Elephants on the Move: Nonfiction for New Readers

How do elephants take care of each other? 
Travel with a herd of elephants to see how they protect, guide, and care for one another as they journey across the savanna.
 
Build knowledge, language, and literacy together with informational texts designed for multilingual learners!
Each book sparks curiosity and conversation with key science concepts that supplement your content curriculum. Built-in scaffolds provide layered support for comprehension, vocabulary development, and literacy skills.

This book is 80% decodable for readers confident with word endings (-ed, -es, -y, -le)  and high-frequency words commonly found in K–2 texts. It follows a description text structure, encouraging readers to look for details that tell what something is like.
 
Before Reading
The Kickstart Your Knowledge page activates prior knowledge and sets a purpose for reading.
 
During Reading
Nonfiction text features—including a table of contents, captions, labels, bold words, and a hand-drawn picture glossary—serve as built-in scaffolds to help multilingual learners navigate informational text with confidence.
 
After Reading
The Let’s Talk page invites students to discuss what they learned, using a high-interest photo and open-ended prompt to build oral language and reinforce new learning.
 
Each informational book works beautifully on its own—but they’re even better together! Combine titles to create text sets that connect to your curriculum, build knowledge, and strengthen vocabulary and understanding.
 
Knowledge building, language development, and decoding practice—all in one little book!