Leo The Extraordinarily Ordinary Lizad Summary

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The book, Leo the Extraordinarily Ordinary Lizard, taught the students whom I read to about six animals who make the Santa Rosa Plateau home. Secondly, in the last pages of the book it educates the reader about the animals and plants to see while hiking, or biking on a school function, or for pleasure with friends and family. As I was reading to the kids, it felt like I was taking them to a completely different world, where they were observing animals talking and interacting other animals on a normal day in their natural habitat. It almost gave the illusion as to help others in need , and how to keep the Santa Rosa Plateau thriving. In conclusion, it trained the students what the plateau is and how they, young apprentices, can make a difference

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