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Aaron Is a Good Sport

P. D. Eastman



  Copyright © 2015 by Random House LLC

  All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York. This work is adapted from Everything Happens to Aaron in the Spring by P. D. Eastman, copyright © 1967 and renewed 1995 by Random House LLC. The artwork herein originally appeared in Everything Happens to Aaron in the Spring and The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary. The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary by the Cat himself and P. D. Eastman, copyright © 1964 and renewed 1992 by Random House LLC.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Eastman, P. D. (Philip D.)

  Aaron is a good sport / P. D. Eastman.

  pages cm. — (Step into reading. Step 1 reader)

  Summary: “Aaron the Alligator loves to play sports—but isn’t quite an all-star athlete.”

  —Provided by publisher.

  ISBN 978-0-553-50842-0 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-0-375-97409-0 (lib. bdg.) —

  ISBN 978-0-553-50843-7 (ebook)

  [1. Ability—Fiction. 2. Sports—Fiction. 3. Alligators—Fiction. 4. Humorous stories.] I. Title.

  PZ7.E1314Aav 2015 [E]—dc23 2014012160

  This book has been officially leveled by using the F&P Text Level Gradient™ Leveling System.

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  v3.1

  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright

  First Page

  This is Aaron.

  Aaron is an alligator.

  He likes to walk.

  Aaron also likes

  to run.

  Look out!

  Splat!

  Aaron fell flat!

  Aaron rides

  a scooter.

  It has two wheels.

  He also rides a bike.

  It also has

  two wheels.

  Aaron roller-skates, too.

  Uh-oh!

  Too many wheels!

  Aaron falls down.

  Aaron plays ball.

  He throws.

  He catches.

  He throws the ball

  again.

  He catches the ball

  again.

  He throws the ball

  as hard as he can.

  Uh-oh!

  Aaron threw the ball

  too hard!

  “You broke my window!”

  Aaron likes to garden.

  He plants some seeds.

  He waters the seeds.

  He hopes they will

  grow.

  Aaron waits and waits.

  He waters and waters.

  Those seeds

  sure did grow!

  Aaron likes birds.

  He sees a nest.

  He pokes it

  with a stick.

  It is not a nest.

  It is a bee hive!

  Buzzzzzzz!

  Uh-oh!

  The bees do not like

  Aaron.

  Everything happens

  to Aaron!

 

 

  P. D. Eastman, Aaron Is a Good Sport

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