A Growing Pink Balloon!

A Growing Pink Balloon!

A Growing Pink Balloon!

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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 1 to 3
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	1.68

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		friend, blowing, layer, lived, name, across, ball, balloon, each, face, front, happy, lovely, mess, mouth, other
	content words:		Then Kim, Poor Kim

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A Growing Pink Balloon!
By Colleen Messina

¹ Kelly had a best friend. Her name was Kim. Kim lived across the street from Kelly. The girls waved at each other. Then Kim stopped waving. A tiny round ball appeared in front of Kim's mouth. The ball was a lovely shade of pink. Kim's cheeks puffed out. She was blowing, and the ball grew. It got bigger and bigger. It looked like a growing pink balloon. Kim's eyes got .....
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