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A dictionary of the English language containing 165,000 entries with definitions, pronunciations, word origins, example phrases, synonyms, biographical and geographical names, abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, signs and symbols, and a handbook of style. Includes a searchable CD.

We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful...

An alphabet book that forms a letter into part of the picture illustrating the sound of the letter, such as "m" as part of a mustache. The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in "b" becomes a balloon and "y" turns into the head of a yak.

A brief story in which characters representing the short "i" sound and the long "i" sound look for these vowels in different words.

Short o and Long o introduce the long and short "o" sounds.

Rhyming text and illustrations present numerous examples of adverbs and their functions.

Introduces and explains various interjections and conjunctions, including "awesome," "alas," and "yet."

A brief story in which characters representing the short "e" sound and the long "e" sound look for these vowels in different words.

Presents a humorous and informative guide to writing that combines helpful style rules with story ideas and writing prompts as well as advice on how to write a story that is both engaging and correct.

An introduction to adjectives and how they help with descriptons.