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Guess What

Published in the United States of America by

Cherry Lake Publishing

Ann Arbor, Michigan

www.cherrylakepublishing.com

Content Adviser: Susan Heinrichs Gray

Reading Adviser: Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.

Book Designer: Felicia Macheske

Photo Credits: Mr. SUTTIPON YAKHAM/Shutterstock Images, cover; Sebastian Janicki/Shutterstock Images, 1, 4; Pan

Xunbin/Shutterstock Images, 3; niceregionpics/Shutterstock Images, 7; Laura Bartlett/Shutterstock Images, 8; Vitalii Hulai/

Shutterstock Images, 11; paulrommerShutterstock Images, 12; LorraineHudgins/Shutterstock Images, 14; phichit

Bhumadhana/Shutterstock Images, 17; Ekaterina Pankina/Shutterstock Images, 18; Hintau Aliaksei/Shutterstock Images, 21;

Andrey_Kuzmin/Shutterstock Images, back cover; Eric Isselee/Shutterstock Images, back cover

Copyright 2016 by Cherry Lake Publishing

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any

form or by any means without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Macheske, Felicia, author.

Quick and quiet : dragonfly / Felicia Macheske.

pages cm. (Guess what)

Summary: Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves interesting

insects. Guess What: Quick and Quiet: Dragonfly provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints.

Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the insect mystery. Clearly

written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the insect lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index,

help students locate information and learn new words Provided by publisher.

Audience: K to grade 3.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-63470-715-2 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63470-745-9 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-63470-730-5 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-63470-760-2

(ebook)

1. DragonfliesJuvenile literature. 2. Childrens questions and answers. I. Title.

QL520.M32 2016

595.733dc23

2 0 1 5 0 2 6 0 8 8

ISBN-13 978-1-68444-545-5 (ebook)

Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills.

Please visit www.p21.org for more information.

Printed in the United States of America

Corporate Graphics
Synchred Read-Along Version by:
Triangle Interactive LLC
PO Box 573
Prior Lake, MN 55372

Table of Contents

Hints .......................... 4-21

About ............................ 22

Glossary ........................

Index .............................

I have eyes

that can see

all around me.

My four

wings can

each

move

in a different

direction.

I live near

lakes and

streams .

I live in the

water

when I am

young .

I can

be very

colorful .

I eat other

insects and

spiders.

And other

animals

might

eat

me too.

Oh no!

Some people

think I look

like a

helicopter .

Do you know what I am?

Dragonfly!

Im a

About Dragonflies

Dragonflies are very hard to catch.

Thats partly because of their ability

to see in all directions.

Young dragonflies are called nymphs .

Dragonflies have been around for

over million years.

Some dragonflies fly long distances

to migrate .

A dragonflys four wings allow it to

change direction quickly.

helicopter (HEL-ih-kahp-tur) an aircraft with large,

spinning blades on top and no wings

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