Language Arts & Disciplines

Have fun with Words is a book for children who are learning to read. This book is beneficial to grade one pupils to enhance their reading skills, with verses that rhyme and make it fun to read.Author: Rozel Basa, Roy BasaPublisher: Poetry Planet Book...

Take your English Grammar skills to the next level and speak with confidence To fully understand how to speak English effectively you must move beyond the fundamental principles of grammar and tackle more sophisticated sentence constructions. Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Grammar for ESL...

If a story is going to fail, it will do so first at the premise level. Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success is the only book of its kind to identify a seven-step development process...

Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most significant texts of the early modern period, important to history, philosophy, Jewish studies and religious studies. It had a major influence on Enlightenment thinkers and the development of the modern world. In Ethics, Spinoza addresses the most...

Kamila is a 9-year-old girl living with her parents in a little blue house in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. Their life is simple and easy. Both of her parents work and she attends school nearby. The family is very close, especially given that Kamila's...

Discover the Proven Blueprint for Creating Stories That Sell Award-winning author K.M. Weiland's previous book, the award-winning Structuring Your Novel, showed writers how to create stories with strong and compelling plot structure. Now it's time to put those lessons to use Building upon the...

Put simply, there is no text about public librarianship more rigorous or comprehensive than McCook's survey. Now, the REFORMA Lifetime Achievement Award-winning author has teamed up with noted public library scholar and advocate Bossaller to update and expand her work to incorporate the field's...

Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical,...

The international bestseller... For anyone who's ever had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes this expanded edition of "Wreck This Journal, " an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake...

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: 12/06/2013Pages: 136Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.10w x 0.20dISBN: 9780544268463Audience: Ages 4-8This...

Designed expressly for the beginning German language student, here is an outstanding collection of fifty-two short stories, poems, essays, and anecdotes. Each selection has been specially chosen for its power to evoke German life and culture. This dual-language edition features precise English translations on...

The bestselling Parents' Choice Award Winner-now expanded with a new section on computer and technology terms. Fully illustrated in a large format with clear, easy-to-read instructions, Signing for Kids features the clearest instructions and easiest-to-follow illustrations of any signing book available. And, Signing for...

This bestselling brief text is for anyone who needs tips to improve writing. Writing with Style is storehouse of practical writing tips--written in a lively, conversational style. This text provides insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how...

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, chosen by Tom Stoppard "A revelation."--Marc Weingarten, Washington Post Acclaimed film director Billy Wilder's early writings--brilliantly translated into English for the first time Before Billy Wilder became the screenwriter and director of iconic films like Sunset...

Netprov is an emerging interdisciplinary digital art form that offers a literature-based "show" of insightful, healing satire that is as deep as the novels of the past. This accessible history of Netprov emerges out of an ongoing conversation about the changing roles and power...

A funny and fascinating exploration of our reliance upon swear words, insults, and the artfully placed expletive, damn it. We use salty or artful language to win arguments, slander, cheat, and bully, as well as to express feelings of joy or frustration by swearing...

Librarianship is still a predominantly white profession. It is essential that current practitioners as well as those about to enter the field take an unflinching look at the profession's legacy of racial discrimination, including the ways in which race might impact service to users...

Author: Anne H. Charity Hudley, Christine Mallinson, Mary BucholtzPublisher: Teachers College PressPublished: 04/22/2022Pages: 195Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.90w x 0.60dISBN: 9780807767009This title is not returnable

Both a students' textbook and an instructional reference for educators, this brief but information-rich text teaches students what information literacy is and why it's such an important skill to develop. Authors Scott Lanning and Caitlin Gerrity concentrate on developing skills and behaviors that positively...

In 2 Maccabees 8-15, Seth Ehorn provides a foundational analysis of the Greek text of 2 Maccabees. The analysis is distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to the text. Ehorn's analysis is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form...