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Amazing Rescues (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

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My 5 yr old son borrowed this book from our library's easy reader section. This book has three captivating true stories of rescue that inspire and uplift. We have enjoyed reading them as a family. My 5 yr old who picked it is reading it aloud to us. His 6 yr old brother is also reading it aloud to us. We like borrowing books from the library, yet this is one I would definitely buy and add to our family home library. I can see our kids (5 - ages 8 yrs old to 1 yr old) read this book over and over again.

Contains a skydiving rescue story (Arizona, 1987), an alligator rescue story (Florida, 1951), and a toddler in a well in Texas story (Jessica McClure, Midland, TX, 1987).

I have done a lot of subbing in the school system and have consistently found that kids love these three stories! I have read it to kids as young as kindergarten and kids as old as Grade 6 with the same kind of interest. They especially like it that the stories are true and we have since followed up by looking up the video of Jessica McClure's rescue on the internet and talking about where she is now. I am often asked to read and re-read these stories in classes where I have been before.

As a result of reading this book out loud, many kids have written down the name of the Step Into Reading series and looked up other books in it. I have the story about King Tut's tomb being discovered as well as the story of Pompeii and found them very popular as well.