The Family Literacy

Yellow Crocodile Storybooks

Book 6

Home Again!

Copyright 2001 by Family Literacy, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of thisbook may be used in any form, including photocopy, without permission fromthe author or publisher.

by Rachel B. McOmber Illustrations by Ken Gouff • Edited by Perry Kassing

Home Again!Book 6

Value:

Love

more

who

long

twins

home

great

reunion

over

most

without

ready

check

uncle

ours

help

game

share

good-bye

special

party

theirs

Word PreviewFrom High Frequency and Survival Word Lists

"I want to go home too," said Neal.

"I miss Mom, Dad, Hal, Cindy and Ms. Alice

Brown. It's been a long time since we've

been on the houseboat going to the marina

and to Boyer's Store. Max, how will we get

home without Hal helping us?"

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"I'm happy to have Razz back, but I do miss

my family, too," replied Max. "I miss our

friends, Ben, Pete and Rob. I miss the

baseball and soccer games. We must

discover a way to get home!"

"I've got an idea," said Kim. "The yellow

crocodiles, Yours and Mine, brought us here.

Perhaps they could take us home again.

Let's have Perky Parrot ask them for us."

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"I have news to share with you," chirped

Perky Parrot. "The crocodiles, Yours and

Mine, won't be flying for awhile. I have a

secret to share with you. They are expecting

twins. New t-shirts are being made for them.

The new t-shirts will have 'Theirs' written on

them."

"We are getting some help," cried Max.

"Periwinkle is spreading his gigantic fantail

for us. He will help us get home again."

"I'm ready to go," answered Neal.

"Periwinkle is dusting his feathers in the

laser light dust."

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"Let's grab on to his feathers and go with

him," said Kim. "It's time to say good-bye to

our friends. I didn't know it would be so sad

to leave this spectacular land of the yellow

crocodiles.”

"Perky, we will miss you and the crocodiles.

Won't you please come with us?" invited

Max.

"Good-bye! Good-bye!" chirped Perky.

"Some day, perhaps I will come visit you, but

for now my home is here. Remember I talk

for the crocs."

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8

"It's tough to say good-bye to friends we

love," said Kim.

"Yes, it is," replied Max, "but sometimes we

have to say good-bye, so we can say

hello again."

9

"Max, have you seen Razz? He seems to be

gone again. We don't want to leave without

him," said Neal.

"Razz likes to visit the Calico Cove. Let's

check there for him," said Max.

10

"I can see why Razz likes this Calico Cove.

It's very comfortable in here," said Kim.

"Look at this," cried Max. "I can see why

Razz likes it here, too. Listen to those

extraordinary purrs. Look on that soft pad of

velvet green grass. Do you see what I see?"

(Can you guess why Razz is purring ?)

"Wow!” said Neal. "Check out that gorgeous

Calico Cat."

"Yes," said Kim. "The Calico cat is 'Dazz'.

Dazz has been the mascot for the Calico

Crocs. However, Dazz has found a new

friend. She likes to play with Razz. Of

course, Razz is fond of Dazz, so we will ask

the Crocs if we can bring Dazz with us for a

visit to Razz's home.”

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"Hello, hello," called Perky. "I have special

yellow laser tickets with your real names on

them. If you know your real name, go to

Periwinkle and show him. These are the

tickets that will take you home. There are

five laser tickets:

'Maxamillion'

'Kimille'

'Razzle'

'Dazzle'

'O' Neal Boyer'

(Can you tell who’s getting the tickets?)

13

The Croc-Clock is striking 24 o'clock. It's

departure time. All the crocs are gathering at

Croc-Square to launch the friends off for

their 'home again' flight.

"Now, Yours, let's have no more big

crocodile tears," said Max. "It is tough

enough for me to say 'good-bye' to you. You

are such a favorite friend. I'm glad we know

how to travel to this land."

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Max, Kim, Razz, Dazz and Neal touch

Periwinkle’s large, soft, feathery, fan tail. The

laser dust rubs off onto the friends hands.

It's a special dust. They all hold hands as the

Croc-Clock stricks 24 chimes. The huge

peacock and the friends fly . . . up . . . UP. . .

and away . . . high into the cotton candy

clouds.

"This is the most spectacular feeling I've

ever had," said Kim.

"I agree," answered Neal. "It's awesome."

"Just look at this," said Max. "Periwinkle

knows his way over, under, and around this

great rainbow. He has his own channel to

get home on,

Channel #5."

15

Hal, Cindy, Alice, Teena Lee, Karen, Ben,

Scotty, Mike, Pete, Uncle Paul, all the

families, and friends are at the TV studio.

They are watching the channel of laser light.

"Oh, me! Oh, my!" cried Alice. "A band of

color is coming down through the cotton,

candy clouds."

Max, Kim, Neal and their party of five is

arriving at the studio. It was the happiest

reunion of all time. It was a time to

remember!

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"Where are the yellow crocodiles, Yours and

Mine?" asked Hal.

Max smiled and said, "Yours and Mine are

with Ours and Theirs."

"Okay, Max," continued Hal. “This ticket

reads Maxamillion. Are you really

Maxamillion, the Magician?"

Max winked and answered, "Actually, I'm

really Max McOmber, but I feel like a million

when I have adventures with my friends—

especially when you read about our

adventures."

After reading this book, talk for a fewminutes about secrets.

Suggestions for CheckingComprehension Skills

Book 6

Level 1: Knowledge of Details, Facts and Information (Who did it? What did they do? Where?)

Level 2: Understanding Facts and Information(What happened first? Next? Last? When?)

Level 3: Application of Information to Solve Problems and Predict Outcomes

Level 4: Analyze the Information(How are _____ and _____ alike? What was thesmallest...?)

Level 5: Using Information to Create New Ideas(How would the story change if…? If you wrote anew ending for the story, what would it be like?)

Level6: Drawing Conclusions and Judging Ideas (Was that a wise thing to do? Why or Why not?)

Conversation Skills:

Why was Razz purring?

Sample Question:Do you think everyone was happy to returnhome? Why or why not?

The Family Literacy

Yellow Crocodile Storybooks

Book 1 Yours, The Yellow Crocodile

Book 2 The Invisible Crocodile

Book 3 Under the Rainbow

Book 4 The Land of Morning

Book 5 Light Overcomes Darkness

Book 6 Home Again!

ISBN: 1-931507-78-3

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