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These workbooks are designed to help students express themselves through written language, both inside and outside the classroom. By studying writing samples and practicing different styles, young writers will build the ability to complete any writing projects with confidence. Harcourt Family Learning Workbooks are a comprehensive line of workbook developed through a partnership with Harcourt, a leading educational publisher. Based on national teaching standards, these workbooks provide complete practice in math, reading, and other key subject areas. |
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This volume features a wide selection of Wilde’s literary output, including the comicmasterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest, an immensely popular play... |
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These workbooks are designed to help students express themselves through written language, both inside and outside the classroom. By studying writing samples and practicing different styles, young writers will build the ability to complete any writing projects with confidence. Harcourt Family Learning Workbooks are a comprehensive line of workbook developed through a partnership with Harcourt, a leading educational publisher. Based on national teaching standards, these workbooks provide complete practice in math, reading, and other key subject areas. |
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Celebrate Christmas Busytown-style. Firefighters are stringing lights, stores are crowded, and everyone is in a merry mood in these four mini bo Aard books based on Richard Scarry's Best Christmas Ever! Each brightly illustrated story spreads holiday cheer. |
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Kids — start your engines! Get ready to go with the cars, trucks, trains, planes, and other machines that zoom across these pages. Twenty-six cool captioned photos have preschoolers joyfully discovering new things and adding to their vocabulary. |
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William Shakespeare: Complete Plays collects all thirty-seven of the immortal Bard's comedies, tragedies and historical plays. In this volume all of Shakespeare's memorable characters — star-crossed lovers, majestic monarchs, wise fools, lovable rogues, treacherous villains, conflicted heroes, cagey heroines and creatures magical and mythic — strut and fret their hour upon the stage. These characters and the roles they play, have influenced virtually all literature written since. For readers who appreciate the emotional power of the written word, the heights of humour and the depths of drama that can be encompassed by a single type of literature, William Shakespeare: Complete Plays is an indispensable collection of timeless masterpieces. |
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These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: a thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. Full of mischief, valour, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. This volume contains the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multi volume translation, and, unlike many editions, is complete unexpurgated. These tales, including Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Sailor, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, have entered into the popular imagination. |
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An insightful glimpse into Robert Louis Stevenson's life and how it influenced his poems... illustrations convey the poetic notion of a romantic childhood memory. Muted colors are a peaceful accompaniment to the poems. School Library Journal These poems... are colorfully illustrated and notable for their detailed brushstrokes. |
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He was the greatest poet and playwright who ever lived, the dramatist who penned lines that we quote without even realising their origin. Shakespeare's glorious works have even inspired animated films — like Disney's The Lion King. Introduce children to the Bard with this wonderful, fully annotated collection of sonnets and soliloquies, enhanced with beautiful, highly realistic colour paintings that bring each excerpt to vivid life. Here are Shakespeare's most famous speeches: including everything from Hamlets — 'To be or not to be' — and Macbeth's witches cackling 'Double, double, toil and trouble' to the sonnets, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? and humourous songs sung in comedies such as Twelfth Night. Every entry is a revelation. |
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This is a stunning edition of the classic poem, with beautiful illustrations. It is suitable for children aged 5 years and up. For decades families have gathered together to read Clement C. Moore's eternally enchanting Christmas poem. Featuring beautiful original illustrations by award-winning artist Tom Browning, this stunning edition of The Night Before Christmas stands apart from the rest. Browning has created a classically styled Saint Nick; the quintessential round, jolly, white-bearded figure that everyone, young and old, imagines. The look is timeless, traditional, filled with warmth and sentiment: exactly what Christmas should be. The story's enduring charm and Browning's memorable art make The Night Before Christmas a must-have for any child who is just discovering the tale and every adult who has loved it forever. |
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H.P. Lovecraft: Great Tales of Horror features twenty of horror master H.P. Lovecraft's classic stories, among them some of the greatest works of horror fiction ever written, including: The Rats in the Walls, Pickman's Model, The Colour out of Space, The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror, The Shadow over Innsmouth, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow out of Time, and The Haunter of the Dark. |
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Pat-a-Cake, Old King Cole, Rock-a-bye, Baby and Baa Baa Black Sheep are among the many rhymes that make up Mother Goose and have become staples of childhood. Little ones will love its mix of lullabies, humour and sing-song verse while they learn from it too. Gyo Fujikawa has brought her inimitable style to this title, which features a mix of enchanting line drawings and warm colour pictures. Fujikawa has succeeded in creating a truly magical world for children to enter. |
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This exciting interactive board book lets kids explore the underwater world and learn about deep-sea creatures. They'll meet a host of animals, from sharks and octopus to puffer fish and sea turtles. By lifting the flap, children will reveal a close-up glimpse of each animal — and discover fun facts set in rhyming verse. |
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This title is suitable for ages 5 and under. Blast off into space! Eight planets revolve around our sun, and we're going to visit them, one by one. By lifting the flaps, young children will embark on a cosmic adventure. They'll visit hot, dry Mercury; red, glowing Mars; and storm-ravaged Jupiter, just to name a few. Featuring friendly rhyming verses with simple facts about each planet, and Salina Yoon's fun and cheerful illustrations, this is the perfect fun introduction to the solar system. |
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Irish storytellers called seanachies pass stories down to the next generation just as their ancestors have done for hundreds of years. In the King with Horses' Ears and Other Irish Folktales, we learn the risk of keeping a secret, the power of a mother's love and the importance of laughing at yourself. From a mystical place where nobody grows old, to the Lost Island of Lonesome Seals, these special tales will transport readers to a land where the fantastic is entirely possible. It is a great edition to the growing Folktales of the World series! |
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From Cinderella to Rumpelstiltskin, the stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm have enchanted children and adults for centuries. This attractive gift edition, with a charming foil-stamped cover, gathers more than 40 of their most-loved fairy tales, all accompanied by the magical illustrations of Arthur Rackham-perhaps the finest interpreter of their work. |
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This is a beautiful hardback gift edition. Two of the greatest adventure stories of all time, these timeless epics of war, duty, honour and revenge are filled with magic, mystery and an assortment of gods and goddesses who meddle freely in the affairs of men. The Iliad recounts the war between the Trojans and Achaeans and the personal and tragic struggle of the fiery-tempered Achilles. The Odyssey chronicles Odysseus' return from the Trojan War and the trials he endures on his journey home. |
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Baby, bib, bottle, and apple: these are some of the first words every child learns! Big, bright photos show toys, food, clothes, and other familiar objects, so preschoolers can learn and practice saying the name of each one. |
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This title is suitable for children aged 10 to 13 years old. This book, from one of American literature's greatest authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne, offers a selection of Greek myths, retold to make them more accessible for children. It includes: The Gorgon's Head, The Three Golden Apples and The Paradise of Children, among others. This edition, leatherbound and featuring illustrations by Walter Crane, is sure to make a welcome addition to any home library. |
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Part of a brightly illustrated and entertaining new series, this title gives kids (and adults) lots of chances to test their intelligence. It is suitable for children aged 8 and over. Find out about science and the world around us, all by playing a game! Each book in this brightly illustrated and entertaining new series gives kids (and adults, too!) lots of chances to test their smarts. How much do you know about dinosaurs, bugs, and animals? Play a round of 'Fact or Fib' and find out! Stegosaurus had the smallest brain of all the dinosaurs. An ant can lift a ladybird. There are about four million dogs in the world today. Which of these is true and which isn't? Each 'fact or fib' features three statements, but only two are totally true. Make your choices, turn the page, and see whether you're right or wrong, along with more cool facts about the topic. |
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