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Where do these animal families live? First, read the story in Spanish. Then, flip to the next page and read it again in English. Comparing words in both languages helps early readers with comprehension and literacy. Plus, bright animal illustrations encourage a love of storytime.

Those nasty birds come and sit on the kangaroo's windowsill every morning and make such a racket that he can't sleep. The poor kangaroo is going crazy, and he doesn't know what to do. Since he doesn't really understand why birds are so rude, he decides to teach them a lesson by showing them that thay're not the only animals who can fly.

En la región suroriental de Polonia hay una pequeña ciudad llamada Oswiecim, junto a un cruce ferroviario. Probablemente a la mayoría de las personas el nombre de esta ciudad no les diga nada. Sin embargo, el nombre en alemán no deja a nadie indiferente: Auschwitz. Durante las Segunda Guerra Mundial, los nazis construyeron aquí un enorme campo de concentración formado por tres grandes recintos de reclusión y por treinta campamentos de trabajos forzados. En este lugar fueron asesinados millones de judíos. No obstante, a pesar de las condiciones extremas y del trato brutal que...

Count the number of animals that come to drink from the waterhole. As the animals drink, the waterhole becomes smaller and smaller until it disappears.