Smithsonian Reader Level 3: Sharks!

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Learn to read with the Smithsonian!

Developed in partnership with the Smithsonian and esteemed literary childhood literacy expert Dr. Adria Klein, Smithsonian Reader Level 3: Sharks! continues childrens journeys to become lifelong readers with engaging content and more challenging text. From great whites to leopard sharks, children will learn about sharks while building reading skills with the carefully designed leveling structure. After reading the 32-page high-quality introduction to nonfiction, children can take a quiz that reinforces reading comprehension. Also includes 28 stickers.

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Brenda Scott Royce is a lifelong lover of beasts and booksand whenever possible her work combines the two. Shes served as editor ofZoo View, the award-winning magazine of the Los Angeles Zoo, for more than a decade. Her childrens books include two titles in the ASPCAs Pet Rescue Club seriesChampions New ShoesandBailey the Wonder Dog.Her award-winning comedic novelsMonkey LoveandMonkey Starchronicle the misadventures of Holly Heckerling, a stand-up comedienne who befriends a monkey while juggling career and romantic entanglements.Brenda likes to say that she majored in monkeys in college (she earned a bachelors degree in primatology and anthropology from California State University, Fullerton) and that some of her best friends are chimpanzees (she worked as a chimp keeper at a wildlife sanctuary). She lives in Glendora, California.