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A child standing on a sunny San Diego beach with the ocean behind her
A Day in San Diego
A Story Reader · Level 1B
🌊 Fiction ☀️ California 📖 8 Pages
A girl named Maya waking up to sunshine pouring through her window
Page 1
Maya wakes up to bright sunshine.
She lives in San Diego, California.
It is warm almost every day.
☀️ San Diego gets more than 265 sunny days every year!
A farmers market with colorful fruits — oranges, avocados, and strawberries
Page 2
Maya and her mom visit the farmers market.
California grows lots of yummy food.
They buy grapes, avocados, and strawberries.
🍓 California grows more fruits and vegetables than any other state in the U.S.!
Maya running on the beach with waves behind her
Page 3
After the market, they go to the beach.
The Pacific Ocean is big and blue.
Maya loves to run where the waves meet the sand.
🌊 San Diego has over 70 miles of beautiful coastline!
Maya looking at a gray whale jumping out of the ocean
Page 4
Maya spots something in the water.
It is a gray whale!
Whales swim past San Diego every year.
🐋 Gray whales travel thousands of miles along the California coast each winter!
Maya picking oranges from a tree in a sunny orchard
Page 5
On the way home, they stop at a citrus orchard.
Maya picks an orange right off the tree.
It is sweet and juicy.
🍊 California produces about 80% of all the fresh oranges grown in the United States!
Maya at Balboa Park looking at flowers and a big fountain
Page 6
They visit Balboa Park before sunset.
Flowers bloom all year in San Diego.
The warm weather keeps them always growing.
🌺 Balboa Park is one of the largest urban parks in the whole country!
Maya watching a glowing orange and pink sunset over the San Diego skyline and ocean
Page 7
The sun begins to set over the Pacific.
The sky turns orange, pink, and gold.
Maya smiles.
California is a very pretty place.
🌅 San Diego is nicknamed 'America's Finest City'!
Maya and her mom on the beach at sunset, happy together
Words I Learned
sunshine California San Diego farmers market oranges avocados strawberries beach Pacific Ocean whale orchard citrus Balboa Park sunset
What would you do first if you visited San Diego?
Talk about it with a grown-up! ☀️🌊