Kamala’s Ar Level: H DRA: 14 Science Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Word Count: 184 1.6.26 Build Vocabulary HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books by Yuri Lubov • illustrated by Mary Young 1431859 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN Kamala’s Ar by Yuri Lubov illustrated by Mary Young Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-42743-0 ISBN-10: 0-547-42743-3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. This is Kamala. She lives in a zoo with many other animals. A lion, a tiger, and a bear live there, too. 2 Kamala is not like the other animals. She can paint pictures! Many people are head over heels about her paintings. 3 Kamala did not have a teacher. One day a zoo worker gave Kamala some paper and some paint. 4 Kamala picked up a brush with her trunk. She dipped the brush in paint and pushed it along the paper. 5 At first Kamala surprised everyone at the zoo. She liked to paint! Now, she even mixes colors when she paints. 6 Kamala makes a line with yellow paint toward the side of the paper. Then she draws a