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First graders need all the help they need to learn to read. Reading is a skill that must be learned at this stage in order to proceed to advanced educational levels. However, you don’t have to bore your child with all texts and no pictures. You have this picture book available just within reach. Go ahead and secure a copy now!

Trivia-on-Book: Mean Streak by Sandra Brown Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! Sandra Brown has done it again with her newest romantic thriller. Mean Streak has all of the necessary components to draw readers in: intrigue, romance, good, and...

Accessible, succinct, and including numerous student-friendly features, this introductory textbook offers an exceptional foundation to the field for those who are coming to it for the first time. Provides an ideal first course book in phonology, written by a renowned phonologist Developed...

The Sound Structure of English provides a clear introduction to English phonetics and phonology. Tailored to suit the needs of individual, one-term course modules, it assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and presents the basic facts in a straightforward manner, making it the ideal text for beginners....

Speech Sounds: * helps develop the fundamental skills of the phonetician * investigates the various aspects involved in the production of speech sounds * uses data-based material to reinforce each new concept * includes examples from a wide range of languages * provides...

Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription is the first textbook to clearly describe Australian English speech patterns. Now in its second edition, this ground-breaking work addresses speech production characteristics and provides detailed instruction in both phonetic and phonemic transcription...

“Wanna Read But Not Enough Time? Then, grab a SpeedyReads of The Shack by William P. Young now! Here's a sample of what you'll see in this book: Summary of The Shack by William P. Young Mackenzie Allen Phillips, who is known to his close friends and family as “Mack”, is not a typical...

The "Fresh Air" book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby -- "The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't." Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a revered classic and a rite...

A provocative, exuberant, and deeply researched investigation into Mark Twain’s writing of America’s favorite icon of childhood, Huckleberry Finn: “A boldly revisionist reading of Twain’s Huckleberry Finn…Twain’s masterpiece emerges as a compelling depiction of nineteenth-century troubles...

This user-friendly resource is the perfect reference for English-language readers who are eager to explore fiction from around the world. Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this guide introduces the styles, trends,...

First published in 1988, Peter Hughes explores the work of V. S. Naipaul, and the interplay of fictional and non-fictional patters in what is his obsessive vision of human life. Hughes shows how Naipaul’s narratives pair off histories and novels, travel-writing and psycho-biography, reinforcing...

Trivia-on-Book: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! How can one turn her trials to triumph? In the memoir of Piper Kerman entitled Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, you will discover...

Good fantasy literature is far more than a bunch of elves, dwarves, or other imaginary creatures running around fighting dragons, ogres, or orcs and having adventures. The Purpose of Fantasy looks at some of the core spiritual values of a dozen beloved fantasy books. With an introduction about fantasy...

Related to ideas of the great, the awe-inspiring and the overpowering, the sublime has been debated for centuries amongst writers, artists, philosophers and theorists and has become a complex yet crucial concept in many disciplines. In this thoroughly updated edition, Philip Shaw looks at: Early...