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Calvin Coconut volume 3
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When his teacher asks him to write a persuasive argument about something he really wants, fourth-grader Calvin creates a unique way to express his desire for a dog.
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"In Around the World in 80 Words, Jones tells the story of eighty English-language words that are specially related to a place. He tells us, for example, where the name for the Canary Islands came from, the relationship between the town of Jáchymov in the Czech Republic and the word "dollar," and he dispels the myth that the term "limerick" comes from the last name of Edward Lear. Throughout this engaging journey, the reader gains valuable insights...
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"This wise and entertaining guide by one of the great editors of our time offers timeless tools for making meaning clear. Refresh your writing. Unravel convoluted sales talk written to deceive. See through political campaigns erected on a tower of falsehoods. Fake news is but one of the pimples of a literate civilization under siege. Slovenly English! Billions of words come at us every day with unimaginable velocity and shriveled meaning, in social...
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Words are essential to our everyday lives. An average person spends his or her day enveloped in conversations, e-mails, phone calls, text messages, directions, headlines, and more. But how often do we stop to think about the origins of the words we use? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, Dutch, or Portuguese? Try admiral, landscape, and marmalade, just for starters.
The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging...
11) The sound of TCH
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In this book, the sound of the consonant team tch is found in each word.
12) The sound of SH
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English
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In this book, the sound of the consonant team sh is found in each word.
13) The sound of TH
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English
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In this book, the sound of the consonant team th is found in each word.
14) Starts with k
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English
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In this book, the consonant k sound is found in each word.
15) Starts with y
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English
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In this book, the consonant y sound is found in each word.
16) Starts with u
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English
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In this book, the short vowel u sound is found in each word.
17) Starts with v
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In this book, the consonant v sound is found in each word.
18) Starts with j
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In this book, the consonant j sound is found in each word.
19) Starts with o
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English
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In this book, the short vowel o sound is found in each word.
20) Starts with R
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In this book, the consonant r sound is found in each word.
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