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The Strange Plant Gallery of Socotra
The Strange Plant Gallery of Socotra is a narrated read-aloud picture book at guided-reading Level K for ages 7–9, 18 pages long and about 5 minutes to read aloud. Every word highlights as it's read, so a growing reader can follow along.
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Page 1Far out in the sea sits a strange island called Socotra. Many plants here grow nowhere else on Earth. Let's walk through nature's gallery of odd, wonderful trees.
Page 2The ground on Socotra is dry, rocky, and hot. Rain rarely falls here, sometimes for months at a time. Only tough, clever plants can survive this land.
Page 3Meet the desert rose, our first strange plant. Its trunk looks swollen, like a giant round balloon. Bright pink flowers bloom at the very top.
Words to practise
This book has a Spell-Along set — these words are built sound by sound after reading.
