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      • Early learning / early learning concepts
        September 2011

        Targeted Phonics: Student Guided Practice Book Short Vowel Storybooks

        by Mary Rosenberg

        Short Vowel Storybooks Student Guided Practice Book features specific sections on each of the short vowel storybooks and mixed practice storybooks. Each section includes lesson plans for the books corresponding with a particular short vowel or mixed practice storybook.

      • 2019

        This Place

        150 Years Retold

        by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette and Chelsea Vowel Illustrated by Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, GMB Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott B. Henderson, Ryan Howe, Andrew Lodwick and Jen Storm

        A national bestseller that is both “visually gorgeous, [and] powerfully conveyed.”(Quill & Quire, starred review) Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact. To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/32KX00d

      • Children's & YA
        September 2019

        I Am an Astronaut

        by Read With You Language Center

        What do you want to be when you grow up? There are so many choices… a doctor, an astronaut, and everything in between!Peter helps readers explore what it's like to be an astronaut in this winsome and goofy adventure with his friend, Stella the Starfish.  They follow their dreams all the way to outer space. Will Peter become a real astronaut? Will Stella become a real star? The adorable illustrations and cute story are the perfect introduction to an important STEM career.  Along with the other books in this sereis, it encourages young readers to value learning and expand their knowledge of liberal arts and STEM-based careers. The parent guide includes discussion questions, vocabulary, grammar, and phonics.

      • Two Nordic Short Novels

        by Ana Flecha Marco

        The title of the book, Two Nordic Short Novels, signals to the reader exactly what to expect: two short fictions set in Scandinavia.  These stories are not only linked by length and latitude but also by the fact that they are a sheer delight to read. Story of Ø tells the tale of the handful of inhabitants left living on a tiny island in the Norwegian Sea, which is sinking inexorably due to climate change.  The islanders decide to try and conserve the collective memory of the land that has been their home for so many generations; a memory that lies in the objects and traditions that have shaped their personal and shared landscape. Mancha vividly conjures up the impressions of young woman as she arrives in Flekke, a small Norwegian village, to teach Spanish.  The village is populated by a kaleidoscopic range of inhabitants whom the teacher grows to understand as she interacts with them day by day.  The story unfolds with a refreshing lightness of touch, mixing humour and insight into cultural diversity with subtlety and skill.

      • July 2017

        Korean Pronunciation Guide

        How to Sound like a Korean

        by Kim Jimin, Yoon Shinae, Lee Eunju

        Korean Pronunciation Guide - How to Sound Like a Korean is a learning material for the self-study of pronunciation, targeted for Level 2 to 4 learners, or beginners and intermediate learners of Korean. The pronunciation rules that have been covered in bits and pieces in existing Korean textbooks are summarized here in systematic structures and contents. Basic Korean pronunciations are presented by consonants, vowels, final consonants (Batchim) and liaisons; then rules that learners want to know the most in studying pronunciation are summarized in order, including palatalization and nasalization. After learning the basics and rules, learners can perform self-diagnosis of the accuracy and speed of pronunciation based on the colloquial and literary words categorized by difficulty and by subject. This book will help learners start the study from the pronunciation principles and eventually expand the study to improve speaking and listening skills. ▪ A systematic 3-step structure, composed of basics, rules and recitation The basics step will help learners study the fundamental Korean pronunciations starting from the principles applied in creating hangeul. The rules part will help learners study pronunciation rules applied between syllables. In the last step, learners can study the applications of these rules and practice to read texts out following the actual dialogue speed. ▪ Vivid illustrations and detailed English explanations to effectively study complicated pronunciations Illustrations are detailed and vivid, how the speech organs are moved when articulating. These will allow learners to compare and study pronunciations that they are particularly struggling with. All explanations are offered in English so that even Korean learners with less than intermediate proficiency can easily understanding the contents. ▪ 20 texts for recitation with diverse materials to learn culture and improve fluency The writing materials are closely linked to real life, and total 20 texts are offered both in colloquial and literary styles. Learners can listen and repeat after them, expanding their understanding and knowledge of Korean culture. Texts in various styles are read by professional voice actors and learners can practice and improve their fluency as they try to follow the recorded reading speed.

      • Teaching, Language & Reference
        May 2020

        Hawaiian Language

        Past, Present, Future

        by Albert J. Schütz

        With color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, Hawaiian Language: Past, Present, Future presents aspects of Hawaiian and its history that are rarely treated in language classes. The major characters in this book make up a diverse cast: Dutch merchants, Captain Cook’s naturalist and philologist William Anderson, ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia (the inspiration for the Hawaiian Mission), the American lexicographer Noah Webster, philologists in New England, missionary-linguists and their Hawaiian consultants, and many minor players. The account begins in prehistory, placing the probable origins of the ancestor of Polynesian languages in mainland Asia. An evolving family tree reflects the linguistic changes that took place as these people moved east. The current versions are examined from a Hawaiian-centered point of view, comparing the sound system of the language with those of its major relatives in the Polynesian triangle. More recent historical topics begin with the first written samples of a Polynesian language in 1616, which led to the birth of the idea of a widespread language family. The next topic is how the Hawaiian alphabet was developed.  The first efforts suffered from having too many letters, a problem that was solved in 1826 through brilliant reasoning by its framers and their Hawaiian consultants. The opposite problem was that the alphabet didn’t have enough letters: analysts either couldn’t hear or misinterpreted the glottal stop and long vowels. The end product of the development of the alphabet—literacy—is more complicated than some statistics would have us believe. As for its success or failure, both points of view, from contemporary observers, are presented. Still, it cannot be denied that literacy had a tremendous and lasting effect on Hawaiian culture. The last part of the book concentrates on the most-used Hawaiian reference works—dictionaries. It describes current projects that combine print and manuscript collections on a searchable website. These projects can include the growing body of manuscript and print material that is being made available through recent and ongoing research. As for the future, a proposed monolingual dictionary would allow users to avoid an English bridge to understanding, and move directly to a definition that includes Hawaiian cultural features and a Hawaiian worldview.

      • November 2015

        Super-homem, Não-homem, Carol e Os Invisíveis

        by Carlos Eduardo de Magalhães

        Super-man, Non-man, Carol and The Invisibles - Novel - Marcos is an architect who, as a student, used to write phrases on the walls of his room such as A man must carry his own suitcase and make his own bed. He lives in São Paulo, in the same building as another Marcos, who is a famous actor. They also have Carol's presence in common. Psychologist, she is married to Marcos architect and is the best friend of Marcos actor, with whom she shared an intense adolescence. Early in the evening, the two Marcos confide to a tired Carol about discoveries they had made. One tells her that he has superpowers, is a superman, sure that he started to crystallize after he threw his arm towards a toothbrush holder and saw him fall, without however touching him. The husband, discouraged, defines himself as a non-man, not yet very clear about what that means. In parallel, five excellent high school students who live in poor neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro steal copper wires underground in the city. They call themselves the Invisibles and slide on their skateboards, slang, anger and dreams through the city streets. Such disparate everyday experiences lived in metropolises. The reality and virtual reality of a video game with its impossible to defeat avatar. The memory of events in distant India, which are not known whether invented or real, but lived in any way. The airports and hotel rooms without identity that are the same in all parts of the planet. With contemporary elements, which define and are defined by this complex, contradictory, powerful and fragile man of the century  XXI, the book covers three days that will mark the life of each character. Their ideas of being in this world full of walls and phrases and toothbrush holders will be profoundly modified.

      • Fiction
        April 2017

        Hear Me

        by Julia North

        After yet another shameful one-night stand Lissa has to accept that her sisters are right – she is an alcoholic and it’s time for rehab. She hates the idea of therapy, doesn’t want to examine her past, but just as she begins to see reasons for her drinking, life takes a brutal turn. Who are her fellow patients? Why is one of them so damned perfect? Hear Me is a powerful story about life and death, addiction and sobriety, racism and the fight for justice – but above all it is a story about love.

      • January 2013

        Dominar la acentuación

        Cuaderno de ejercicios. Nuevo método: si sabes pronunciar una palabra, sabes colocal la tílde

        by Jesús Tábara Carbajo

        DOMINAR LA ACENTUACIÓN is a school notebook to learn to emphasize in Spanish, intended to be used in class, although it can also be used at home. The fundamental thing about this notebook is that it is a simple method. It is not necessary to understand concepts like diphthong, tripthong, hiatus. It is enough to recognize which is the tonic vowel pronounced with greater voice strength and answer four more questions to easily accentuate. It makes it easier to accentuate Spanish without error at very young ages, almost at the same time that you learn to write.

      • Ladders to Learning Series: Reading and Phonics (K1)

        by Carmelita D. Marasigan, Dalrose Ann C. Sambo, Carolina T. Tirona, Elsie T. Toreno

        Ladders to Learning Series-Reading and Phonics (Second Edition) is designed to further develop the pupils’ skill to read words, phrases, and sentences and to introduce words with double consonants, consonant blends, consonant-diagraphs, and words with long vowel sounds. After the pupils have learned the words, they are introduced to phrases and sentences and finally to paragraphs or stories. Moreover, the worktext develops pupils’ vocabulary words, reading fluency, and comprehension skills. Through creative exercises such as dialogues, the repetitive task of learning how to read becomes fascinating as well as masterful.

      • Ladders to Learning Series: Reading and Phonics (Nursery)

        by Carmelita D. Marasigan, Dalrose Ann C. Sambo, Carolina T. Tirona, Elsie T. Toreno

        Ladders to Learning Series-Reading and Phonics (Second Edition) is designed to further develop the pupils’ skill to read words, phrases, and sentences and to introduce words with double consonants, consonant blends, consonant-diagraphs, and words with long vowel sounds. After the pupils have learned the words, they are introduced to phrases and sentences and finally to paragraphs or stories. Moreover, the worktext develops pupils’ vocabulary words, reading fluency, and comprehension skills. Through creative exercises such as dialogues, the repetitive task of learning how to read becomes fascinating as well as masterful.

      • Ladders to Learning Series: Reading and Phonics (K2)

        by Juliana M. Quiazon, Dalrose Ann C. Sambo, Carolina T. Tirona, Elsie T. Toreno

        Ladders to Learning Series-Reading and Phonics (Second Edition) is designed to further develop the pupils’ skill to read words, phrases, and sentences and to introduce words with double consonants, consonant blends, consonant-diagraphs, and words with long vowel sounds. After the pupils have learned the words, they are introduced to phrases and sentences and finally to paragraphs or stories. Moreover, the worktext develops pupils’ vocabulary words, reading fluency, and comprehension skills. Through creative exercises such as dialogues, the repetitive task of learning how to read becomes fascinating as well as masterful.

      • Fiction

        Bloodfire

        by Helen Harper

        Mackenzie Smith has always known that she was different. Growing up as the only human in a pack of rural shapeshifters will do that to you, but then couple it with some mean fighting skills and a fiery temper and you end up with a woman that few will dare to cross. However, when the only father figure in her life is brutally murdered, and the dangerous Brethren with their predatory Lord Alpha come to investigate, Mack has to not only ensure the physical safety of her adopted family by hiding her apparent humanity, she also has to seek the blood-soaked vengeance that she craves.

      • Children's & YA
        October 2020

        Blue Birds

        A Story of Freedom from the Grip of War

        by Engy Jarrouj. Illustrator: Hassan Manasrah

        "Blue Birds" is a story of hope that was written by Engy Jarrouj at the age of sixteen, from a child’s viewpoint about war, expressing the anguish of all displaced children that we do not get to know about through news and correspondents’ and analysts’ reports. The story is based on real-life events, some that she has experienced, and others of family and friends around her. Illustrated by the award-winning artist, Hassan Manasrah – the story embodies the voice of childhood away from any political or religious agendas.

      • Oscar and the Whisper of the Hills

        by Marcos Almada Rivero

        Oscar's grandfather is worried, he hasn't heard the murmur of the forest for a long time. The oppossums will try to find out if there are still small corners without tracks or paths.

      • September 2019

        Best Reading Phonics

        by CATHY JACKSON

        Best Reading! Phonics of Short Vowels by Cathy Jackson is a reading program comprising of fun short stories, instructional guides, and educational activities that develop children’s reading abilities, word recognition, and vocabulary. Learning through phonics helps children recognize and decode the sounds of the letters in the words they read. In fact, phonics reading is essential to improve spelling, comprehension, and reading fluency—not only speed but also accuracy.

      • The Weight of a Human Heart

        by Daniel Mallen

        Spring 1944. Injured German soldier Max Jessen returns from the Eastern Front to find that his Roma wife has died of TB, and his son Manfred has been transported to Auschwitz. A desperate Max decides he has no option but to volunteer for camp duty as an officer in the SS, hoping he can find and rescue his son. THE WEIGHT OF A HUMAN HEART is an emotionally charged historical adventure that asks what lengths people will go to in order to protect their loved ones.

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