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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "The World Without Wheels" by Aniek Wijaya and Rama Indra. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Two-syllable words where two vowels are divided into separate syllables (V/V pattern).

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Page 1
A girl looks at an orange jeep, a bicycle wheel, and a yellow bicycle, learning about wheels and transportation.

There are a lot of things in our world that have wheels. They make machines work. Different kinds of wheels are made for different jobs.

Page 2
A girl in a red skirt stands on a skateboard looking up at a blue ferris wheel with circus tents in the background.

Some wheels, like the ones on her skateboard, are small. Some wheels are very large, like the giant ferris wheel behind her.

Page 3
A clock face showing the time with golden mechanical gears and parts displayed below, illustrating how clocks work.

Clocks have a lot of small wheels in them. They allow the clock to keep the time. They also move the hands so that we can read the time.

Page 4
A girl pulls a wagon with toys while watching a yellow excavator, windmill, and airplane in a rural farm landscape.

If you have a look at work sites and farms, you will see a lot of wheels. There are wheels that allow this digger to move. There are wheels inside the silo.

Page 5
A colorful collection of vehicles, machines, and people including trains, cars, planes, ships, bicycles, windmill, and various activities.

There are wheels all over the world. They are in the house. They are in forms of transport. They help us get jobs done and move from spot to spot.

Page 6
Outline drawings of vehicles and machines with colorful people figures, showing passengers and workers interacting with transportation.

If we had no wheels, what would life be like? Could we still get our work done and move from place to place, or would the world be in ruins?

Page 7
A worried girl surrounded by floating everyday objects including umbrella, clock, TV, keys, phone, magnifying glass, and household items.

There are a lot of things made in factories that we would have to go without. Factories need wheels to turn out products like these ones.

Page 8
Village life scenes showing people farming rice with water buffalo, weaving on looms, grinding food, and a girl leading a goat.

We would have to make all of our food and clothing by hand. We would have to use what we can grow, so we would have a different diet. Animals would be the main way to move goods from town to town.

Page 9
A busy village market scene with a girl chasing her runaway goat while villagers, horses, and an elephant gather around.

While it might sound fun, it can be hard to work with animals all of the time. Sometimes they do not want to do what we say.

Page 10
A bustling ancient marketplace with canals, bridges, boats, elephants, giraffes, and many people trading goods in a colorful city scene.

We would have to go back to the ways that things used to be. It would be best to live by rivers so that we could use small boats for trade.

Page 11
A girl watches colorful hot air balloons floating in the sky while a woman with a goat stands near a balloon basket.

There are a lot of things we would have to do without, but not everything would be a trial. There are some things that do not have wheels.

Page 12
A girl plays a flute while riding in a hot air balloon basket with a goat and man, floating high above the clouds.

If we did not have machines, a lot of pollution would start to go away. It would take a long time to break down, but the world would be in better health.

Page 13
Two views of the same girl in red skirt - one in traditional clothes with a goat, another in modern clothes with a skateboard.

Which way would you like to live? With wheels or without? There are pros and cons to both ways of living.

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