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Acknowledgments “Bubbles” by Deborah Underwood from Ladybug, Magazine for Young Children Reprinted by permission of Carus Publishing Company, Cricket Magazine Group “The Caterpillar” by Douglas Florian Copyright © 1994 Used by permission “Hamster Hide-and-Seek” by Avis Harley Text Copyright © 2011 Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers “Loose and Limber” from WHISKERS AND RHYMES by Arnold Lobel Text Copyright © 1985 by Arnold Lobel Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers “Cloud Parade” by Kristen M Camiolo from Ladybug, Magazine for Young Children Reprinted by permission Carus Publishing Company, Cricket Magazine Group “Sunflakes” from COUNTRY PIE by Frank Asch Text Copyright © 1979 by Frank Asch Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers “Sarah Enters a Painting” by Susan Katz Reprinted with the permission of Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division From the autograph album by Lillian Morrison Copyright © 1960 by The Owens Publishing Company Used by permission of Marian Reiner for the Author Photography Credits Book Cover: (c) David Young-Wolff/Alamy; (tr) PhotoLink/Getty Images Contributor © Time Inc All rights reserved Versions of some articles in this edition of TIME For Kids originally appeared in TIME For Kids or timeforkids.com B Published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Two Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10121 Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, network storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning Printed in The United States of America ISBN: 978-0-02-207793-8 MHID: 0-02-207793-6 10 WEB 13 12 11 10 09 Issue Retell Photographs and Captions Context Clues Issue 53 Main Idea and Details Charts Context Clues Issue .11 Main Idea and Details Maps Context Clues Issue 10 59 Main Idea and Details Signs and Symbols Context Clues Issue 17 Compare and Contrast Diagrams Context Clues Issue 11 65 Author’s Purpose Charts Context Clues Issue 23 Author’s Purpose Charts Context Clues Issue 12 71 Retell Photographs and Captions Context Clues Issue 29 Main Idea and Details Lists Context Clues Issue 13 77 Compare and Contrast Diagrams Context Clues Issue 35 Author’s Purpose Photographs and Captions Context Clues Issue 14 83 Compare and Contrast Signs and Symbols Context Clues Issue 41 Main Idea and Details Diagrams Context Clues Issue 15 89 Main Idea and Details Photographs and Captions Context Clues Issue 47 Main Idea and Details Maps Context Clues Contents Issue A Green School See the otter? Retell • Context Clues • Photographs and Captions (c) Peter Weimann/Animals Animals - Earth Scenes; (tr) Bridget Barrett It lives at the pond So other animals It’s a Wet and Dry World! A1TFK_TXNA_I1FP_RD11.indd 1/20/09 10:58:37 AM Pond Life Earth Helpers Leave it to Beavers DIAGRAMS 10 Issue Main Idea and Details • Context Clues • Maps World Water Day (c) Chloe/Galbe.com; (tr) Stockdisc/PunchStock Getting over the Hump 12 Not a Drop to Drink 14 Bubbles POETRY 16 Many children in Africa had no books Camels brought the books to the children! A1TFK_TXNA_I2FP_RD11.indd 11 1/26/09 9:48:58 AM Issue Compare and Contrast • Context Clues • Diagrams Helping Out in the Park L ADY BUGS GROW UP (c) Yves Lanceau/NHPA; (tr) NPS These big bugs begin as eggs Then they change Find out how! A1TFK_TXNA_I3FP_RD11.indd 17 1/20/09 11:03:59 AM A Ladybug’s Life 18 Giving Time for the Common Good 20 The Caterpillar POETRY 22 Issue Author’s Purpose • Context Clues • Charts (c) Steve Satushek/Riser/Getty Images; (tr) Jorge Uzon/Corbis Colorful Veggies! Be Happy and Healthy! Run, play, and eat well You will flip for this healthy way of life! A1TFK_TXNA_I4FP_RD11.indd 23 1/20/09 11:07:50 AM Eat Well, Feel Well 24 Orange You Glad? 26 Climb the Pyramid DIAGRAMS 28 Issue Main Idea and Details • Context Clues • Lists (c) DLILLC/Corbis; (tr) Jim West Good Citizens Sharing with Others 30 Thanks, Mom and Dad 32 Hamster Hide-and-Seek POETRY 34 Elephant families are close So are other animal families A1TFK_TXNA_I5FP_RD11.indd 29 1/16/09 2:20:56 PM Issue Author’s Purpose • Context Clues • Photographs and Captions Rain Forest Gifts Welcome (c) Kevin Schafer/Corbis; (tr) Linny Morris Cunningham/Jupiter Images to the Rain Forest The rain forest is a colorful place Explore it with us A1TFK_TXNA_I6FP_RD11.indd 35 1/20/09 3:06:51 PM The Forest Roof 36 Rain Forests: From Soup to Nuts 38 Life in the Rain Forest DIAGRAMS 40 Issue Main Idea and Details • Context Clues • Diagrams (c) Jorge Gonzalez/The Field Museum; (tr) image broker/Alamy Make a Move Found! Scientists found bones of a dinosaur It may have looked like this A1TFK_TXNA_I7FP_RD11.indd 41 1/23/09 2:42:40 PM Digging for Bones 42 Animals on the Move 44 Loose and Limber POETRY 46 Issue Main Idea and Details • Context Clues • Maps (c) Dennis MacDonald/PhotoEdit; (tr) David Ball/Corbis Windy Places A1TFK_TXNA_I8FP_RD11.indd 47 Wind makes things move It fills sails and pushes a big boat What else can it do? 1/20/09 3:07:41 PM Wow! Wind Works! 48 Blow, Wind, Blow! 50 Cloud Parade POETRY 52 Issue Main Idea and Details • Context Clues • Charts (c) Gerard Lacz/FLPA/Bruce Coleman; (tr) Image Source/Getty Images Water Mystery See Me in t h e S ea ! I am a dolphin I see many animals in the ocean Meet some of them! A1TFK_TXNA_I9FP_RD11.indd 53 1/23/09 2:44:12 PM Sunny Side Up 54 Where Does the Water Go? 56 Sunflakes POETRY 58 Issue 10 (c) David Grubbs, Billings Gazette/Wide World Photos/AP Images; (tr) Murray, Patti/Animals Animals - Earth Scenes What Is for Dinner? Wise as an Owl This is an owl It is a bird “Whoo,” it says Find out more inside! A1TFK_TXNA_I10FP_RD11.indd 59 1/23/09 2:45:45 PM Main Idea and Details • Context Clues • Signs and Symbols Whoo’s a Wonderful Bird? 60 Food for Whoo? 62 Growing and Changing CHARTS 64 Issue 11 Author’s Purpose • Context Clues • Charts American Symbols (c) Juice Images Limited/Alamy; (tr) Adam Jones/Getty Images Best of the U.S Prize Pets 66 All for America! 68 Lady Liberty DIAGRAMS 70 For many people, the family dog is always “the best.” A1TFK_TXNA_I11FP_RD11.indd 65 1/26/09 9:50:49 AM Issue 12 (c) Tom Stewart/Corbis; (tr) Dennis Brack/Black Star/Newscom Dollars and Cents This boy made money selling lemonade What should he with the money? A1TFK_TXNA_I12FP_RD11.indd 71 1/26/09 9:33:42 AM Retell • Context Clues • Photographs and Captions Money Goes Around 72 How Money Is Made 74 U.S Coins CHARTS 76 Issue 13 (c) NASA; (tr) FPG/Getty Images Now and Then Read about the shuttle’s trip A1TFK_TXNA_I13FP_RD11.indd 77 2/5/09 4:24:27 PM Compare and Contrast • Context Clues • Diagrams Things Change 78 What a Trip! 80 The Space Shuttle DIAGRAMS 82 Issue 14 Compare and Contrast • Context Clues • Signs and Symbols Amazing Museums History Weaver Wild About Museums 84 A Basket Maker 86 Sarah Enters a Painting POETRY 88 (c) James Poulson/Daily Sitka Sentinel; (tr) Richard Cummins/Corbis Teri Rofkar makes baskets So many Native Americans A1TFK_TXNA_I14FP_RD11.indd 83 2/5/09 4:26:52 PM Issue 15 It’s Sports Time! Being a (c) Tim Shaffer/Reuters/Corbis; (tr) Brian Bahr/Getty Images Baseball Star Layson Aliviado played in the Little League World Series A1TFK_TXNA_I15FP_RD11.indd 89 2/5/09 4:28:33 PM Main Idea and Details • Context Clues • Photographs and Captions Get Ready, Get Set, Go! 90 Play Ball! 92 From the autograph album POETRY 94 A Green School See the otter? (c) Peter Weimann/Animals Animals - Earth Scenes; (tr) Bridget Barrett It lives at the pond So other animals It’s a Wet and Dry World! Pond Life Ponds are places to row a boat or to swim We can hike near them We can fish in them Ponds are also homes for many animals They live in and out of the water Time For Kids Ron Sanford/Photo Researchers 6• Kent Foster/Photo Researchers In the afternoon, a swan swims Its long neck ducks under the water This mom finds plants for its babies to eat Gary Meszaros/Photo Researchers In the morning, a dragonfly flies in the air It flies over the pond and looks for bugs to eat In the evening, a raccoon races It stays up at night It finds plants and animals to eat Gay Bumgarner/Alamy Animals and plants live in, on, and by the pond This heron eats bugs and frogs It can trap a bug as the bug creeps on a big lily pad The pond is a good place to find food neck that stretches out or tucks in webbed feet hard, flat shell Karen Beckhardt Issue •7 Robert Kopecky The space shuttle was in space for 12 days Then it came back to Earth Its crew carried a big new part to the space station Robert Sullivan/AFP/Getty Images How can I become an astronaut? If you want to be an astronaut, study science and math Astronauts have to know these subjects well They earn top grades in school Astronauts go to college, a school after high school They learn how machines work in college Later, they run and fix machines What astronauts do? When astronauts go into space, each one has a different job The commander is in charge The pilot flies the space shuttle Other astronauts fix shuttle parts or work on science projects 80 • Time For Kids Argosy NASA The astronauts visited the space station That is where astronauts live It is also where they work in space They can live there for a long time Each astronaut had a job to Astronaut Joe Tanner worked on the outside of the space station He helped add a new part to the station NASA space station space shuttle Robert Kopecky Up and Up! The space shuttle went to the space station This picture shows the path it took How many miles did the space shuttle go up? 220 miles Earth Issue 13 • 81 The Space Shuttle Look at the picture It shows the three main parts of the space shuttle How can you tell it is from the United States? Look for a clue! The rocket boosters lift the shuttle off the ground The tank holds the fuel The orbiter carries the crew Trevor Johnston 82 Amazing Museums History Weaver (c) James Poulson/Daily Sitka Sentinel; (tr) Richard Cummins/Corbis Teri Rofkar makes baskets So many Native Americans D you lik Do like tto llearn new thi things?? Then a museum is a place for you Let’s visit two museums in Texas Stars, Bones, and Bugs Richard Cummins/Corbis What can you learn in a natural science museum? You can learn about stars and planets You can learn about rocks and dinosaurs You can learn about living things, too Learn about these and more at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Stock Connection/Fotosearch This museum has a special place for butterfl ies They live inside the museum A butterfly might land on your finger! 84 • Time For Kids NPS This is a baby sea turtle Ready, Set, Run NPS Padre Island National Seashore is a different kind of museum It is an outdoor museum and a park You can see birds that live at the seashore You can see the sea and many sand dunes You might also see baby sea turtles! Each year, sea turtles are hatched at the park The tiny turtles are put on the beach They run quickly to the sea One day, some turtles may return to the beach to lay eggs Ilene MacDonald/Alamy; Leigh Smith Images/Alamy A Good Sign Signs tell us important things They help us find places They tell us rules What the signs in this park tell us? Issue 14 • 85 A Basket Maker Basket making is a kind of art art Native Americans learn it from their families Teri Rofkar learned it from her grandmother Back to Her Roots Teri makes baskets from spruce roots Spruce is a kind of tree Many things are made from spruce wood Why? Spruce bends easily James Poulson/Daily Sitka Sentinel Old Baskets Baskets were made thousands of years ago In the past, they were used as drinking cups and for cooking Later, pots were used for this Weavers made baskets to sell or trade Navajo 86 • Time For Kids Mono Lake Paiute Onondaga and Micmac Aleut (l) Pearl Yee Wong/Courtesy Michigan State University Museum; (cl) Ernest Amoroso/National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution; (cr) Pearl Yee Wong/Courtesy Michigan State University Museum; (r) David Heald/National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution Past, Present, and Future In the past, all baskets were made by hand Today some baskets are made by machines A machine can make a basket in minutes In the future, baskets may be made from new materials They may have different shapes than baskets made today But some people will still make beautiful baskets by hand Teri teaches people to make baskets at a festival → Walter Larrimore/National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution Native American Sign Language Native Americans spoke many different languages Some used sign language Here are the signs for some animals (l to r) Bernard Adnet Bird Deer Owl Make up your own signs for other animals See if your friends can match the animal to the sign Issue 14 • 87 By Susan Katz 88 (bkgd) Royalty-Free/Corbis If I stepped into this painting, I’d hurry past the grown-ups dozing in their chairs and rush up to the table where that boy is reaching for something I can’t see from here A toy house? A train? A set of paints? Maybe I’d stop to play with him awhile And then I’d climb that curved brown stair to find out what the painter hid way up there It’s Sports Time! Being a (c) Tim Shaffer/Reuters/Corbis; (tr) Brian Bahr/Getty Images Baseball Star Layson Aliviado played in the Little League World Series Get Ready, Get Set, Go! Basketball players take shots in seconds Find time in other d out about b h sports A sprint, or a short race, takes only seconds Blink! The race is over The fastest men run a race in less than 10 seconds Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images A horse race lasts minutes The Kentucky Derby is a big race The horses run a mile The race is exciting! Mark Cowan/Icon SMI Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images A soccer game is longer than an hour Players run, kick, and try to score The action does not stop ← The clock shows hours, Brad Hamann 90 • Time For Kids minutes, and seconds Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo Reuters/Beverly Schaefer/Newscom A golf tournament lasts for days Each day, golfers play a round That is 18 holes The winner is the player with the lowest score! A tennis tournament can last weeks Smash! Each game’s winner plays again The best players meet in the last match Brad Hamann Brian Bahr/Getty Images A football season takes months Top teams still play after the season ends The Super Bowl is the last, biggest game ← This calendar shows days and weeks of a month Issue 15 • 91 (t) Courtesy Time for Kids Kids all around the world play baseball and softball Top teams compete But only a few get to play in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania That’s where the top teams face off Todd Plitt Kids have fun The World Series is not only about baseball Kids make friends They meet kids on other teams Todd Plitt w This team stretches before a game 92 • Time For Kids Kids get ready Coaches help teams get ready before a game A coach helps train athletes to compete A coach encourages players to work together as a team Elsa/Getty Images This player swings the bat Players have different responsibilities or jobs But they work as a team to win The pitcher throws the ball The catcher catches the ball Kids who play well become stars Little League players sign their names on baseballs They feel famous Other kids admire them Todd Plitt Kauai The Hawaiian Islands In 2005, a team from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, won The players were from the island of Oahu It was the first time a Hawaiian team won the Little League World Series KEY = capital city = city Oahu Ewa Beach Honolulu Maui Pacific Ocean Hawaii Jean Wisenbaugh Issue 15 • 93 By Lillian Morrison If at first you don’t succeed, Slide for second In curve, out curve, Slow ball, drop Don’t forget Jim The star shortstop Life and baseball Are just the same; You must strike hard To win the game (bkgd) Siede Preis/Getty Images 94 ... 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