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Imaginary, adventurous, and real settings draw children into these engaging displays of active verbs. A rich, picture-book format with vibrant, energetic illustrations and simple, engaging text humorously depicts characters doing the actions described by the different verbs, from jumping and jogging to slipping, sliding, gliding, and twirling. Each page spread features a setting—such as a witch’s lair and the deep blue sea—along with a series of sentences highlighting the verbs that describe actions the children and animal characters perform in the story. A reference at the end of the book provides a helpful list of verbs organized by action category. ...
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English with Abby and Zak and French with Abby and Zak are fresh and fun approachs to language learning. Designed like a storybook rather than a textbook, these innovative texts gives children a bright and stimulating introduction to language learning. The topics that are covered, such as family and friends, school, toys and games, numbers and colors, will appeal visually and thematically to young learners. As a bonus, there is an audio CD included with each book to give children a lively context in which to practice speaking a new language.
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A fresh and creative approach to spelling, this fun and educational book invites children to playfully explore and understand the often confusing range of spellings for words with similar sounds. Wild, witty sentences featuring combinations of words with the same sound but different spellings, such as neighed-played-mermaid-lemonade and souvenir-reindeer-pierced-ear, are complemented with inviting illustrations that imaginatively depict the scenes. The educational element is not hammered in but rather suggested in a clever and entertaining way through the vibrant graphics and silly sentences, making the learning enjoyable and inspiring creativity and imagination in readers. A helpful list of words with different spellings for the same sounds is also featured, which helps to reinforce the lessons from the book. ...
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