A natural history series from Candlewick Press that merges compelling stories with fascinating facts to reveal

how big and WONDER-FULL the natural world really is!

READ AND WONDER

Combining Science and Story

• Merge compelling stories with informational text

• Align to Common Core State Standards

• Leveled for Guided Reading

• Include indexes for easy reference

Includes the Text

Exemplar title

Bat Loves the Night

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COMMON COREBat Loves the Night is cited as a CCSS Text

Exemplar for informational text grades 2–3. All

of the titles in the Read and Wonder series follow the

same format — combining story with elements

of nonfiction — meeting CCSS standards for reading and

understanding both literature and informational text.

LANGUAGE ARTS• reading comprehension for expository text

• understand features of nonfiction writing

• develop research skills

LIFE SCIENCE• life cycle

• characteristics of organisms

• relationships of animals to their

environment

READ AND WONDER BOOKS tell stories

that take children on adventures while feeding their

curiosity with intriguing facts about the subject at

hand. Covering subjects as diverse as the life cycle of

frogs, the night habits of bats, the endearing qualities

of farmyard pigs, and the thrilling undersea world of

sharks, these titles fit seamlessly into the elementary

curriculum.

TITLE ISBN GRL

All Pigs Are Beautiful ● 978-0-7636-1433-1 N

Bat Loves the Night ● 978-0-7636-2438-5 M

Bears in the Forest 978-0-7636-4522-9 M

Big Blue Whale ● 978-0-7636-1080-7 N

Caterpillar, Caterpillar ● 978-0-7636-4263-1 M

Chameleons Are Cool 978-0-7636-1139-2 M

Dolphin Baby! 978-0-7636-7048-1 M

The Emperor’s Egg ● ■ 978-0-7636-1871-1 O

A Field Full of Horses 978-0-7636-1434-8 M

Flight of the Honey Bee 978-0-7636-7648-3 P

Hippos Are Huge! 978-0-7636-7952-1 M

Gentle Giant Octopus 978-0-7636-1730-1 M

Growing Frogs ■ 978-0-7636-2052-3 L

I Love Guinea Pigs 978-0-7636-1435-5 M

Ice Bear ● 978-0-7636-4149-8 N

TITLE ISBN GRL

Insect Detective 978-0-7636-5816-8 P

Just Ducks! 978-0-7636-7051-1 N

My Goose Betsy 978-0-7636-1714-1 L

One Tiny Turtle 978-0-7636-2311-1 N

Python 978-0-7636-8773-1 O

Sea Horse ● 978-0-7636-4140-5 L

See What a Seal Can Do 978-0-7636-7649-0 M

Surprising Sharks 978-0-7636-2742-3 N

T. Rex 978-0-7636-3177-2 M

Think of an Eel ● ■ 978-0-7636-1522-2 N

Tigress ● 978-0-7636-3314-1 N

Tracks of a Panda 978-0-7636-4737-7 K

Walk with a Wolf ● 978-0-7636-1872-8 N

White Owl, Barn Owl ● 978-0-7636-4143-6 M

Yucky Worms 978-0-7636-5817--5 M

Narrative story line and fascinating

factual material on every spread!

● also available with audio ■ also available as a Big Book

Invite your students to

READ AND WONDER

A natural history series from Candlewick Press that merges compelling stories with fascinating facts to reveal

how big and WONDER-FULL the natural world really is!

Each paperback $6.99

Cover illustration copyright © 2012 by Charlotte Voake; illustrations on inside spread: © 2002 by Jane Chapman (penguin), © 2004 by Sarah Fox-Davies (bat), © 2007 by Jane Chapman (tiger), © 2009 by Charlotte Voake (butterflies), © 2013 by Brian Lovelock (bees) November 2016