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A Day in the Life of a Hummingbird
A Day in the Life of a Hummingbird is a narrated read-aloud picture book at guided-reading Level D for ages 5–7, 12 pages long and about 3 minutes to read aloud. Every word highlights as it's read, so a growing reader can follow along.
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Page 1As the sun rises, a hummingbird slowly opens his eyes. All night his body was in a deep, cold sleep called torpor.
Page 2During that deep sleep, his heart barely beat at all — as few as fifty beats a minute. His body cooled down so he wouldn't burn up his energy before morning.
Page 3Now awake, he needs energy fast. He zips straight to a flower for his very first sip of sweet nectar.
