All About
Snakes
by Joseph Benjamin
Nonfiction
www.heinemann.com
ISBN-13: 978-0-325-02117-1
ISBN-10: 0-325-02117-1
Book 30
Level C All About Series
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All About Snakes
Author: Joseph Benjamin
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All About
Snakes
by Joseph Benjamin
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A snake can swim.
This snake is swimming
in the water.
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A snake can climb.
This snake is climbing
up a tree.
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A snake can eat.
This snake is eating
an egg.
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A snake can hide.
This snake is hiding
under a rock.
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A snake can hang.
This snake is hanging
from a tree.
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A snake can sleep.
This snake is sleeping
in the sand.
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This snake can lay eggs.
It is laying eggs
in the grass.
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What can snakes do?
swim climb eat hide
hang sleep lay eggs
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