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K-3
All Aboard Science Reader series.
Illustrated by
Tammy Smith
&
Tammy Smith.
A simple, conversational text provides interesting information about how to graft branches to grow a specific type of apple. Repetition in the text and clues in the pictures help with word predicting, but a pronunciation guide for one word (blossom) is awkwardly inserted into the text. The illustrations are colorful and clear.