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Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms "as easy as pie" with the revised SCHOLASTIC DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS. Explanations for, and origins of, more than 700 everyday American idioms, complete with kid-friendly sample sentences. The entries are amusing as well as educational. Alphabetical listing and cross-referencing index makes finding idioms a "piece of cake."...
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Dozens and dozens of fun, attention-getting practice pages help students in grades 3-6 along the path to becoming more confident writers and readers. This book provides exactly the repeated practice students need to hone essential grammar, usage, and mechanics skills. Topics include parts of speech, punctuation, overused words, and much more. Flexible and easy to use-for homework or in school. Also a great way to boost vocabularies! For use with Grades 3-6....
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Have you ever been so angry that you were mad as a wet hen? The meanings of 134 lively idioms are explained in this entertaining and useful book. ...
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An introduction to six common figures of speech -- metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration, and hyperbole -- with guidelines for their use and numerous illustrative examples....
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It's easy for kids to feel intimidated by a research project. This new user-friendly guide is the simple answer to some not-so-easy questions. With big, helpful headings, humorous illustrations, and bold graphics, this fun and fast guide offers a logical, step-by-step approach to finding it, writing it, and getting it done!...
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"Madam, I'm Adam." Can you read this sentence backward? If you can, then it's a palindrome -- and this book is filled with them! ...
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Have you ever been so angry that you were mad as a wet hen? The meanings of 134 lively idioms are explained in this entertaining and useful book. ...
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Introduces and explains action idioms and their origins with comical illustrations that lend a literal interpretation....
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A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms....
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Thirty popular expressions such as "straight from the horse's mouth" and "white elephant" are amusingly explained and illustrated. ...
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This charming book on wordplay offers a fun way to learn about homographs through seventy engaging riddle sentences. ...
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This collection of original riddles is unlike any other because the main words in each answer sound exactly alike, but have different meanings. Zany illustrations add to the fun and provide clues to the solutions. And the newly designed full-color cover makes the package even more appealing. So dig in--and see why you should play with your words (not with your food)!
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Tongue-twisting verses and rib-tickling illustrations make it fun to learn the correct plurals of more than ninety irregular nouns. ...
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Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group. For example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and carry a tune....
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This collection of original riddles is unlike any other because the main words in each answer sound exactly alike, but have different meanings. Zany illustrations add to the fun and provide clues to the solutions. And the newly designed full-color cover makes the package even more appealing. So dig in--and see why you should play with your words (not with your food)!
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