Language Arts & Disciplines

Learn to speak, read and write Japanese quickly using manga comics strips! If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips that make it easy to learn and remember all the key...

The A Girl Called Echo series tells the story of Métis teenager Echo Desjardins, who is struggling to adjust to a new school and a new home while in foster care. Readers follow Echo as she travels through time and experiences pivotal events from...

An essential book on California's Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in California, and many of them are in use today. Since its original publication in 1994, Flutes...

Teach your baby how to communicate without words. Your baby has many wants and needs. Some you can figure out. Others need a little more patience. While your baby learns to make their requests verbally, you can teach them gestures and signs that will...

Test Prep Books' SSAT Middle Level Prep Book 2020 and 2021: SSAT Middle Level Study Guide with Practice Test Questions Including the Math, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension Sections 2nd Edition] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great...

When it comes to writing books, are you a "plotter" or a "pantser"? Is one method really better than the other? In this instructional book, author Libbie Hawker explains the benefits and technique of planning a story before you begin to write. She'll show...

In Write Like This: Teaching Real World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts, author and teacher Kelly Gallagher recognizes that writing well starts with teaching students WHY they should write. He believes we need to move beyond the state standards by introducing young writers...

"So often people ask me if there's a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can't recommend it highly enough."--Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends, Sex and the City, The West Wing A master class of 27 lessons, drawn from 27 diverse...

In Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher's Manual, Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering give teachers a practical way to help students master academic vocabulary. Research has shown that when teachers, schools, and districts take a systematic approach to helping students identify and master essential...

Have you ever wondered how to ... control your jitters and build your confidence before you present? start your presentation in a way that instantly grabs your audience's attention no matter the topic? immediately establish your credibility with your audience even if you do...

With its unique skill-building approach, Interpersonal Communication provides you with the knowledge and practice you need to make effective choices as communicators in today′s rapidly changing, technologically advanced, and diverse society. Rather than "telling" you how to communicate, authors Richard L. West and Lynn...

In her new memoir, Abigail Thomas ruminates on aging during the confines of COVID-19 with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom, including valuable, contemplative writing tips along the way.As she approaches eighty, what she herself calls old age, Abigail Thomas accepts her new...

Author: Stephen HakePublisher: Stephen Hake GrammarPublished: 07/09/2013Pages: 248Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.20w x 0.50dISBN: 9780544044289This title is not returnable

The best children's and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable premise for a novel...

A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry guides the young poet toward a deeper understanding of how poetry can function in his or her life, while also introducing the art in an exciting new way. Using such poems as Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's...

Author: Ethel RackinPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 07/19/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90dISBN: 9781554814947This title is not returnable

An excellent ready-to-use resource for the instructor who wishes to engage students in the understanding of nonverbal communication beyond the course textbook or academic materials. Body Language: Workbook for Nonverbal Communication is sure to delight and challenge the student with thought-provoking questions, group activities...

Author: Rodney H. Jones, Christiana ThemistocleousPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 04/14/2022Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781108712859About the AuthorJones, Rodney H.: - Rodney H. Jones is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Reading, where he teaches Sociolinguistics and Language and...

It's not hyperbole to conclude that in today's world, information literacy is essential for survival and success; and also that, if left unchecked, the social consequences of widespread misinformation and information illiteracy will only continue to grow more dire. Thus its study must be...

Since the fall of 2014, The Advice King has been one of the most widely read sections of alt-weekly the Nashville Scene. The Advice King Anthology contains the best of those columns, with new In-the-Meantime notes, a new introduction, and a foreword by writer...