Table of Contents 3 The Leaky Robot 5 Digger and Dander 7 Panda Makes a Bookmark Lexile measure 200L 370L 290L Highlights for Children, Inc. This item is permitted to be used by a teacher or educator free of charge for classroom use by printing or photocopying one copy for each student in the class. Highlights Fun with a Purpose ISBN 978-1-62091-244-7
I am your new robot. The Leaky Robot By Rebecca Kraft Rector Art by Scott Angle Bing! Bong! Mr. Moon hurried to answer the doorbell. Few people visited his little house by the lake. Who could it be? Hello. I am Zap. I am your new robot. Green lights flashed across the robot s chest. But I ordered a rowboat! said Mr. Moon. You will like me better than a rowboat, Zap said. I am strong and fast and smart. I delivered myself! Can you float? asked Mr. Moon. No, said Zap. I leak. Mr. Moon shook his head. I don t like modern things like robots. I like oldfashioned things like rowboats. I will help you find a rowboat. Zap Highlights for Children, Inc. This item is permitted to be used by a teacher or educator free of charge for classroom use by printing or photocopying one copy for each student in the class. Highlights Fun with a Purpose ISBN 978-1-62091-273-7 marched into the house. He looked around. There is your rowboat. No! That s my chair! But Mr. Moon was too late. Zap carried the chair to the lake. He dropped it in. It sank. Sorry, said Zap. He spotted something in the garden. There is your rowboat! No! That s my wheelbarrow! But Mr. Moon was too late. Zap carried the wheelbarrow to the lake. He dropped it in. It sank. Sorry, said Zap. I need a rowboat, not a robot! said Mr. Moon. I want to visit my brother. He lives on the other side of the lake. You could walk around the lake, Zap said. I will walk with you. It s too far to walk, said Mr. Moon. There are hills and trees and pricker bushes. I ll get lost. I never get lost. I have maps in my
head. Blue lights glowed on Zap s chest. I have an idea. He pulled the chair out of the lake. He shook it so fast that all the water flew off. He pulled out the wheelbarrow, too. He spun it in a circle. Soon it was dry. Amazing, said Mr. Moon. Sit down, Zap said. Mr. Moon sat in the chair. Zap put the chair in the wheelbarrow. Hold tight! Zap pushed the wheelbarrow around the lake. He ran as fast as a rocket. He checked the maps in his head. He took Mr. Moon straight to his brother s door. Amazing, said Mr. Moon. Mr. Moon visited his brother. Then Zap pushed him home again. A delivery man was waiting for them. There s been a mix-up. Here s your rowboat. I ll take back the robot. I ll keep this rowboat, said Mr. Moon. It floats. Zap doesn t know about floating. He threw my chair into the lake. All Zap s lights went out. He hung his head. Come with me, robot, said the No! That s my chair! Come with me, robot. delivery man. Wait, said Mr. Moon. Zap has a good heart. He tries hard. He makes mistakes, but people make mistakes, too. I want this rowboat. And I want this robot. Zap s lights blazed brightly. You will not be sorry. I am a good helper. I will put this rowboat in the water for you. Wait! the delivery man said. That s my truck!
Digger and Dander were good friends. They did everything together. They played together. They went places together. Their favorite place to go was to the lake. But it was a long walk. One day Digger had an idea. Let s buy bicycles, he said. Then we can ride to the lake. Dander looked in his pockets. I have two dollars. Digger looked in his pockets. I have two dollars, too. I don t think four dollars is enough for two bicycles, said Dander. Then we ll earn more, said Digger. How? asked Dander. I ll have a lemonade stand, said Digger. Good idea, said Dander. And I ll have a cookie stand. Digger took his two dollars and bought supplies for lemonade. Dander took his two dollars and bought supplies to make cookies. Digger set up his stand on one corner. Dander set up his stand on the other corner. They waited for customers. They waited a long time. Digger was getting hungry. I have a quarter left, he said to himself. I ll buy a cookie from Dander. Digger bought a cookie and shared it with Dander. Then he went back to his lemonade stand to wait for customers. A little while later Dander was thirsty. He looked at the quarter Digger had given him. Highlights for Children, Inc. This item is permitted to be used by a teacher or educator free of charge for classroom use by printing or photocopying one copy for each student in the class. Highlights Fun with a Purpose ISBN 978-1-62091-271-3 Digger I ll buy a glass of lemonade from Digger, he said. And he did. Time went by. Digger looked over at Dander s cookie stand. No one is buying cookies, he said to I ll buy a cookie from Dander.
and Dander By Wendi Silvano Art by Liisa Chauncy Guida They had a perfect plan to earn money. himself. I think I ll help out my friend. He went over to Dander s stand. One cookie, please. That will be twenty-five cents, said Dander, and took the quarter. How s business? asked Digger. Not too bad, said Dander. I ve already sold two cookies. Good, said Digger. I m sure we ll earn enough by the end of the day. Digger went back to selling lemonade. Sure enough, it wasn t long before he had a customer. Dander bought another glass of lemonade. Thank you, said Digger. My pleasure, said Dander. That was how the afternoon went, with Digger buying cookies and Dander buying lemonade whenever they had a quarter. When the sun began to set, Digger was out of lemonade and Dander was out of cookies. They put away their stands and went inside. How did we do? asked Dander. I sold all my lemonade, said Digger. And I sold all my cookies, said Dander. Wow! cried Digger. Let s get our bicycles! Dander looked in his pockets. I have a quarter. How much do you have? Digger looked in his pockets. I don t have anything, he said. How can that be? said Dander. We sold everything. Oh, well, said Digger. We can still go to the lake. We ll just have to walk. And so they did, first thing the next day... together.
By Beverly Swerdlow Brown Art by Mary Bono This is fun! Panda went to the store to buy some needles and yarn. I m going to make a bookmark so I won t lose my place when I m reading, he said. He went home and began to knit. Clack, clack went the needles. This is fun! said Panda. After a while, he looked at the knitting. Uh-oh! This is too big for a bookmark. What should I do? He thought and thought. I ll make a place mat for my table, he said. Again, Panda began to knit. Clack, clack went the needles. Panda sang a little song as he worked. Highlights for Children, Inc. This item is permitted to be used by a teacher or educator free of charge for classroom use by printing or photocopying one copy for each student in the class. Highlights Fun with a Purpose ISBN 978-1-62091-272-0 After a while, he looked at the knitting. Oh, my! This is too big for a place mat. What should I do? He thought and thought. I ll make a tablecloth, he said. Clack, clack went the needles. Panda hummed a tune as he worked. After a while, he looked at the knitting. Oh, dear. This is too big for a tablecloth. What should I do? He thought and thought. I ll make a blanket, he said. Clack, clack went the needles. Panda listened to the radio as he worked. After a while, he looked at the knitting. My, my! This is too big for a blanket. What should Panda k
I do? He thought and thought. I ll make a rug for my den, he said. Clack, clack went the needles. Panda watched TV as he worked. After a while, he looked at the knitting. Oh, no! This is too big for a rug. What should I do? He thought and thought. Then he had an idea. I ll shrink it a wee bit, he said. He washed the knitting in hot water. Then he put it in the dryer. He read the newspaper as he waited. After a while, he took the knitting out of the dryer. Panda laughed. My knitting is way too small for a rug or a blanket or a tablecloth or even a place mat. But it s just the right size for a bookmark! Oh, no! ept knitting and knitting and knitting...