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Animal Stories (Extending
Literacy 3-6)

Extra Lucky: Lucky the dog dies. Todd’s parents try and console him. Finally, they get
him a new pup (Extra Lucky). A positive treatment of a difficult subject. (732 words)
(Zip Stage 4) (Flesch 2.4) (Lexile 200)
Who Will Save Fluffy?: Fluffy the cat gets stuck up a tree. Several people try to get her down,
but only one has the solution. (375 words) (Zip Stage 4) (Flesch 2.8) (Lexile 360)
Boris, Bonnie and Greedy: A new puppy (Greedy) comes to stay, causing Boris
to be wildly jealous. (948 words) (Zip Stage 4) (Flesch 3.1) (Lexile 270)
Little Duck Wants To Play: Little Duck wants to play, but not with the otter who offers to play
with him. Who can he play with? A lesson in gratitude. (348 words) (Zip Stage 4) (Flesch 3.1)
(Lexile 550)
Cookie the Shoe Chewing Dog: Cookie, like most puppies, often does what she’s
not supposed to – especially chewing shoes. How do the family deal with this problem
behaviour? (979 words) (Zip Stage 6) (Flesch 2.6) (Lexile 500)
Toffee in Trouble: An abandoned puppy turns up on their doorstep. Emily calls him
Toffee, but Mom doesn’t want to keep him. She changes her mind when Toffee saves
Emily’s little brother from drowning. (997 words) (Zip Stage 6) (Flesch 3.7) (Lexile 500)
Copy Frog: A wacky story about a very special frog that is a brilliant mimic. The owner enters
him in a contest held by the teacher – with amazing and hilarious consequences. (1141 words)
(Zip Stage 6) (Flesch 4.5) (Lexile 440)
Princess Nightmare: A child has a pet snake (Princess), which his long suffering friend
has to hide for him. (810 words) (Zip Stage 7) (Flesch 4.2) (Lexile 550)
Percy and Claude: Claude the cat always gets his way, and poor Percy the dog feels
neglected. However the tables turn when Percy gets a special treat. (502 words)
(Zip Stage 7) (Flesch 3.6) (Lexile 590)
Multiplying Mice: A child brings a mouse home for a school project. It disappears.
A replacement is found. The new replacement disappears too, and so on. (839 words)
(Zip Stage 7) (Flesch 4.2) (Lexile 610)
Kafoops’ Zoo: A lady who is crazy about animals starts a zoo in her house, with most amusing
consequences. (594 words) (Zip Stage 7) (Flesch 5.0) (Lexile 680)
Bill and the Kitten: Bill has a new kitten, which is very mischievous. It is always getting him
into trouble. (1025 words) (Zip Stage 7) (Flesch 5.6) (Lexile 800)

At the end of every story are two interactive 23
comprehension tests, for immediate feedback.

Worksheets are available for every story.