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    What Does One Reef Matter?
    What Does One Reef Matter?
    What Does One Reef Matter?
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    What Does One Reef Matter?

    By Cullen Gwin

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    Janey loved the beach. She loved playing in the waves and digging in the sand. She loved swimming in the water. She loved looking at all the brightly colored fish. She loved feeding the seagulls and other birds. She also loved watching them fly. She loved everything about the beach.
    Everything, that is, except the reef. The coral reef she didn't like. She didn't like it at all.
    When she got to the beach, Janey ran out across the sand. She quickly helped her mother spread out the blanket. They set up the umbrella so her mother could have some shade. Then Janey headed for the water.
    In her hands, Janey had a soda. She drank it while she headed out into the water. Then she decided to swim. But it was too far to go back to the beach to throw her soda away. So Janey decided to just dump the rest of it into the ocean. Then she could throw the can back.
    “Hey, maybe the coral reef hates soda,” she thought to herself. “Maybe it will kill the coral to have soda dumped on it.”
    Janey went over to the coral. When no one was looking, she dumped her soda into the water. At least she thought no one was looking. But Janey's mother saw her do it.
    “Janey, come here, please,” her mother yelled.
    Janey climbed out of the water. She went to where her mother was sitting and she stood by the blanket.
    “I saw you dump soda in the water,” her mother said.
    “I just wanted to kill the reef,” Janey said quietly. She hung her head.
    “Why would you want to kill the reef?” her mother asked.
    “Because it cuts my feet when I go swimming,” Janey answered. “Besides,” she said. “What would one reef matter?

    Find out the role one reef plays in the ecosystem and the life of the ocean.
    Ages 7 and up

    LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateDec 24, 2012
    ISBN9781301422364
    What Does One Reef Matter?
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    Cullen Gwin

    Cullen Gwin was born and raised in California and still makes it his home. He always loved writing, even as a youngster, and remembers when his mother would make his sisters listen to his latest creation around the dinner table. This event was always met by groans from his siblings.Thankfully his writing has improved since then and it is much more welcome to his readers.

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      What Does One Reef Matter? - Cullen Gwin

      WHAT DOES ONE REEF MATTER?

      by Cullen Gwin

      A LearningIsland.com

      15 - Minute Book

      We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

      Editor: Jennifer Robinson

      Title page picture by Derek Keats

      LearningIsland.com

      (c) Copyright 2010 Cullen Gwin. All rights reserved.

      Published by LearningIsland.com.

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase

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