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"Could you survive being lost in the desert? Imagine being attacked by a rattlesnake in North America's Sonoran Desert, wild dogs in Africa's Kalahari Desert, or a redback spider in the Australian Outback. How far would you be willing to go to save your own life? Would it work? Flip through these pages to find out!"--
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From aboiement to zooerastia, a guided tour of the lantrified underbelly of the English language
This unusual, un-put-downable little volume by Peter Novobatzky and Ammon Shea collects more than three hundred of the English language's most disgusting, offensive, and obscene words--words that have fallen out of common usage but will no doubt delight, amuse, and in some cases prove surprisingly useful. Who hasn't searched for the right word to describe...
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Slang is gradually taking its place in everyday language. More and more people are recognizing slang's amusing, colourful and descriptive properties and finding that slang is often more expressive than the English language. Slang is becoming a language of its own and is spreading silently and unobtrusively into all walks of life. It's surprising how many words that are considered to be normal English were originally slang words.
4) The Pie
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Mie is a great pie baker. Practice reading words with "ie" as Mie makes a special pie for the Magpie Market Pie Challenge. This book uses the Dyslexie font to make reading easier for people with dyslexia. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
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Gordon and Li Li are cousins. Li Li is from Beijing, China, and speaks Mandarin. Gordon lives in Brooklyn, New York, and speaks English. When Li Li visits Gordon for the first time, the cousins must learn to communicate using simple, everyday words.
Children and caregivers can read along with Gordon and Li Li as they learn basic English and Mandarin words and their correct pronunciation. Each spread of this sturdy book spotlights a different theme,...
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What lives on the ground, in the trees, and in the sky? Learn more than 101 animal names in this brightly illustrated book. With each page representing a different habitat, little ones will love connecting animal names with faces and places while building their vocabulary.
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Help little ones ages 1 to 3 develop their language skills
Exploring the wide and wonderful world of animals is an exciting and enjoyable way to get young kids talking. Taking them from "alligator" and "baboon" all the way to "yak" and "zebra," this zoo-tastic book helps develop kids' vocabularies through 100 unique, incredible creatures with fun and varied names.
What sets this 100 first words book apart from other learn to read books:
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These rhymes are original and fun, as well as being educational. This is a book for children to enable them to learn the gender names of animals. So few children learn these now, even though it is general knowledge and part of the vocabulary of the English language. Sally King began writing using the simple names of farmyard animals; she thought this would appeal to five to seven year olds as well as their parents and teachers. Then, after some research,...
14) Colors
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Roger Priddy's Happy Baby: Colors is one in a series of perfect first books for your baby.
With clear photographic images and simple text labels identifying everyday things and animals-and their colors-this is an ideal introductory book for 0-18 month-olds offering fun and clever ways to increase a child's vocabulary.
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The world's most curious monkey investigates new words in this lively picture dictionary for young children.
Curious George's Dictionary is an engaging picture dictionary specially designed for children from preschool through first grade. Both entertaining and educationally sound, it features charming illustrations and reflects recent research in early childhood literacy, setting it apart from other picture dictionaries.
The main part of the dictionary...
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Roger Priddy's Big Board First 100 Words is a perfect children's book offering simple everyday words for infants and toddlers to develop their vocabulary.
Featuring 100 beautiful color photographs, this tough board book introduces words and phrases of animals, toys, vehicles, and items used for mealtimes, bathtimes, and bedtimes that are ideal for children aged 2 and up to learn how to read and identify objects.
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From 'boat' and 'car' to 'apple' and 'banana' this book provides the youngest readers with the fundamental first words that will form the foundation of their vocabulary.
Babies and toddlers will love the brightly colored images on every page, and the board book format is the perfect size for little hands to hold.
The Bright Baby books are perfect to read aloud and make an excellent gift to any baby's first library.
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Your young chld will soon learn their first numbers, shapes and colors with this bright board book from Priddy Books.
There are 100 color pictures which they will love to look at, and 100 simple first words to learn, too. The pages are made from tough board for hours of fun reading, and the cover is softly padded for little hands to hold.
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The stories have special features to help a child with dyslexia or another language-based learning difficulty find reading success.
Meg and Greg are hanging out for the summer doing what ten-year-olds do, helping an injured duckling, finding a lost pet fish, saving ranch animals from a wildfire and catching a wandering sloth! Jump inside to join Meg and Greg on their adventures.