Yeti, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster


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Encounters with mysterious monsters? Make reading your superpower with DK’s beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about some of the world’s most mysterious monsters - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress. Beastly Tales is a beautifully designed reader all about these incredible monsters. The engaging text has been carefully leveled using Lexile so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about people who claim to have seen monsters, and the evidence for their existence.




Dinosaur Detectives


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Track dinosaurs with the earliest fossil hunters and modern-day geologists! Read about their amazing discoveries! These 48-page books about fascinating subjects like pirates, mummies, and volcanoes are for proficient readers who can understand a rich vocabulary and challenging sentence structure. In addition to the stunning photographs, informative sidebars, and glossary, readers will find archival photographs and paintings. Averaging 4,500 to 5,000 words in length, Level 4 books are 40 percent pictures and 40 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.




The Curse of the Crocodile God


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Watch the past come to life in this gripping comic-book tale, The Curse of the Crocodile God. Travel back in time to Ancient Egypt and meet Methen, a young boy whose father is a priest at the temple of the crocodile god, Sobek.Join him on his travels as he and a young servant girl get entangled in a terrible tale of deceit as they discover evidence of tomb robbing, and are determined to expose the villain. But will they lose their heads before they prove their case? Combining the excellent content of DK Readers with the excitement of a graphic novel, these thrilling books use rich, historically accurate settings-such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome-as the backdrops for tales of murder, betrayal, and revenge. Reference section provides nonfiction context, including timeline, maps, and glossary.




DK Readers L4: D-Day Landings: The Story of the Allied Invasion


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How did the Allies plan and execute the most massive and daring invasion in military history? Read all about it in the DK Reader that explains in thrilling detail how the Nazis were defeated on the beaches of France. DK Readers is a multi-level learning-to-read program combining DK's highly visual style with appealing stories at five graduated levels. Stunning photographs and engaging, age-appropriate stories are guaranteed to capture a child's interest while developing reading skills and general knowledge. DK Readers allow progression of stories for beginning readers with simple sentences and word repetition through to stories with rich vocabulary and more challenging sentence structure for proficient readers.




The Price of Victory


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Watch the past come to life in this gripping comic-book tale, The Price of Victory. Travel back in time to the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece and meet Pylades and his brother Kinesias, a champion athlete. From falling statues to sinking boats, join the brothers on their dangerous adventure, as it becomes clear someone wants to murder Kinesias before he can compete. But can they stop the person behind this dastardly assassination plot before the Games begin? Combining the excellent content of DK Readers with the excitement of a graphic novel, these thrilling books use rich, historically accurate settings-such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome-as the backdrops for tales of murder, betrayal, and revenge. Reference section provides nonfiction context, including timeline, maps, and glossary.




The Terror Trail


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Watch the past come to life in this gripping comic-book tale, The Terror Trail. Travel back in time to Ancient Rome and meet Publius and Sabina as they're stolen from their injured father and sold into slavery. Follow their dangerous adventure as brother and sister escape the clutches of their owners, only to be captured and sold again as arena slaves in the Colosseum. Will they survive long enough to rescue their father and find freedom? Combining the excellent content of DK Readers with the excitement of a graphic novel, these thrilling books use rich, historically accurate settings-such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome-as the backdrops for tales of murder, betrayal, and revenge. Reference section provides nonfiction context, including timeline, maps, and glossary.




DK Readers L3: Polar Bear Alert!


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Adventurous young readers will love this fact-filled book about polar bears. Join a hungry pack of polar bears (but don’t get too close!) as they search for food. See mama polar bears with their cubs, and find out how they survive in the extreme cold. Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn!




Instruments of Death


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Watch the past come to life in this gripping comic-book story, Instruments of Death. Travel back in time to Ancient China and meet Shen, a talented zither player taken from his home to play for the great Emperor at court. It's a great honour and a dangerous mission. On his travels, Shen is attacked by pirates and becomes a hero, rescuing friends of the Emperor from certain death - as a reward he's asked to play at a great banquet. But how safe is this new assignment and will Shen or the Emperor live to tell the tale? Combining the excellent content of DK Readers with the excitement of a graphic novel, these thrilling books use rich, historically accurate settings-such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome-as the backdrops for tales of murder, betrayal, and revenge Reference section provides nonfiction context, including timeline, maps, and glossary.




Super Shortstops


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Three of baseball's exciting young stars who combine slugging at the plate with dazzling play in the field are featured: Derek Jeter, Nomar Garciaparra, and Alex Rodriguez. Illustrations.