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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
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Horrified at the thought of caring for talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca, the spinster aunts nevertheless spend seven difficult years raising their niece, rewarding years for all three inhabitants of the little brick house in a small New England town.
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
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An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history. The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages.
Some shared language is what binds any community together, and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. Yet the history of the world's great languages...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing--and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher--retired professor Thomas C. Foster guides you through the basics of writing. With How to Write Like a Writer you'll learn how to organize your thoughts, construct first drafts, and (not incidentally) keep you in your chair so that inspiration can come to visit.
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023
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"In the age of hot takes and trolling, this expansive and funny study of the art and science of trash talk reveals something essential about public life--and even human nature. In the modern economy and culture, fame and virality have become increasingly difficult to separate from success. From athletes to comedians to politicians to big-ticket CEOs, everyone seemingly has to manage their brand. Saying the wrong thing is often more profitable than...
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Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"How do you make a picture book? Well, you need an author, an illustrator, and... a dog?! Acclaimed author Chris Barton and his trusty pooch Ernie show readers how to make a nonfiction picture book . . . about Ernie! From coming up with ideas, researching, and writing a first draft to finding the perfect illustrator, deciding what goes on the cover, and getting every last wrod -- er, word just right, you'll see how a book is made from beginning to...
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Sounds like reading volume 2
Publisher
University of Minnesota/Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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An introduction to the sound of short vowels with consonant blends.
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Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Presents a guide to publishing and illustrating children's works, providing information on publishers, agents, magazines, conferences, awards, and grants, with essays from professionals in the field.
"The 33rd edition of Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market is the definitive and trusted guide for anyone who seeks to write or illustrate for kids and young adults. If you're a writer or an illustrator for young readers and your goal is to get...
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Sounds like reading volume 3
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Learning phonics made fun.
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Clark lectures volume 1927
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & company
Pub. Date
1927
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Sponsored by Trinity College of the University of Cambridge, The Clark Lectures have a long and distinguished history and have featured remarks by some of England's most important literary minds: Leslie Stephen, T. S. Eliot, F. R. Leavis, William Epsom, and I. A. Richards. All have given celebrated and widely influential talks as featured keynote speakers.n important milestone came in 1927 when, for the first time, a novelist was invited to speak:...
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"One dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his first owner in this inspiring tribute to the bond between humans and dogs and the life-affirming power of connection"--
Following a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a young man in Japan finds a stray dog outside a convenience store. The dog's tag says "Tamon," a name evocative of the guardian deity of the north. The man decides to keep Tamon, becoming the...
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