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Author
Language
English
Description
"From SoulCycle to Scientology, we're all obsessed with cults. Linguist Amanda Montell examines the language cults use to draw us in"--
What causes people to join-- and more importantly, stay in-- extreme groups? The answer, Montell believes, has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. She argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology, community, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways...
4) The inferno
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Publisher's description: Of the great poets, Dante is one of the most elusive and therefore one of the most difficult to adequately render into English verse. In the Inferno, Dante not only judges sin but strives to understand it so that the reader can as well. With this major new translation, Anthony Esolen has succeeded brilliantly in marrying sense with sound, poetry with meaning, capturing both the poem's line-by-line vigor and its allegorically...
8) Home =: Casa
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Provides illustrations of American Sign Language signs and Spanish and English text for various objects around the house.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a humorous and informative guide to writing that combines helpful style rules with story ideas and writing prompts as well as advice on how to write a story that is both engaging and correct.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperResource
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Adjectives have long suffered from bad press. For many years, English teachers have been fond of telling students that "adjectives are the enemy of nouns, and adverbs are the enemy of everything else."
While it's still advisable to heed your English teacher's advice on most other matters, The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate proves that breaking certain rules can make written and spoken language that...
12) Bret and his pet
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section. The First Rhymes series focuses on common word families for beginning readers. Each book starts with a picture glossary illustrating five words from the featured word family. The next section has a rebus sentence using one of the five word family words and its picture clue from the glossary. The third section...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section. The First Rhymes series focuses on common word families for beginning readers. Each book starts with a picture glossary illustrating five words from the featured word family. The next section has a rebus sentence using one of the five word family words and its picture clue from the glossary. The third section...
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
What is an antonym? You'll find the answer inside this book-it's all about antonyms! Author Brian P. Cleary and illustrator Brian Gable creatively clarify (not confuse) the concept of antonyms. Their clever (not foolish) rhymes and comical (not serious) illustrations combine to highlight key words. Each pair or group of antonyms is printed in color for easy identification.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section. The First Rhymes series focuses on common word families for beginning readers. Each book starts with a picture glossary illustrating five words from the featured word family. The next section has a rebus sentence using one of the five word family words and its picture clue from the glossary. The third section...
17) Scat the fat cat
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section. The First Rhymes series focuses on common word families for beginning readers. Each book starts with a picture glossary illustrating five words from the featured word family. The next section has a rebus sentence using one of the five word family words and its picture clue from the glossary. The third section...
18) Gwen the hen
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section. The First Rhymes series focuses on common word families for beginning readers. Each book starts with a picture glossary illustrating five words from the featured word family. The next section has a rebus sentence using one of the five word family words and its picture clue from the glossary. The third section...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section. The First Rhymes series focuses on common word families for beginning readers. Each book starts with a picture glossary illustrating five words from the featured word family. The next section has a rebus sentence using one of the five word family words and its picture clue from the glossary. The third section...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section. The First Rhymes series focuses on common word families for beginning readers. Each book starts with a picture glossary illustrating five words from the featured word family. The next section has a rebus sentence using one of the five word family words and its picture clue from the glossary. The third section...
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