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“The Babies’ Blankets”
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories

Ellen Robena Field

Abstract: A short story where Mother Nature writes a letter to Father Winter to send her a blanket (of snow) to protect the flowers from Jack Frost’s cold winds.

Source: Ellen Robena Field, Buttercup Gold and Other Stories (bangor: C. H. Glass, 1894)


Lexile Level: TBD
       
Origin: American
       
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy
Reading Level: 4.2        Language: English        File Name: 0506
Sunshine State Standards:
LA.A.1.2: The student uses the reading process effectively.

LA.D.1.2: The student understands the nature of language.

LA.E.1.2: The student understands the common features of a variety of literary forms.


Theme: Nature, Winter
Reading Strategy: Comprehension (Decode, make connections to prior knowledge, think about and control what is being read)
 
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