Frank Carlson Library

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...