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Unit 1 • CONTENTS
Connecting to
Our World
Dragons and Giants
from Frog and Toad Together
by Arnold Lobel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What Do You Do
With a Tail Like This?
by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Batty
by Shel Silverstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Little Birds
Anonymous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Elephant
by Arnold Sundgaard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Caterpillar
by Christina Rossetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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5
Dragons and Giants
Frog and Toad
were reading a book together.
“The people in this book
are brave,” said Toad.
“They fight dragons and giants,
and they are never afraid.”
“I wonder if we are brave,”
said Frog.
Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.
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“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?”
asked Toad.
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Frog and Toad went outside.
“We can try to climb this mountain,”
said Frog. “That should tell us
if we are brave.”
Frog went leaping over rocks,
and Toad came puffing up
behind him.
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They came to a dark cave.
A big snake came out of the cave.
“Hello lunch,” said the snake
when he saw Frog and Toad.
He opened his wide mouth.
Frog and Toad jumped away.
Toad was shaking.
“I am not afraid!” he cried.
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They climbed higher,
and they heard a loud noise.
Many large stones
were rolling down the mountain.
“It’s an avalanche!” cried Toad.
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Frog and Toad jumped away.
Frog was trembling.
“I am not afraid!” he shouted.
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They came to the top
of the mountain.
The shadow of a hawk
fell over them.
Frog and Toad
jumped under a rock.
The hawk flew away.
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“We are not afraid!”
screamed Frog and Toad
at the same time.
Then they ran down the mountain
very fast.
They ran past the place
where they saw the avalanche.
They ran past the place
where they saw the snake.
They ran all the way
to Toad’s house.
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“Frog, I am glad to have
a brave friend like you,” said Toad.
He jumped into the bed
and pulled the covers
over his head.
“And I am happy to know
a brave person like you, Toad,”
said Frog.
He jumped into the closet
and shut the door.
Toad stayed in the bed,
and Frog stayed in the closet.
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They stayed there
for a long time,
just feeling very brave together.
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Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
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nimals use their
noses, ears, tails,
eyes, mouths, and
feet in very different ways.
See if you can guess which
animal each part belongs
to and how it is used.
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What do you do with
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a nose like this?
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If you’re a platypus,
you use your nose
to dig in the mud.
If you’re
a hyena,
you find
your next
meal
with your
nose.
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to
yo
u
If
y
us ou
fin e y ’re
o
a
un d y ur m
de ou no ole
rg r w se ,
ro ay
un
d.
you use yo
re an elephant,
’
ur
u
o
y
If
o give yourself a bath.
nose t
If you’re an alligator, you breathe through your
nose while hiding in the water.
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What do you
do with ears
like these?
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If y
ou
’re
ab
at,
you
“see” w
ith you
r ears.
If you’re
a
If you’re a
jackrabbit,
you use
your ears
to keep
cool.
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pp
hi
o
mus
pota
, you
If you’re a cricket,
you hear with ears
that are on your knees.
If you’re a humpback
whale, you hear sounds
hundreds of miles away.
close your ears w
hen
y
ou
’re
un
d e r w a t e r.
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What do you do with a tail like this?
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I f you’
re
a
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,
unk
k
s
re a
’
u
o
If y
ur tail
you lift yo
to warn th
at a stinky
spra
y is
on t
he w
a y.
If you’re
a giraffe,
you brush
off pesky
flies with
your
tail.
brea
u
yo
d,
r
a
liz
k off
If you’re
a monkey,
you
hang
from
a tree
by your
tail.
your t
.
ail to get away
,
corpion
s
a
e
r
’
u
If yo
your tail can give a
nasty sti
ng.
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What do you
do with eyes
like these?
agle,
e
n
a
re
If you’
als
m
i
y an
i r.
n
i
t
a
t
e
spo
th
u
o
y
in
h
g
hi
m
fro
eleon,
m
a
h
c
ea
s
r
’
o way
u
w
o
t
y
ook
If
l
u
.
yo once
at
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If you’re
a four-eyed
fish, you
look above
and below
the water
at the same
time.
If you’re
a bush
baby,
you use
your
large eyes
to see
clearly
at night.
ou y
If y
’r
ou
ea
h orned lizard,
es.
y
e
r
squ
irt blood out of you
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What do you do
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with feet like these?
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If yo
u’re
ted
o
o
b y,
e-f
o
u
l
o
b
ab
you do
a dan
ce.
If you’re a
chimpanzee,
you feed
yourself with
your feet.
If you’re a water strider, you walk on water.
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If you’re a gecko, you use your
sticky feet to walk on the ceiling.
ai
If yo
u’r
ea
goat, y
m
o
ou
lea un
pf t
ledge to
r
led om
ge
.
n
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What do you do with
a mouth like this?
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If
yo
u’r
e
yo a pelican, you use
ur
mou
th as a net
to
scoo
p up fish.
If you’re an egg-eating
snake, you use your
mouth to swallow
eggs larger than
your head.
If you’re a mosquito, you use
your mouth to suck blood.
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If you’re
an archerfish,
you catch
insects by
shooting them
down with a
stream of water.
I f y o u ’ r e a n a n t e a t e r, y o u c a p t u r e
termites wit
h your long tongue.
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Batty
by Shel Silverstein
The baby bat
Screamed out in fright,
“Turn on the dark,
I’m afraid of the light.”
The Little Birds
Anonymous
The little birds sit in their nest and beg,
All mouth that once had been all egg.
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The Elephant
by Arnold Sundgaard
The elephant is quite a beast,
He’s rather large to say the least,
And though his size is most impressive
The elephant is not aggressive,
He never throws his weight around,
Still he always holds his ground.
He only wants to feel secure.
Long may the elephant endure!
The Caterpillar
by Christina Rossetti
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry,
Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk,
Or what not,
Which may be the chosen spot.
No toad spy you,
Hovering bird of prey pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.
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Unit 1 • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Text
“Dragons and Giants,” from Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel. Text Copyright © 1971,
1972 by Arnold Lobel. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Copyright © 2008 by Steve
Jenkins and Robin Page. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
“Batty,” from A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein. Copyright © 1981 by Evil Eye Music, Inc.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers and Edite Kroll Literary Agency Inc. on behalf
of the Silverstein Estate.
“The Little Birds,” from Wings on the Wind: Bird Poems by Kate Kiesler. Copyright © 2002 by Kate
Kiesler. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
“The Elephant,” by Arnold Sundgaard. Copyright © 1989. Reprinted by permission of Stephen
Sundgaard.
“The Caterpillar,” by Christina Rossetti, from Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book. London: MacMillan
and Co. 1893. From Tomie DePaola’s Book of Poems by Tomie dePaola. Copyright © 1988 by Tomie
DePaola. Used by permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
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