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The document is a collection of children's stories that explore various themes such as favorite foods, family activities, school experiences, and special occasions like birthdays. Each story features relatable characters and simple narratives that engage young readers. The stories are illustrated, making them visually appealing and enhancing the reading experience for children.

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My Favorite Food Written by Lisse Honeyman lustrated by Stacy Budnik like peanut butter, But never on bread. [like it on cookies With chocolate spread. [like potatoes, love eating chips, But I don’t eat oranges, Because of the pips. I don't like cabbage, (Or pumpkin pie, And don't give me turkey, Itmakes me cry. Inever eat chicken, But I love to eat lamb. Beans are my favorite, But don’t give me ham. My favorite dinner Is macaroni with cheese, ‘And I want ice cream, Every night, please! “@ Mr Stack is a carpenter. Mr Curtis is a nurse, He works in a He makes tables, beds and chairs. hospital and helps people get well. ‘Written by Kathleen Rourke Ilistroted by lene Richard The people in my street go to work every morning. Off To Work | | | | What do they do? My mom is an artist. My dad ie a firefighter. He puts out She paints pictures for an art gallery. fires and saves people from danger. Miss Brown is.a garbagewoman. Mr Smith is a policeman. She helps to keep the streets clean. He keeps our town safe. Mr Green is a farmer. Mise Swain is a pilot. She takes He grows vegetables for us to eat. people for rides in her airplane. What a busy otreet | live in! There's an artist, a firefiahter, a farmer, a pilot, a carpenter, a nurse, a garbagewoman arid a policeman! Dear Tooth Fairy wr rieten by Mione leronymidislustrated by Peter Grossh oe ‘& owe is Nutley, Wii Livn your 400th Fairy My Lim from Fairyland Because yourre & HOY You \ rave a boy tooth fairy ee ew big strong teeth AO TN 7 ands we don't abwons Fy Ave need roads because we | and fruit ard Pony ‘we have carts with Bi “to toke trem to *he ort We use spiders oF \ pull the carts pillow. trere’s 0 dolior for you | | Leck under your someting nice! You con Duy Dear Teoth Fairy, ] | Helo, My ame #3 Lucy. I'm f | Years old, ut lat ? Hello. We are your special toolh fairies. Jur names \ ©> are Jasmine and Daisy. We live in Fairyland. y ‘Your tooth i beautiful H's shiny and whe. The Fesry FO King #s building a new palace. We don't busld with stones. We build with teeth When the sun shines, the © wall looks shiny and white and magic. Bul, as you know, wil fairy buildings are magic. . 5° This weekend is a festival in Fairyland. There's a big dance in the field next to the palace. There's honey to 9 drink and there are sweet berries to eat We lve to dance and sing tn the mecnkigt Lock under your pillow, 6 / | Dy Gf Pear Lucy, . i There's a dollar for you! ¢ i Bp Lots of kve, “ : Jasmine and Deisy } =~ a Mark’s Family Album ‘Written by Isabelle Tin-Aung strated by Pilomene O'Neill Mark has a new camera. He likes to take pictures of his family. One day he wants to put all his pictures together and make a family album. Mark goes to the living room. His father is reading the newspaper. Mark points the camera at him CLICK! The camera takes a picture. His father doesn't notice Mark with his camera. Next, Mark sees his mother. She's talking on the phone. She's speaking to her friend. They like to talk on the phone a lot. CLICK! What a nice picture! Mark's mother doesn’t notice Mark with his camera. What other pictures can Mark take to ‘add to the family album? Ah! He needs a picture of his brother and his sister. Mark finds his brother, Jimmy, in his room. He's playing guitar. Jimmy likes to play the guitar. CLICK! Mark takes a picture. Jimmy doesn't notice Mark with his camera, Next, Mark goes to his sister's room. The door is open. Marks sees his sister, Bella, dancing and singing. Bella likes to dance and sing. CLICK! What a great picture! Bella doesn't notice Mark with his camera. Mark goes to the front of the house and sees Harry, the family dog. Harry is a happy dog. Today he's very happy because he has abone. CLICK! Mark takes a picture of Harry with his bone. Mark needs one more picture. He goes outside to the back yard and sees Tiger, the family cat. Tiger is looking up at a bird sitting on a branch in the tree, Oops! Be careful, litle bird! Tiger likes to catch birds. CLICK! Mark takes a picture of Tiger. Now that Mark has alt his pictures, he goes to the camera store to develop the film. Two days later, Mark picks up his pictures from the camera store. He | looks at the pictures and he's very happy with them. He buys a picture album. He’s going to make an album for his family and show it to them. ‘Mom and Dad,’ says Mark, ‘I have a surprise. ! want to show you my family album.’ ‘Mom and Dad look at the family album and smile. What a nice surprise! “There's a picture of me reading the newspaper,’ says Dad. ‘And there’s a picture of me talking on the phone,’ says Mom. ‘Ym playing the guitar,’ says Jimmy. ‘And I'm singing in my picture,’ says Bella. Mark smiles because they all like the album. Even Harry the dog likes his picture. Tiger is the only one who doesn't like his picture. He didn't catch that bird! nie ®) Bill’s Birthday ‘Written by Kethleen Rourke Iustroted by Mate Smich Today is Bill’s birthday. He’s seven years old. Bill wakes up very early on his birthday. His mom and dad are in the kitchen. They have a present for Bill, What colorful paper! Bill can't wait to open his present. He rips the paper: Inside the package is a new baseball glove. Bill is very happy. He puts it on at once. Bill takes his new glove to school to show to his friends. aw Bill and his friends all play baseball during recess. At lunchtime Bills teacher has a surprise. Bills mom sent a cake to school for him! There are seven candles on the cake.All the children sing “Happy Birthday’. Bill makes a wish and blows out the candles. The children have a birthday party. They play a game of hide and seek. Then they listen to music and sing songs. Bill’s teacher takes them into the yard and they all play on the slides and swings. When Bill gets home, his grandma and grandpa are there. Bills mother mates his favorite meal. It's pizza! After dinner, there's another cake. Bill's family sings ‘Happy Birthday’. Bill makes a wish and blows out the ‘candles. In bed, Bill thinks about his nice birthday. He likes being seven years old, but he can't wait to be eight years old! “Now il’s lime for school!’ suys Anna. "No, Anna,’ I say. ‘First we get dressed.’ Shirt, skirt, shoes. Anna’s First Day Written by Rachel Jones Mustrated by Rosana Urbes Today is my little sister Anna's first day of school. I’m still in bed when Anna jumps on to the covers. ‘t's time for school!” she shouts. ‘Now it’s time for school!’ says Anna. ‘No, Anna,’ I say. ‘First we eat breakfast.’ Munch, crunch, chew. ‘No, Anna,’ I say. ‘First we brush our ‘Now it’s time for school!’ says Anna. teeth and hair.” Brush, brush, brush. ‘No, Anna,’ I say. ‘First we pack our schoolbags.’ Lunch, scissors, glue. y Z ‘Now it's time for school!’ says Anna. ‘Now it’s time for school!’ says Anna. ‘No, Anna,’ I say. ‘First we make our beds.’ Pull, straighten, tuck. “Yes, Anna, now it’s time for school!’ esa SE Don’t Be Late! ‘Written by Kathleen Rourke llistrated by Hector Borlasca| This is Kate. She's eight years old. Kate always has very busy days. Kate always checks the clock to see what time it is. Kate hates to be late! ‘When the hour hand is on the number 7 and the minute hand is on the number 12, it’s seven o'clock. Kate gets up at seven o'clock in the morning. Good morning, Kate! It's nine o'clock. Kate starts school at nine o'clock. I's eleven o'clock. Kate has gym class at eleven o'clock. Om It's one o'clock. Kate has recess at one o'clock. It’s two o'clock. Kate eats lunch at two o'clock. Is four o'clock. Kate has music class at four o'clock. It's seven o'clock. Kate eats dinner at seven o'clock. Is nine o'clock. Kate's mother puts her to bed and reads her a story at nine o'clock. Goodnight, Kate! Aida’s New Bed Written by Lisse Honeyman Illustrated by Temmie Lyon Aida is very excited. She’s getting a new bed today. Her old bed is small and the new bed is BIG. Aida listens for the sound of the truck. When she hears it she runs to tell her mother. Aida’s mother goes to the door. She shows the two men Aida’s old bed. ‘Please take this bed away,” she says. ‘The new bed is going right here.’ The two men, George and Alfie, take Aida’s old bed to the truck. Aida watches it go. ‘Goodbye, old bed,’ she says. George and Alfie bring Aida’s new bed into the house. They carry it through the front door. They carry it through the long hall. At the end of the hall there is a door. This is the door to Aida’s bedroom. When George and Alfie get to the door they stop. Oh, no! The door is too small. George and Alfie push and push. The bed is too BIG! Aida’s mother says, ‘Turn the bed sideways.’ George and Alfie turn the bed. It doesn’t fit. Aida pulls on her mother’s sleeve. ‘Mom.’ ‘Not now, Aida,’ says her mother. ‘Let’s take Une mallress off,” says George. They take the mattress off the bed. It doesn’t fit. ‘Mom,’ says Aida. ~ ‘Let’s take the legs off,’ says Alfie. He goes to get his tools. ‘Aida tugs her mother’s sleeve again. Her mother says, ‘Not now, Aida. I’m busy. Please wait a moment.’ George and Alfie take the legs = off Aida’s new bed. Now the bed fits through Aida’s bedroom door! George and Alfie carry the bed into Aida’s bedroom. Then they carry the legs into Aida’s bedroom. Then they carry the mattress into Aida’s bedroom. @=- Tl They put the bed back together again. ‘Aida’s mother is very pleased. ‘Thank you,’ she says. ‘Now, what is it you want to say, Aida?’ ‘I want to say that | have a very big window,’ says Aida. “You can easily fit a BIG bed through a BIG window!’ George, Alfie and Aida’s mother all look at the window. It is very big! ‘Oh dear,’ says Aida’s mother. George and Alfie laugh. Aida laughs. Then she, jumps on her BIG new bed. She loves it. E Look At The Sky Written by Elen Bourke Look at the sky in fall, The wind shakes the trees. The leaves start falling. Sweep them up, please! x \) \ Ny A \) AY N Look at the sky in spring, White clouds go by, Little bits of blue appear, Baby birds fly. — Wikked 4) Look at the sky in summer, The sun looks gold. i | ll | It warms up the earth, So we don't feel cold. Look at the sky in winter, The clouds look black, Watch out! Feel the rain ... Falling on your back! rr N > \ = Nena vv @) Unie 4 Unie 4 @) But I am going to take my kite, ==} Windy Street Written by Rebecca Bond — Illustrated by Barry Gott Where I hear happy cries From other kids on Windy Street, With perfect windy skies. Itrains and rains, On Rainy Street. On Snowy Street, Se Itsnows. Itrumbles and rumbles, On Thunder Street. On Lightning Street Itglows. My Dad AUT Bf ten by Minney ‘Today my dad is taking me to the beach. These are the things we do. We pack our beach chairs and umbrella. We fill our cooler with snacks and water. We put our swimsuits on under our clothes. We take our beach hats and we pack our sunscreen because the sun is very hot today. We get in the car and we go! @) Unies When we get to the beach, we unpack the car. We put up the umbrella to give us shade from the hot sun. We rub sunscreen on our faces, arms and legs. Then we run to the water. It's lovely! We swim anc play with a beachball in the ocean. We watch the waves crash to the shore and listen to the sound Dad and | unpack the Frisbee and play a great game. We build an . - enormous sandcastle! Then, when we're tired, we relax in the sun in our beach chairs. At lunchtime, we get the cooler and unpack the drinks and snacks. Food tastes great on the beach! After lunch, we walk along the beach and look at the sandcastle we built. We watch the birds at the edge of the water. We pick up shells and stones. Then we have a race to see who can get back to the beach chairs first. When we go home, | have a leng sleep after my day at the beach. I dream of waves crashing and beachballs bouncina. | dream of playing Frisbee, building sandcastles and swimming in the clear blue water. My dad and | have fantastic days together. 7 ures Une ) Ben And The Bal Written by Nigel Green Illustrated by Bob McMohon Ben lives in a house at the top of a hill. He likes playing outside with his friends. ‘Today is Ben's birthday. He has a new orange ball and he’s wearing a new sweater with @ hood. Ben goes outside but his friends aren't there. He kicks his ball against the wall Ben likes his new ball. He bounces his ball on his foot ‘and cn his knee. He kicks his ball higher and higher. Then the ball falls into the hood on Ben's sweater. ‘Where's my ball?” he says. ‘Is it over the wall” he soys. Ben looks for his ball in the long grass. He looks for his ball behind the rocks. He looks for his ball under the bushes. 3en goes to look for his new orange ball. He sees an old lady, She's cleaning her fruit and vegetables. “Ican see my ball,” says Ben, ‘Can I have my ball, please?” “That isn’t your boll,’ says the lady. “That's my melon.” Tee os Ben goes down the hill. He sees a man with a motorbike, ‘Ian see my ball,” says Ben. ‘Can I have ‘my ball, please” “That isn’t your ball,’ says the man. ‘That's my helmet.” unies (37 ) Ben goes down the hill. He sees two children. They're coming out of a house. “Lean see my ball, says Ben. Can I have my ball, please?” “That isn’t your ball,’ says the girl." That's my balloon.’ Ben goes down the hill. He sees a man working in a field. “Ican see my ball’ says Ben.‘ Can Thave my ball, please?” “That isn’t your ball,’ says the man. ‘That's my pail.” Ben arrives at the bottom of the hill, He sees a boy. He's fishing in the river.‘I can see my ball, says Ben.‘Con I have my ball, please?” “That isn’t your ball,’ says the boy. ‘That’s my fishing bag.” I Ben is very sad. ‘Where's my new orange ball?” he says. He walks slowly up the hill. He goes back to his house. He takes his sweater off. His ‘orange ball falls out of the hood! But Ben doesn’t see it. He sits down outside his house. “Where's my new orange ball?” he says again. ‘Suddenly Ben sees his ball! “There's my ball!” shouts Ben. He runs and pi up. ‘Yes! It's my new orange ball! But where did it come from? I don’t understand.” Surprise For Mom Witton by Amy Edgar —tstraed by Bridge Store Tylor It was Mother's Day. Dad, Kate and Eric planned a surprise dinner. What should they make? First, they looked in a cookbook. Dad picked roasted chicken. Kate picked green beans with fresh tomato sauce. Eric picked chocolate cake. They went to the grocery store. They bought food for their dinner. Eric set out pretty placemats and napkins. Then, they made the chocolate cake. Dad read the recipe. Kate mixed everything together. Eric poured it into the pan. = @ Next, Kate put out knives and spoons. Eric put out forks and glasses. They ate dinner together. Then they ate the chocolate cake. ‘The timer buzzed. Dinner was ready. It was yummy. They heard a key in the door. It was Mom. ee ‘Surprise!’ they shouted. . up ey shoul “Thank you,’ said Mom. ‘This is the best Mother's Day ever.’ ‘Wow!’ said Mom. ow! om. Then Mom got up. She went into the living room. When she ‘love surprises." came back, she had a big smile on her face. ‘And here are some little surprises for you!’ she said. At the fruit stand, Arabella sells bananas. Arabella has big blue eyes. Mr Ross ¢ Witten by Rachel Jones Ilustrated by Rosana Urbes Every Tuesday, | go to the market for Mom. | know how to get to the market because | always see the same friends along the way. At the corner, Mrs Mead sits on her porch. Mrs Mead has red curly hair. At the market, Mr Ross stands behind the counter. Mr Ross On the park has a brown bushy beard. bench, Mr Duff feeds the pigeons. Mr Duff has a nice round belly. And | went into the market to see Mr Ross. Oh no! Last Tuesday, | passed Mrs Mead oe with her red curly hair. There was a man | didn’t know behind the counter. ‘Where’s Mr Ross with the brown bushy beard?” asked the man. ‘Hmmm ... Look very carefully. > He's here,’ the man said. a if { Low ot | leaned in closer to see the man better. “Mr Ross!” | cried. “Where is your brown bushy beard?” ‘I shaved it off,’ Mr Ross said. “What do you think?” | went around Mr Duff with his nice round belly. ‘| think now you're Mr Ross with the shiny-smooth | passed Arabella with uF her big blue eyes. ~@ Hats ‘Written by C Kaye Mirney strated by Bob McMahon Today I'm making a list of the hats I see on my way to school. The very first hat I see is on my mother's head. She wears a white hat. She's on her way to work at the hospital. She's a nurse. I get my books and run for the bus to take me to school. Mr Wolfe, my bus driver, wears a yellow hat that matches his big yellow bus ‘At school, the next hat I see is on Mr Cooper. He's our janitor and he keeps our school clean and safe for us. His hat is brown and it has the name of our school on it. Idon’t see any more hats until lunchtime. In the lunch line, I see three pink hats on three cooks. The cooks smile and fill my food ay. After lunch, my class goes on a field trip. We're going to the museum. Clang! Clang! Clang! HONK! HONK! What's that noise? A fire truck! Itpasses our bus. | see two firefighters, on the back of the big red truck. ed The men wear big red and yellow hats. In front of Mrs Perkins’s grocery store, there are some men working on the street. A man pops out of a hole in the street, He wears an orange hardhat. It keeps him safe and makes it easy for people to see him. On the way back to school, we pass Mr Doans’s farm. I see him on his tractor. He waves to the bus. One more hat for my list! His hat is made of straw and keeps his head cool in the bright sun. White hats, brown hats, pink hats. Hard hats, soft hats, straw hats. Thad a big day counting hats! How many hats can you count during your day? My Funny Cousin Written by Tony Retallack Mlustrated by Judy Stead My cousin has a pointed chin, My cousin is very thin. My cousin has a big fat nose, My cousin has long pink toes. yTKA

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