Language Arts & Disciplines

Taking you from beginner to pre-intermediate level, this in-depth self-study English course is uniquely visual, engaging, and easy to follow as you learn English. From introducing yourself and talking about your life and interests to expanding your vocabulary and understanding grammar rules, this box...

These all-inclusive skills resources provide the focused practice students need to apply, reinforce, and review skills in reading, math, and test-taking. Answer key included.Author: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublisher: Steck Vaughn School SupplyPublished: 02/18/2014Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.10w x 0.40dISBN: 9780544267701Audience: Ages 4-8

These all-inclusive skills resources provide the focused practice students need to apply, reinforce, and review skills in reading, math, and test-taking. Answer key included.Author: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublisher: Steck Vaughn School SupplyPublished: 02/18/2014Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.93h x 8.27w x 0.27dISBN: 9780544267695Audience: Ages 4-8

The Core Skills Math series is designed to reinforce math and problem-solving skills. Aligned to national standards for mathematics, Core Skills Math offers a variety of exercises that help your child practice the strategies necessary to ensure mastery and build math confidence.Each page contains...

The highly anticipated next book in Tuttle's Stories for Language Learners series is here! This book presents 22 classic Chinese proverbs and the traditional tales behind them. The stories are bilingual, with the Chinese and English versions presented on facing pages. Each includes an...

Unravel the secrets to crafting a masterful magic system from best-selling fantasy author Charlie N. Holmberg.Whether using magic as flavor or as an essential piece of plot, this book will guide fantasy authors, from new to experienced, through the delicate layers of creating, utilizing,...

Unlock Your Path to Publishing Success in 2025!Dreaming of seeing your children's stories in print? Book Markets for Children's Writers 2025 is your all-in-one book publishing guide to breaking into the industry and navigating the rapidly changing publishing world. With this updated, trusted resource...

The best-selling script analysis book for thirty-five years Considered an essential text since its publication thirty-five years ago, this guide for students and practitioners of both theater and literature complements, rather than contradicts or repeats, traditional methods of literary analysis of scripts. Ball developed...

Bibliophiles everywhere will find something contained herein which will delight them - over 200 one-liners and quotes, as well as great lines from great works have been brought together and put into this small but perfectly formed little book about books.Author: OhPublisher: OhPublished: 09/06/2022Pages:...

From the 1910s to the 1970s, author and linguist J. R. R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, Sindarin was a new invention, not based on any existing...

One of the great Catholic philosophers of our day reflects on the way language has been abused so that, instead of being a means of communicating the truth and entering more deeply into it, and of the acquisition of wisdom, it is being used...

Transform your down time into 'do time'. The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular basis. 50 English Coffee Breaks makes it easy to master a simple routine of improving your English by effortlessly integrating it with your calming...

Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling Writing Down The Bones, teaches a method of writing that can take you beyond craft to the true source of creative power: The mind that is "raw, full of energy, alive and hungry." Here is compassionate, practical, and...

Ramp up your role-playing game (RPG) and make your character your own with this fun, interactive workbook--an essential addition to any player's gaming kit. You've chosen your class, bought your weapons, and rolled for your stats, and you're now the proud owner of your...

Who sets language policy today? Who made whom the grammar doctor? Lacking the equivalent of l'Académie française, we English speakers must find our own way looking for guidance or vindication in source after source. McGuffey's Readers introduced nineteenth-century students to "correct" English. Strunk and...

Grounded in the science of reading, this book is a practical field guide to intentional instruction that enhances reading comprehension skills for all learners. The activity book covers every section of the Blueprint: vocabulary, syntax and sentence comprehension, text structures, background knowledge, and levels...

Organized into ten sections with each devoted to a poetic concept, The Practicing Poet begins with "Discovering New Material," "Finding the Best Words," "Making Music," "Working with Sentences and Line Breaks," "Crafting Surprise," and "Achieving Tone." The concepts become progressively more sophisticated, moving on...

Spoiler: There's no secret code for writing a bestselling novel.But there are fundamental principles of story structure that will make your novel work.Once you understand these fundamentals, writing a novel transforms from a chaotic, enigmatic roller coaster into a succinct and sensible process.Whether you're...

Iconic fashion moments from the world's most exclusive event Since 1948, The Met Gala has attracted an A-list crowd to the steps of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on the first Monday in May each year.It's the biggest event on the fashion calendar,...

Revisit the lost art of writing with these fun prompts, worksheets, exercises--and more!--and experience the many benefits of writing by hand, including increased focus and memory, relaxation, and creative expression. Writing by hand may seem passé in the digital age, but it shouldn't be...