National Geographic Kids Readers: Woof!. Elizabeth Carney
Children are naturally curious about the world around them, and
curiosity is a powerful motivation for reading. Studies show that
informational reading is critical to success in school. National
Geographic Kids Readers allow you to feed your children’s interests
and create readers who not only can read, but also want to read!
To sustain children’s excitement about reading, we have created a
special program called NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS SUPER READERS.
As kids read each National Geographic Kids Reader, they cross
off its picture on a free National Geographic Kids Super Readers
poster that parents can download from kids.nationalgeographic.com/ superreaders.
Throughout the process, kids and parents go to the website and
download specially designated prizes that reward their effort. Kids
can have even more reading fun online, with lively book-related
activities, quizzes and games, fascinating excerpts, and sneak
previews of upcoming books.
The National Geographic Kids Super Readers program appeals to
kids’ love of accomplishment while providing them with incentives
to keep reading. When the reading experience is fun, children learn
more and achieve more. What could be better than that?
Sincerely,
Mariam Jean Dreher
Professor of Reading Education
University of Maryland, College Park
In memory of Kerry and her unwavering love, loyalty, and comfort. Thank you for being the best dog a girl could have. —E.C.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Carney, Elizabeth, 1981- author. | National
Geographic Society (U.S.)
Title: Woof! : 100 fun facts about dogs / Elizabeth
Carney.
Other titles: 100 fun facts about dogs | One hundred
fun facts about dogs | National Geographic kids.
Description: Washington, DC : National Geographic,
[2017] | Series: National geographic kids. Fact
readers | Audience: Ages 6-9. | Audience: K to
grade 3.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016051363 (print) | LCCN
2017017797 (ebook) | ISBN 9781426329098 (e-book)
| ISBN 9781426329074 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN
9781426329081 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Dogs–Miscellanea–Juvenile litera-
ture. | Children’s questions and answers.
Classification: LCC SF426.5(ebook) | LCC SF426.5
.C3745 2017 (print) | DDC 636.7002–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc .gov/2016051363
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