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Welcome to our Free Online Talking eBook

The Farm Animals story by Rolando Merino is a complete online version in our new Talking eBook format. You can click and hear every individual word pronounced, hear every page read, and listen to real farm animal sounds.

Instructions:

Click on each word to hear it spoken.
Click on speakers to hear each page read.
Move your mouse over the animals to hear the sounds they make.

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The Farm Animals, written and illustrated by Rolando Merino for his son Rollie.
"The animals that live on a farm all make special sounds..."
Story and illustrations copyright ©1997-2004 Rolando Merino.
Narration and design copyright ©2004 Carol Moore. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any process without
prior written permission from the publisher. Published by Carol Moore.

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The Farm Animals - A Free Talking eBook for Toddlers - Click and Hear Every Word

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A Story of How Animals Talk. Kids can click to hear each word spoken or hear the complete story read. Includes animation and real animal sounds. One of many wonderful free children's stories available to read at Children's Storybooks Online.

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MA 0.3.1.a Describe real-world objects using names of shapes, regardless of their orientation or size (e.g., squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, spheres, and cylinders).

SC12.2.2.b Describe how the law of inertia (Newton’s 1st law) is evident in a real-world event

MA 2.2.1.a Identify a group of objects from 0-20 as even or odd by counting by 2’s or by showing even numbers as a sum of two equal parts.

SS 8.3.3.a Compare and contrast various biomes/climates (e.g., rainforest, grasslands, forests)

LA 3.1.5.d Identify semantic relationships (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs, homophones, multiple-meaning words) to determine the meaning of words, aid in comprehension, and improve writing.

LA 5.1.6.c Identify and explain why authors use literary devices (e.g., simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, rhythm, personification, hyperbole, idioms).

MAE 12.1.3.b Recognize expanded forms of exponents (powers)

S.C.2.3.1.a Differentiate between living and nonliving things

PE.1.3.4.a Differentiates between healthy and unhealthy foods. (E)

SS 8.2.12.a Differentiate between exports and imports

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Concept books are clearly didactic books (they educate but do not preach). A good concept book conveys its information in a clear and entertaining way.

(Chen, Chi-Fen Emily. Children's Literature. Retrieved from: http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/picturebook_type_concept.htm)

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Concept books can deal with almost any subject. Some of the concepts they present are opposites, spatial relationships, and sounds.

(Chen, Chi-Fen Emily. Children's Literature. Retrieved from: http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/picturebook_type_concept.htm)

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"Concept books are powerful methods for capturing interest while building an understanding of the use and value of written text."

Creative World School.(2016). Concept Books for Children. Retrieved from http://creativeworldschool.com/concept-books-children/

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The concept books are written to present factual material through illustrations and accompanying text

(Chen, Chi-Fen Emily. Children's Literature. Retrieved from: http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/picturebook_type_concept.htm)