This new HEIAN series is devoted to oral retellings of Asian childhood tales. Each story can be read individually or aloud to young children just learning to listen. Vietnamese Fables of Frogs and Toads includes “The Frog Bride” and “The Toad Who Brought the Rain.” Vietnamese Tales of Rabbits and Watermelons includes “The Rabbit Who Always Got Away” and “Antem and the Watermelons.…
Punctuation play is at its finest in this New York Times #1 bestseller! Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. You might want to eat a huge hot dog, but a huge, hot dog would run away pretty quick…
Demonstrates through illustrations and brief text twenty-nine American Sign Language signs for words such as hello, cry, dog, and love
If you were a suffix, you would always be at the end of a word. You could make "tall" become the TALLEST. You could make "end" become ENDLESS. What else could you do if you were a suffix?
If you were a synonym, you would mean the same thing, or almost the same thing, as another word. You could be BIG, HUGE, or GIGANTIC. What else could you be if you were a synonym?
If you were a comma, you would separate words. You could put Walter, Roxie, and Harry on a team. You could go skating, sledding, or hiking. What else could you do if you were a comma?
If you were a period, you would bring a sentence to a stop. You could go to school. You could study. You could ride. You could sing. What else could you do if you were a period?
If you were a plural word, you would always be more than one. You could be camels, witches, puppies, or geese. What else could you be if you were a plural word?