Kelly Calhoun - Poised and Pink: Flamingo

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 Design: Felicia Macheske

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Calhoun, Kelly, author.
Poised and pink / Kelly Calhoun.
pages cm. (Guess what)
Summary: Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves animals.
Guess What: Poised and Pink: Flamingo 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 animal mystery. Clearly written
facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the animal lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index,
help students locate information and learn new words. Provided by publisher.
Audience: Ages 5-8
Audience: K to grade 3
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-63362-625-6 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63362-715-4 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-63362-805-2 (pdf)
ISBN 978-1-63362-895-3 (ebook)
1. FlamingosJuvenile literature. 2. Childrens questions and answers. I. Title.
QL696.C56C35 2016
598.35dc23
ISBN-13 978-1-68444-532-5 (ebook)
2015003097

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Table of Contents

I like to keep
an eye
on my friends.

My body
is covered
with
feathers .

I have
a long,
curving
neck.

My webbed
feet help
me walk in
the mud.

I have a
large, curved
beak.

I have
very long,
thin legs.

The food
I eat can
make me
turn pink .

I fly in
flocks with
other birds
like me.

Do you know what I am?

Im a
Flamingo!

About Flamingos

Flamingos have long, curving necks.

Flamingos often stand on one leg.

Flamingos like to stay in large
groups .

Baby flamingos are white and gray,
not pink.

Female flamingos lay only one egg
per year.

Glossary

curving (KUR-veeng) bent, not straight

flocks (flakhs) groups of animals of one kind that
live, travel, or feed together

groups (groops) numbers of things together that
go together or have something in common

thin (thin) not fat; slender

webbed (webd) having an area of skin between
the fingers or toes

Index

babies,
beak,
body,

eating,
eggs,
eyes,

legs,

mud,

neck,

pink,

feathers,
feet,
flocks,
flying,
food,