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Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Death waits for us all, but only those sentenced to death know the day and the hour-- and only they can be sure that their last words will be recorded for posterity. From the famous, such as Nathan Hale to Ted Bundy, to the forgotten, these final statements range from heartfelt to horrific.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Full-color photographs show trains and related noise-making features including brakes, engines horns, crossings, and door chimes. Repeating text identifies the machine and presents rhythmic onomatopoeia for the sound it produces. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities for toddlers learning to identify sounds, rhyme, rhythm, and related language structures."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham explores the seven last sayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, combining rich historical and theological insights to reflect on the true heart of the Christian story. For Jon Meacham, like believers worldwide, the events of Good Friday and Easter reveal essential truths about Christianity. A former vestryman of Trinity Church Wall Street and St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Meacham delves into that intersection...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Humor is on sale at the Laugh Stand, so step up and pick out the laugh of your choice. From Tom Swifties-"'These are my underpants,' Tom said briefly."-to daffinitions-"Benign: What you are after you be eight."-to pangrams, anagrams, and even word diagrams, readers will chuckle their way through this adventure in humor.
9) Oops
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Depicts, in wordless illustrations, how a little spilled milk led to the destruction of the pig family's house.
10) Frindle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Smart as hell and funny as fuck, this book explains why we can't stop swearing and what it tells us about our language and brains. Everyone swears. Only the rare individual can avoid ever letting slip an expletive. And yet, we ban the words from television and insist that polite people excise them from their vocabularies. That's a fucking shame. Not only is swearing colorful, fun, and often powerfully apt, as linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin...
12) Art
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A rhyming tribute to a budding young artist.
14) Truck
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
Follows the journey of a truck from loading to unloading.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Meet four-legged, two-finned, and webbed-toe friends in this word-as-image introduction to the animal world, chock-full of interesting facts. In what looks like a simple image, there lies a fully formed word (and vice versa) for kids to read! As they giggle and make their best guess, tiny readers will discover new favorite creatures in this delightful interaction between image, shape, and letters."--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
We all know nothing rhymes with orange. But how does that make Orange feel? Well, left out! When a parade of fruit gets together to sing a song about how wonderful they are—and the song happens to rhyme—Orange can't help but feel like it's impossible for him to ever fit in. But when one particularly intuitive Apple notices how Orange is feeling, the entire English language begins to become a bit more inclusive. Beloved author-illustrator...
17) Frog on his own
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1973
Language
English
Description
On a walk in the park with his friends, Frog decides to do some exploring on his own.
19) Flotsam
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.
20) Wish
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A father wishes his 9-year-old son would be well enough to play catch. The son wishes to see his father play in a major league baseball game. They all pray for a successful bone marrow transplant before cancer ends the boy's life, but first, they need to find a donor"--
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