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by Rosa Cabrillo
illustrated by Peter Grosshauser
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Q uinn s a t by him s e l f.
He h a d a b o o k to re a d.

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“W h a t i s t h a t a b o u t?”
a s ke d A nn a.

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“It i s a b o u t a s m a ll
c a te rp ill a r t h a t gre w
a n d gre w,” s a id Q uinn.

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Q uinn ke pt re a din g t h e
w rit in g to A nn a. A nn a
w a nte d to re a d it h e rs e l f.

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A nn a ra n to te ll h e r fa mil y.
“I w a nt to re a d,” s h e s a id.

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“We mu s t w o rk n o w,
A nn a. W h e n d o w e h a v e
t im e fo r b o o k s?”

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“I w i s h I c o uld re a d,”
s a id A nn a.
“Yo u c a n i f yo u w o rk h a rd,”
s a id Q uinn.

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A nn a ra n to te ll h e r fa mil y.

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“We mu s t w o rk h a rd, A nn a.
W h e n d o w e h a v e t im e fo r
b o o k s?”
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A nn a a n d Q uinn w o rke d
h a rd. T h ey did n ot quit.
S o o n A nn a c o uld re a d a ll
by h e rs e l f.
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No w A nn a re a d s to h e r
fa mil y w h e n t h ey c o m e
h o m e fro m w o rk.
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Think and Respond

1 What is Quinn doing at the beginning
of the story?
2 What is Quinn’s book about?
3 Why doesn’t Anna’s family have time
for books?
4 What does Anna want to do?
5 How does Anna help her family?

Make a Book Make a book by folding two

sheets of paper in half. Retell and illustrate one
of your favorite stories. Then read your writing
aloud to a friend.

School-Home Connection After you read

aloud the story, identify the words read, reads,
and reading. Talk about how these words are
used in the story and what the different word
endings mean.

Word Count: 128

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READER
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FL EA D
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