Unit 1. Chad and the Cat
One day, Chad was jogging through the park with his dog. P
He saw his dog barking at some bushes. P
Chad ran over to the bushes. Chad looked in the bushes. P
He saw a small cat with bushy fur. P
It seemed sick and hungry. It didn't run away. P
Chad said, "Oh no! Someone has left their cat behind." P
Chad took the cat home. First he gave it some milk and washed it. P
Next, Chad and his mom took the cat to the vet. P
The vet gave it medicine. P
The vet said, "Now he will get better." P
Chad liked the cat. P
He asked, "Can we keep it?" P
His mom answered, "Yes, if you take care of it." P
Chad promised, "I will." P
Chad said, "Your fur is bushy and I found you in a bush. P
So I will call you Bushy. P
Unit 2. Too Many Abandoned Pets
Many people in the United States abandon pets. P
Every year, they abandon 4 million dogs. P
The dogs get lonely and hungry. They often get sick and die. P
Other people take their pets to an animal shelter. P
They think, "Now my pet is okay. They will find new homes for pets." P
But in the United States, dogs in shelters often die. P
Most dogs don't get new owners. This is sad. P
But there are things you can do to help. P
If you have a pet, take good care of it. P
If your family is moving to another city, take your pet. P
If you can't take it, find it a good home. P
Do you want a new pet? P
Look in an animal shelter before going to a pet shop. P
You may meet your new pet there. P
It will make you and an abandoned pet happy. P
Unit 3. Dustin in the Desert
Dustin and his family visited the desert. P
Dustin got out of the car. He looked around. P
Then he asked, "Why are we here? There is nothing to do." P
His dad laughed. "Oh yes, there is!" P
First, they climbed to the top of a hill of sand. P
Dad said, "Dustin, sit on this sled. Now slide down the sand." P
Dustin slid very fast. P
He laughed and said, "Wow! This is fun!" He slid many times. P
Then Dustin and his family rode mules in a deep canyon. P
There were walls of stone on one side. P
There was a river on the other side. P
Dustin said, "This is so cool!" P
They saw a fox running through the desert. P
The fox chased a kangaroo rat. P
The kangaroo rat ran very fast. P
He got away. Dustin said, "What a fun day! I don't want to go home. P
Unit 4. Interesting Desert Animals
You may think, "There are no animals in the desert." P
But there are. There are kangaroo rats in the desert. P
They are rats, but they hop like a kangaroo. P
They go out at night to make their body temperature cool. P
They can live in the dry desert and eat juicy insects and seeds. P
There are rattlesnakes in the desert. P
They also go around at night. Their color is light brown. P
It can protect them from enemies. P
They eat juicy lizards and moist kangaroo rats. P
They get most of their water from the animals they eat. P
Fennec foxes live in the desert too. P
They have large ears. It helps to keep them cool. P
They sleep under the ground during the hot day. P
When it is dark, they come out to find food. P
Come visit the desert at night. P
You can see lots of fun animals in the desert. P
Unit 5. The Cave Painting
Jenny and her friend Wendy like to explore. P
One day, they went to explore a deep forest. P
They found a huge cave. It was very dark inside the cave. P
Wendy took flashlights out of her bag. P
The girls walked around in the cave. P
It was very big. Jenny went to the back of the cave. P
"Look," she said. "There is a painting on the wall!" P
Wendy said, "It's a painting of a horse." P
She looked again. There were also paintings of other animals. P
There was a painting of two men with a bow and a spear. P
They were running after a cow. P
Wendy asked, "What are they doing?" P
Jenny answered, "They are hunting the cow." P
Wendy said, "Oh! They are cavemen!" P
"Yes," Jenny said. "It's wonderful that we found this cave! P
These paintings are very old and valuable!" P
"We are amazing explorers!" Wendy said and smiled. P
Unit 6. Cave Art in Europe
A long, long time ago in Europe, people lived in large caves. P
So they were called cavemen. They hunted animals for food. P
These animals were bison, horses, wild cattle, and deer. P
Deep inside their caves, they painted pictures of these animals. P
They used colorful paints. P
The paints were made of things from nature, like rocks and trees. P
The paintings were not in their rooms. The paintings were way in the back of the cave. P
They were hard to get to. Why did they paint in these places? P
There are no clear answers. P
But many people guess that the paintings were the cavemen's wishes. P
They believed that paintings made wishes come true. P
So they may have painted them in these places. P
They hoped to hunt the animals that they drew. P
If you go to Europe, you can visit these caves. P
You can see the cavemen's lives and their hopes. P
Unit 7. Sherry and the Strawberry Festival
Sherry lives in Poteet, Texas. P
Lots and lots of yummy strawberries grow around the town. P
Every spring the people of Poteet have a strawberry festival. P
Sherry's family grows strawberries. P
Sherry helps to sell them at the festival. P
Over 100,000 visitors come to Poteet. P
So Sherry is very busy during the festival. P
There are clowns at the festival. P
This year Sherry wants to dress up as a clown. P
She wants to make children laugh. P
But the people of Poteet have a different idea. P
Every spring they ask a young man to be king of the festival. P
They also ask a young woman to be queen. P
They ask Sherry, "Will you be our Strawberry Queen?" P
Sherry says, "Yes!" She wears a long red dress. P
She holds some red roses and some strawberries. P
Then she puts a red ball on her nose. P
She asks, "Can I be a clown at the same time?" P
Unit 8. Famous Food Festivals
There are many food festivals around the world. P
Here are some of the biggest ones: P
Hatch Valley in New Mexico grows very hot chilies. P
The chili festival in Hatch Valley is famous. P
There are many contests during the festival. P
There are contests to cook the best chili, and contests to eat the most chili. P
Anyone can take part in them. Gilroy, California has a garlic festival every year. P
There are lots of activities about garlic. P
Go to Gilroy to taste all kinds of food with garlic. P
You can even eat garlic ice cream. Bunol is a city in Spain. P
It has a tomato festival every year. They bring many, many tomatoes into the city. P
Then all the people throw the tomatoes at each other. P
Soon all the streets are red. All the people are red too. P
Don't these food festivals sound fun? P
Which food festival do you want to go to? P
Unit 9. The Country Town
In school, there is an art contest every year. P
Harold and Joan want to win the contest. P
They make fun things out of food. Joan bakes a cake. P
Then Harold cuts it into small pieces. P
They make three houses on a tray. P
Joan puts white icing on the walls of the houses. P
Harold puts red icing on the roofs. P
Joan puts green icing on the tray. P
She says, "This is grass." Harold puts candy sprinkles beside the houses. P
He says, "And these are flowers." P
The sprinkles are red, purple, and yellow. P
Joan asks, "What should we make trees from?" P
Harold answers, "I know!" He cuts off some broccoli. P
He stands it in the icing. P
"This is a tree." Joan puts some red sprinkles on the broccoli. P
She laughs. "It's an apple tree." P
Harold and Joan make a small country town. P
It is brilliant. They win first prize for food art. Yay! P
Unit 10. Fun Chocolate Art
Have you ever made Halloween treats? P
It is hard to make caramel apples and pumpkin pie. P
But here is something fun and easy to make. P
Buy some cherries, almond slices, a package of chocolate buds, and two cups of chocolate. P
Choose round almond slices all the same size. P
Chop up the chocolate and put it in a pot on the stove. P
Melt the chocolate. Dip a cherry in the chocolate. P
It makes a body with a tail. Set it on wax paper. P
Put warm chocolate on the bottom of a chocolate bud. P
It will be a head. Then stick the chocolate bud on to the chocolate cherry. P
Put two almond slices between the body and head. P
They are the ears. Look! Now you are finished. P
What does it look like? Yes, it is a chocolate mouse. P
Now make more mice. Then put them near some cheese. P
Unit 11. Flying with Amelia Earhart
Tanya loves to fly. She wants to be a pilot. P
One night Tanya had a dream. P
She dreamed she was in an airplane with Amelia Earhart. P
Amelia was the most famous woman pilot of all. P
They were flying across the Pacific Ocean. P
Amelia said, "We are just about out of fuel." Tanya was afraid. P
She said, "Where will we land?" Amelia smiled at Tanya. P
She said, "Here, sit in the pilot's seat. Fly the plane. I'll look for land." P
Amelia looked and looked but she only saw water. P
Soon Tanya said, "Oh no! The airplane is out of fuel." P
Just then Amelia said, "There! I see an island!" Tanya cheered. P
The airplane flew to land. But there was not enough fuel. P
The airplane started to crash. "Nooooooo!" Tanya yelled. P
Tanya sat up in bed. "Oh!" she said. P
"It was only a dream!" Then she sighed. P
"I wonder if Amelia is really okay. P
Unit 12. The Most Famous Pilots
Many years ago, people only dreamed about flying. P
The first person to fly was a Frenchman named Jean-Francois. P
In 1783, he rode in a basket under a giant balloon. P
The balloon was full of hot air. He sailed over the city of Paris, France. P
The Englishman, George Cayley, was a great inventor. He made gliders. P
Some time before 1849, a boy flew one of Cayley's gliders. P
He was only ten years old. No one knows his name. P
Wilbur and Orville Wright were brothers. P
In 1903, they flew at Kitty Hawk, in the United States. P
They were the first people to fly an airplane with a motor. P
Their airplane flew for 12 seconds and went 3 meters. P
In the early days, most people thought only birds could fly. P
They thought, "People can't fly." So the first pilots were very brave. P
Thanks to them, people can fly all around the world today. P
Unit 13. The Chubby Chihuahua
Sometimes animals get chubby. Let me tell you a story: P
Billy has a pet Chihuahua named Chico. P
A Chihuahua is a little dog. Yes, Chico is little. But he is also very chubby. P
Billy likes to play video games. He plays all day long. P
He doesn't take Chico out for walks, ever. Chico gets no exercise. P
Also, Billy doesn't know how much to feed his pet. P
Chico's bowl is always full. So he gets chubby. P
The vet tells Billy, "Your dog needs to lose weight. P
Do you take him for a walk every day?" P
Billy answers, "Um… not every day." P
The vet says, "You must help him exercise or he may get sick." P
Since the visit to the vet, Billy takes Chico out every day. P
They go for runs in the park. Chico is losing weight. P
Billy is too. They both have become healthy now. P
Look at your pet. Does it need exercise? P
Unit 14. "Let`s Move!"
One in five kids in America are overweight. P
Michelle Obama is the First Lady of the United States. P
She wants to see kids lose weight. P
She has a program called "Let's Move!" P
She says that kids need to exercise more. P
They need to move, not just sit and play video games. P
Michelle Obama also talks about the importance of food. P
Fruits and vegetables are healthy foods. P
Some kids in America don't eat many of those. P
They eat foods with lots of sugar and fat. They get fat. P
When kids are overweight, they are not healthy. P
She tells stores, "Don't sell so many foods with sugar and fat." P
She tells schools, "Give students healthy food to eat and have more exercise classes." P
They listen to Michelle. There are less overweight kids every year. P
People are not just overweight in America. P
It may be your problem too. So let's move! P
Unit 15. Good Fossil Hunters
Stephen and Lynn are young scientists. They look at pictures of fossils in books. P
They want to find fossils. Stephen says, "Let's dig behind your house." P
They dig for a long time in the yard. They find only an old shoe. P
They don't find any fossils. The books about fossils say to look on the beach. P
So they go to the beach with Lynn's dad. They look in the sand. P
They find shells, but no fossils. There are rock cliffs by the beach. P
Stephen looks up at the cliffs. He says, "I can see a fossil in the cliff. P
It's dangerous to climb up there. What can we do?" P
"Look through the rocks below the cliff," dad says. P
Then Stephen says, "Look! Is it a fossil of a fish?" P
Lynn says, "Dad! It looks like the fossils from the book." P
Dad tells them, "Yes, it is the fossil. You are good fossil hunters!" P
Unit 16. Make Your Own Fossil
Do you want to feel just like an explorer? Try to make your own fossil. P
Here is how to make a fossil: Put 4 cups of flour in a bowl. P
Mix in 1 1/2 cups of water. Mix it until it becomes dough. P
Pat the dough into a flat round shape. P
Get a toy insect or a toy lizard. You can also use a shell. P
Push it into the dough. Take the toy or shell out. P
It will leave a hole in the dough. Put the dough on a cookie sheet. P
Bake it in an oven at 180 degrees Celsius for one hour. P
Now the dough is hard. Paint it a fun color. Let the paint dry. P
Then spray it with varnish to make it last. P
Now you have a fossil! You can put it in your bedroom, or in your garden. P
You can also put it under the dirt. Then let little kids dig for it. P