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Samira's Solar Backpack
Samira's Solar Backpack is a narrated read-aloud picture book at guided-reading Level J for ages 5–7, 10 pages long and about 2 minutes to read aloud. Every word highlights as it's read, so a growing reader can follow along.
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Page 1Samira is seven. She lives in a hillside village where monsoon rains flood the roads and knock out the power.
Page 2Her grandmother’s solar lamp won’t charge. The old battery is swollen and cold.
Page 3Samira finds broken solar panels near the school shed. Each panel makes one watt of power — enough to light a bulb!
Words to practise
This book has a Spell-Along set — these words are built sound by sound after reading.
