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                            by CeCilia Minden and Mary Minden-zins
                     Published by The Child’s World®                                                               about the authors
                     1980 Lookout Drive • Mankato, MN 56003-1705
                     800-599-READ • www.childsworld.com                                                            Dr. Cecilia Minden is a 
                     Acknowledgments                                                                               university professor and 
                                      ®
                     The Child’s World : Mary Berendes, Publishing Director                                        reading specialist with 
                     The Design Lab: Design 
                     Jody Jensen Shaffer: Editing                                                                  classroom and administrative 
                     Pamela J. Mitsakos: Photo Research
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                     Arne9001/Dreamstime.com: cover, 1; carlofranco /                                              She earned her PhD in reading 
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                     iStock.com: 10-11; kali9/iStock.com: 6-7; Karol                                               of Virginia.
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                     iStock.com: 4; Shannon Fagan/123RF.com: 8; Steve 
                     Mann/Shutterstock.com: 18; Ugo Ambroggio/123RF.                                               Mary Minden-Zins is an 
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                     Copyright © 2014 by The Child’s World®
                     All rights reserved. No part of this book may be                                              teacher. She taught first grade 
                     reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means                                            for ten years before taking 
                     without written permission from the publisher.
                     ISBN 9781626870093                                                                            time out to raise her children 
                     LCCN 2013947287                                                                               and grandchildren. Mary now 
                     Printed in the United States of America                                                       teaches kindergarten and lives 
                     Mankato, MN                                                                                   in Oklahoma.
                     December, 2013
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