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Lagos: A City That Grew and Grew
Lagos: A City That Grew and Grew is a narrated read-aloud picture book at guided-reading Level E for ages 7–9, 21 pages long and about 4 minutes to read aloud. Every word highlights as it's read, so a growing reader can follow along.
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Page 1Look at this water. This calm lagoon in West Africa hides an amazing story.
Page 2Lagos sits on the coast of Nigeria, where a lagoon meets the ocean. Long ago, it was just a small fishing town.
Page 3Hundreds of years ago, Yoruba fishing families built homes along these waters. They paddled canoes to catch fish every day.
