Tar Heel Reader

Photo Credits

Many thanks to Flickr and the fine photographers who took and shared the pictures you see in these books. We only use pictures that have been shared with the Creative Commons license and those with no known copyright. You may click on photo credits link in any book to link to the pages on Flickr for the photos. Of course, the pictures remain the property of photographers who took them and all the restrictions they placed on their use still apply.

If you object to the use of your pictures in these books for kids with disabilities, just let me know and I’ll take the book down.

To see the credits for any book, click the Settings  menu in the upper right and select More, the link will be near the bottom of that page.

It 's hard to leave the nest!

Click on the links below to go to the Flickr page for each photograph.

 Uploaded Sometimes it is hard to leave the nest.
 Flickr My brothers and sisters are there.
 Flickr My friends are near.
 Flickr My mom is there.
 Flickr I want to stay with my mom because she takes me places.
 Flickr She talks to me.
 Flickr Sometimes we swim.
 Flickr Sometimes we walk.
 Flickr When I am hungry, she gives me food.
 Uploaded So when it is time to go to school, I don't want to leave.
 Flickr I don't like to leave my bed.
 Flickr But in the mornings, my mom makes me.
 Flickr When I get to school, I have fun.
 Flickr My teachers help me, but...
 Flickr sometimes I want to yell because I rather be in my nest with my family.
 Flickr But today I will be like the other kids at school.
 Flickr I will not yell.
 Flickr I will be friendly to others.
 Flickr I will be brave.
 Flickr I will have fun,
 Flickr because I know that I will soon be back in my nest again.
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