OXFORD WORDPOWER PUNCTUATION
"Punctuation" is one of five titles in this series of language reference guides to help children of 7-11 master the basics of literacy. It explains the basics of punctuation in a way that is easy to understand. It shows you how to use capital letters, full stops, commas, and more, and how to arrange your writing on the page. It will answer your questions about punctuation, and will give you the help you need to write more confidently and effectively. John Butterworth is the author of several lan...
Text and photographs depict different parts of the world, from A to Z, exploring what the land is like and how people live in each place.
Wilbur's Book of Actions is an irresistible new board book, perfect for the smallest paws. It's full of bright, bold, and playful images, making first concepts fizz with fun. Wilbur, like his young readers, sometimes like to stretch, he sometimes like to crawl, and he always likes to have fun! With a friendly smile and a mischievous twinkle in his eye, the lovable, huggable Wilbur is ready to lead children on an entertaining journey of early-learning discovery. And to make the book extra-special...
The story of writing how, where and why it was invented, the different scripts and methods of writing, the invention of the Western alphabet, the spread of literacy and the invention of printing, and the development of email, the internet and text messaging in modern times - are explored in this fascinating overview of the history of writing. The book describes not just how different scripts were written, but why ancient people needed to develop writing, and who were the writers and readers in e...
DISCOMBOBULATED Pronounced ~ dis-com-bob-u-lated. Means ~ thrown into confusion. As in ~ the lion is discombobulated by the skateboarding wildebeest. And ~ my parents are discombobulated when I suddenly start speaking Swedish.* A bit like ~ befuddled, bamboozled. Don’t confuse with ~ anything. If you like this word, try ~ nincompoop. * This won’t make any sense if you are actually Swedish.
After years of computer-produced, immaculate and uniform letterforms of all kinds, the demand has turned full circle and there is a call for personal, imaginative lettering. In this book, Rosemary Sassoon shows how to proceed from the very formal calligraphic style of lettering to much more informal and imaginative types of lettering. Filled with projects and illustrations of work produced in the various workshops she runs, she shows how anyone interested in lettering can produce lively and expr...
Deaf-Ability - Not Disability
by Wendy McCracken and Hilary Sutherland
This book was written by a severely deaf mother of a profoundly deaf son and a teacher of the deaf/educational audiologist. Their aim was to offer practical, unbiased information to parents of hearing impaired children. This is counterbalanced by case-studies which offer an insight into the meaning of deafness to families and individuals. Deaf-ability seeks to underline the ability, potential and individualism of each child.
This series covers a wide range of subjects and is presented in the David Salaryia style. These books will broaden children's understanding and appreciation of the world around them, and provide answers to a host of intriguing questions. 'Writing and Printing' explores the history of written languages from ancient symbols through Asian and Islamic writing to modern printing and publishing methods. 'Radio and TV' features the fascinating stories of the development of radio and TV, simple explanat...
Harcourt School Publishers Moving Into English (Harcourt School Publishers Moving Into English)
Begleitwort Und Anweisung Zum Gebrauch Der Schreib- Und Lesefibel
by Karl Hessel
Better Spelling Age: 9-11
Simple and easy to use on a daily basis, this neat spelling book provides 3000 words for each year, from age 9 to 11, in manageable chunks. 5-a-day plus extra to consolidate makes learning to spell tricky words easy. Using the Oxford Children's Corpus to target words that children most frequently misspell, along with the Primary Curriculum spelling lists, children will learn all the words they need to spell correctly - for life.
Better Spelling Age: 7-9
Simple and easy to use on a daily basis, this neat spelling book provides 3000 words for each year, from age 7 to 9, in manageable chunks. 5-a-day plus extra to consolidate makes learning to spell tricky words easy. Using the Oxford Children's Corpus to target words that children most frequently misspell, along with the Primary Curriculum spelling lists, children will learn all the words they need to spell correctly - for life.