1 Snakes
First published April 2004 Jolly Learning Ltd Tailours House High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 6DL United Kingdom Tel: (+44 or 0) 20 8501 0405 Fax: (+44 or 0) 20 8500 1696 www.jollylearning.co.uk info@jollylearning.co.uk Sara Wernham, 2004 (text) Kevin Maddison, 2004 (illustrations) Series Editor: Rachel Stadlen Printed and bound in China. This book uses Sassoon Infant, a typeface designed for children learning to read and write. Sassoon is a registered trade mark of Sassoon and Williams. Visit www.clubtype.co.uk for more information. ISBN 978 1 84414 016 9 Sold in the pack of six Green Level (Level 3) Non ction books ISBN 978 1 84414 022 0 And sold in the pack of eighteen Green Level (Level 3) Complete Set books ISBN 978 1 84414 090 9
Snåkes åre reptiles. The håve no årms or legs. There åre åbout three thousånd different sorts of snåkes. Some snåkes åre ver long ånd some åre quite short. 1
2 A snåke hås scåles to protect its skin from the hot sun. A snåke s skin feels cool ånd smooth.
As å snåke gets bigger, it hås to shed its skin. The skin looks dull when it is åbout to be shed. The snåke rubs its nose to loosen the old skin, which splits to let the snåke slide out. 3
Snåkes cån glide on the ground ånd slide up trees. As å snåke slithers ålong, the scåles on the underside of its bod grip onto the ground. Some snåkes cån swim, too. 4
Snåkes need the sun, but the cånnot cool down b themselves. The håve to hide from ver hot sun. When it is cool, snåkes åre sluggish ånd sleep. 5
6 Snåkes normåll håtch from eggs. The eggs håve strong, leåther shells which do not cråck if the åre dropped.
A snåke hides its eggs in holes in the ground or sånd, or in gåps in rocks. A oung snåke is born with ån egg tooth to help it get out of the egg when it håtches. 7
An ådder hås zigzåg mårkings on its båck. It is poisonous but the poison cånnot kill ou. An ådder s eggs håtch inside its bod so the oung ådders åre born ålive. 8
Some snåkes spend the whole winter sleeping. The look for å hole to shelter inside, in the ground, or in å rock or å tree. The do not wåke up ågåin until spring comes. 9
Snåkes åre hunters. The bones in å snåke s mouth åre joined together quite loosel so the cån spreåd wide åpårt to fit food in. The skin stretches åround the food, too, ås if it wås måde of elåstic. 10
Råttlesnåkes, or råttlers, live in North Americå. A råttler hås å bit of deåd scåle åt the tip of its tåil. When it shåkes its tåil, the deåd scåle måkes å buzzing, råttling sound. 11
12 Råttlers hunt småll ånimåls such ås frogs, toåds ånd lizårds. But råttlers åre hunted themselves, too, b king snåkes, opossums ånd roådrunners.
The biggest sorts of snåkes åre cålled constrictors. When it cåtches ån ånimål, å constrictor coils its bod åround the ånimål ånd squeezes it hård. 13
14 The Anåcondå, which lives in South Americå, is the biggest snåke of åll. Anåcondås cån be more thån 30 feet long.
Some snåkes åre poisonous ånd håve poison, cålled venom. When å snåke bites, it injects venom into its victim with its fångs. 15
16 The poison cån be milked from the snåkes. It cån be used to måke ån åntidote so thåt if å snåke bites someone, the cån be måde better.
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The Jolly Readers are entertaining stories with controlled vocabulary for new readers The Jolly Readers are designed for children who have learned to read and write with Jolly Phonics. There are three series: Inky Mouse and Friends, General Fiction and Non ction. In all three, the vocabulary is carefully controlled, so children can apply their new reading skills. At the Green Level (the third level), the stories are longer and introduce more tricky words, which are shown at the end of each book. In addition, hop-over e digraphs are used to make the long vowel sound in words like cake, these, time, stone and cube. As before, light type is used for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the b in lamb (but not in the new tricky words, which should already be familiar without this help). The Non ction series features texts about nature, science and the real world. Green Level Nonfiction ISBN 1. Snakes 978 1 84414 016 9 2. Deserts 978 1 84414 017 6 3. Captain Scott 978 1 84414 018 3 4. Underground 978 1 84414 019 0 5. Mushrooms 978 1 84414 020 6 6. Teeth 978 1 84414 021 3 Pack of six titles 978 1 84414 022 0 ISBN 978-1-84414-016-9 Jolly Learning Ltd Tailours House, High Road, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 6DL, UK. Tel: 020 8501 0405 50 Winter Sport Lane, Williston, VT 05495, USA. Tel: 1-800-488-2665 xhslioey140169z Reference: JL164