“One

yel

low

pen

cil!”

sa

ys M

ax. C

lap,

cla

p, c

lap!

“Thr

ee o

rang

e no

tebo

oks!

” sa

ys M

ax.

Cla

p, c

lap,

cla

p!

And

out

of h

is b

ackp

ack

com

eon

e ye

llow

pen

cil a

nd th

ree

oran

ge n

oteb

ooks

!

Max

has

a m

agic

bac

kpac

k.

“Six

teen

pur

ple

pape

r cl

ips!

” sa

ys M

ax.

Cla

p, c

lap,

cla

p!“T

wen

ty s

ticke

rs!”

say

s M

ax. C

lap,

cla

p, c

lap!

And

out

of h

is b

ackp

ack

com

esi

xtee

n pu

rple

pap

er c

lips

and

twen

ty s

ticke

rs!

“Stic

kers

for

ever

yone

!” s

ays

Max

.

Max

has

a m

agic

bac

kpac

k.

Mgi cT h

ec k

pck

by D

iane

Pin

kley

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“Fiv

e br

own

rule

rs!”

say

s M

ax. C

lap,

cla

p, c

lap!

“Nin

e gr

een

pens

!” s

ays

Max

. Cla

p, c

lap,

cla

p!

And

out

of h

is b

ackp

ack

com

efiv

e br

own

rule

rs a

nd n

ine

gree

n pe

ns!

Max

has

a m

agic

bac

kpac

k.

“Ele

ven

blue

mar

kers

!” s

ays

Max

. Cla

p, c

lap,

cla

p!“F

ourt

een

pink

era

sers

!” s

ays

Max

. C

lap,

cla

p, c

lap!

And

out

of h

is b

ackp

ack

com

eel

even

blu

e m

arke

rs a

nd fo

urte

en p

ink

eras

ers!

Max

has

a m

agic

bac

kpac

k.

82687_BPK_SB2_UN1_qxf 10/24/03 2:37 PM Page 10

A b

all

ga

me:

Alt

o!

The

se c

hild

ren

are

from

Col

ombi

a.

The

y lik

e to

pla

y a

spec

ial g

ame

with

a b

all.

It’s

fun.

She

is th

row

ing

the

ball.

The

y ar

e ru

nnin

g.

CO

LU

MB

IA

A c

ard

ga

me:

An

g-A

a-B

iao

The

se c

hild

ren

are

from

T

aiw

an. T

hey

like

to p

lay

a sp

ecia

l car

d ga

me.

It’

s fu

n. T

hey

are

turn

ing

over

car

ds.

Gam

es a

re fu

n fo

r ev

eryo

ne!

TA

IWA

N

Plyi

ng G

mes

Co

lom

bia

Sou

th A

mer

ica

Asi

aTa

iwa

n

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A m

arb

le g

am

e: K

eler

eng

The

se c

hild

ren

are

from

Indo

nesi

a. T

hey

like

to

play

a s

peci

al g

ame

with

mar

bles

. It’s

fun.

The

y ar

esh

ootin

g m

arbl

es.

IND

ON

ES

IA

A c

ha

lk g

am

e: R

ayu

ela

The

se c

hild

ren

are

from

Mex

ico.

The

y lik

e to

pla

y a

gam

e w

ithch

alk.

It’s

fun.

She

is h

oppi

ng

on a

num

ber.

Ind

on

esia

Mex

ico

Asi

aN

ort

h A

mer

ica

82687_BPK_SB2_UN2 10/24/03 2:40 PM Page 22

Mov

ing

Dy

Son

ia’s

fam

ily is

mov

ing.

“Goo

d-by

e, b

edro

om!”

says

Son

ia. “

I’m m

ovin

gto

a n

ew h

ouse

. I h

ave

ane

w b

edro

om n

ow.

Goo

d-by

e!”

“My

old

bed

is in

my

new

be

droo

m. M

y ol

d ru

g, ta

ble,

and

lam

p ar

e he

re, t

oo.

My

old

curt

ains

are

in th

e w

indo

w. I

’m s

o ha

ppy.

I lo

vem

y be

droo

m n

ow!”

by D

iane

Pin

kley

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82687_BPK_SB2_UN3 10/24/03 2:43 PM Page 33

“We

have

a li

ving

room

and

a d

inin

gro

om in

the

new

hous

e. T

here

’s

a ki

tche

n an

d a

bath

room

.The

re

are

two

bedr

oom

s.”

“Son

ia, t

his

is y

our

new

be

droo

m!”

say

s he

r m

othe

r.

“Oh,

no!

” sa

ys S

onia

.“T

here

are

n’t a

ny c

urta

ins.

T

here

isn’

t eve

n a

bed!

I wan

t my

old

bedr

oom

.”

82687_BPK_SB2_UN3 10/24/03 2:43 PM Page 34

Pl c

es A

roun

d th

e W

orld

Pl c

es A

roun

d th

e W

orld

Mou

ntai

n Lo

dge

is a

hot

el.

It is

nea

r M

ount

Ken

ya,

in A

fric

a. T

ouris

ts ta

ke

lots

of p

ictu

res.

The

hot

elis

am

azin

g!

Seo

ul T

ower

is a

com

mun

icat

ions

tow

er.

It is

in S

eoul

, Kor

ea. T

ouris

ts ta

ke lo

ts o

fpi

ctur

es. T

he to

wer

is a

maz

ing!

The

re a

re lo

ts o

f am

azin

g bu

ildin

gsar

ound

the

wor

ld!

Afr

ica

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sia

82687_BPK_SB2_UN4 10/24/03 2:50 PM Page 45

Ciu

dad

Uni

vers

itaria

is

a un

iver

sity

. It i

s in

Mex

ico

City

, Mex

ico.

Tou

rists

ta

ke lo

ts o

f pic

ture

s.

The

uni

vers

ity is

am

azin

g!

ME

XIC

O

No

rth

Am

eric

aA

sia

Osa

ka C

astle

is a

big

cas

tle.

It is

in O

saka

, Jap

an.

Tou

rists

take

lots

of p

ictu

res.

T

he c

astle

is a

maz

ing!

82687_BPK_SB2_UN4 10/24/03 2:50 PM Page 46

Bu

sy F

rie

nd

s

On

Mon

day,

Lee

pla

ys th

epi

ano

afte

r sc

hool

. He

wan

tsto

be

a m

usic

ian

whe

n he

grow

s up

.

On

Sun

day,

Lee

, Kha

lid,

José

, Yok

o, L

inda

, and

P

at c

ome

to m

y ho

use

and

have

lunc

h w

ith

me.

I w

ant t

o be

a c

hef

whe

n I g

row

up!

On

Tue

sday

, Kha

lid p

lays

soc

cer

afte

r sc

hool

. He

wan

ts to

be

aso

ccer

pla

yer

whe

n he

gro

ws

up.

Bu

sy F

rie

nd

sby

Mar

io H

erre

ra

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On

Wed

nesd

ay, J

osé

pain

ts

pict

ures

afte

r sc

hool

. He

wan

ts

to b

e an

art

ist w

hen

he g

row

s up

.

On

Frid

ay, L

inda

take

s pi

ctur

es a

fter

scho

ol. S

hew

ants

to b

e a

phot

ogra

pher

whe

n sh

e gr

ows

up.

On

Thu

rsda

y, Y

oko

goes

to th

em

ovie

s af

ter

scho

ol. S

he w

ants

tobe

an

acto

r w

hen

she

grow

s up

.

On

Sat

urda

y, P

at ta

kes

danc

ing

less

ons.

She

wan

ts to

be

a ba

llet d

ance

rw

hen

she

grow

s up

.

82687_BPK_SB2_UN5 10/24/03 2:54 PM Page 58

Man

y fo

ods

com

e fr

om p

lant

s.

Pop

corn

and

tort

illa

chip

s co

me

from

cor

n. B

read

and

spa

ghet

tino

odle

s co

me

from

whe

at.

cow

Food

Come

s fro

mEv

eryw

here

wh

eat

corn

chic

ken

egg

s

Man

y fo

ods

com

e fr

om a

nim

als.

Milk

, ch

eese

, and

ice

crea

m c

ome

from

cow

s.

Egg

s co

me

from

chi

cken

s.

Foo

d co

mes

from

eve

ryw

here

.

milk

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Food

Come

s fro

mEv

eryw

here

chee

se

82687_BPK_SB2_UN7 10/24/03 3:03 PM Page 81

oce

an

rive

r

pin

e tr

eeco

con

ut

pa

lm t

ree

lem

on

tre

e

Man

y fo

ods

com

efr

om tr

ees.

App

les

and

lem

ons

com

e fr

om tr

ees.

Pin

e nu

ts a

ndco

conu

ts c

ome

from

tree

s.

Man

y fo

ods

com

e fr

om th

ew

ater

. Oct

opus

, shr

imp,

and

mus

sels

com

e fr

om th

eoc

ean.

Fis

h lik

e sa

lmon

and

trou

t com

e fr

om th

e riv

er.

82687_BPK_SB2_UN7 10/24/03 3:03 PM Page 82

A F

olkt

ale

from

Indi

aR

etol

d by

Deb

orah

Laz

arus

Kin

g Li

on c

atch

es R

abbi

t for

his

din

ner.

Rab

bit t

ells

him

, “T

he o

ther

lion

wan

ts m

e, to

o.”

“Oth

er li

on?”

roa

rs K

ing

Lion

. “In

my

fore

st?

Let m

e se

e th

is o

ther

lion

.”

The

lion

is s

o an

gry

he ju

mps

into

the

deep

wel

l.

He

does

n’t c

ome

back

.

Rab

bit i

s ve

ry h

appy

and

goe

s ho

me

to r

est.

Th

e Li

ona

nd

th

eR

b bit

Th

e Li

ona

nd

th

eR

b bit

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82687_BPK_SB2_UN8 10/24/03 3:06 PM Page 93

Kin

g Li

on r

oars

, “I a

m k

ing

of th

is fo

rest

.”

The

ref

lect

ion

roar

s ba

ck, “

I am

kin

g of

th

is fo

rest

.”

Rab

bit t

akes

Kin

g Li

on to

a d

eep

wel

l.

“Loo

k! C

an y

ou s

ee h

im?”

Kin

g Li

on lo

oks

into

the

wel

l. “Y

es, I

can

.”

(He

does

n’t k

now

it’s

his

ref

lect

ion.

)

82687_BPK_SB2_UN8 10/24/03 3:06 PM Page 94

My

Fav

orit

e M

onth

Dece

mb

er: La

s Po

sad

as

Dec

embe

r is

my

favo

rite

mon

th.

In M

exic

o, w

e ha

ve a

spe

cial

holid

ay fo

r ni

ne d

ays.

Eve

ryon

e

enjo

ys a

ctin

g ou

t a tr

aditi

onal

stor

y, s

ingi

ng s

ongs

, and

eat

ing

spec

ial f

ood.

It’

s a

lot o

f fun

!

Ma

y: U

hri

ni n

al

May

is m

y fa

vorit

e m

onth

. In

Kor

ea, w

e ha

ve a

spe

cial

hol

iday

for

child

ren.

Eve

ryon

e en

joys

gam

es, p

arad

es, a

nd s

peci

al fo

od.

Chi

ldre

n ge

t pre

sent

s, to

o.

It’s

a lo

t of f

un!

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82687_BPK_SB2_UN9 10/24/03 3:10 PM Page 105

Aug

ust:

La

Tom

ati

na

Aug

ust i

s m

y fa

vorit

e m

onth

.

In B

uñol

, Spa

in, w

e ha

ve a

big

fight

with

tom

atoe

s. E

very

one

thro

ws

tom

atoe

s at

eac

h ot

her

from

mor

ning

to n

ight

. At t

he e

nd, t

he

who

le to

wn

is r

ed. I

t’s a

lot o

f fun

!

Oct

ober:

Ha

llow

een

Oct

ober

is m

y fa

vorit

e m

onth

.In

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes,

we

have

asc

ary

holid

ay. E

very

one

puts

on

cost

umes

and

mas

ks fo

r pa

rtie

s.C

hild

ren

go fr

om h

ouse

to h

ouse

to g

et c

andy

. It’s

a lo

t of f

un!

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