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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
"Vastly informative and vastly entertaining...A scholarly and fascinating book." —Los Angeles Times
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language.
From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the
...Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
"Exhaustively researched and thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, over 4,000 dazzling new full-color images, and authoritaive, up-to-date guidance on usage from the celebrated American Heritage Usage Panel. Thousands of definitions have been revised in rapidly changing fields such as astronomy and biology, geographical entries and maps have been completely updated, and the dictionary's signature feature notes...
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 2
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Stink Moody discovers that he can get free samples by writing letters to candy companies and plans a surprise for his best friend's birthday.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The original edition of the most trusted writer's guide to American English, this is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, sentence construction, and other writing essentials. In brief and concise terms, author William Strunk, Jr., identifies the principal requirements of proper American English style and concentrates on the most often violated rules of composition. Originally published...
Author
Series
Sounds like reading volume 2
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the sound of short vowels with consonant blends.
Author
Series
Sounds like reading volume 3
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Uses a combination of devices including rhyme, repetition, illustration, and phonics to introduce young readers to long vowel sounds.
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Thoroughly revised, the fifth edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, over 4,000 ... new full-color images, and authoritative, up-to-date guidance on usage from the ... American Heritage Usage Panel ... Thousands of definitions have been revised in rapidly changing fields such as astronomy and biology, geographical entries and maps have been completely updated, and the dictionary's signature feature notes on word history, synonymy, and language...
Author
Series
Sounds like reading volume 4
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
This volume explains such topics as long vowel sounds with consonant digraphs and inflectional endings by using comic, incongruous situations to get explain the points.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Do you think there's no more to know about homonyms and homophones? This book will prove you wrong! With dozens of laughs per second, the value of the lesson doesn't lessen the second time around. Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes and Martin Goneau's humorous illustrations creatively present fresh examples of homonyms and homophones for young...
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Publisher
CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Comprehensive and contemporary book on American slang and idioms. Includes many of the newest phrases such as: frenemy, booty call, and bromance; as well as older, but still popular idioms such as the whole nine yards, dressed to the nines, and happy as a clam. Also includes business jargon, common texting abbreviations, and many older phrases.
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Webster's new world college dictionary, fifth edition, presents a clear and accessible defining style, abundant synonym notes, full-page tables and charts, hundreds of drawings that complement the definitions and authoritative guidance on usage and style points plus it has added more than 4,700 entries and senses have been added, including terms from the areas of arts and sports, science and medicine, computers and the Internet, food, business, politics,...
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and other aids enhance the comprehension of words and the context in which they are used, and an added reference section contains information about countries of the world, global population and climate, and related topics.
Author
Series
Sounds like reading volume 6
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Uses wacky sentences and colorful art to teach long vowel sounds and consonant digraphs.
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