Amazing Words

Incorporate writing instruction in your classroom as an essential element of literacy development while implementing best practices. Simplify the planning of writing instruction and become familiar with the Common Core State Standards of Writing.

A stunning nonfiction picture book about the global diversity hidden in the English language

With fascinating etymologies and letter patterns of more than 400 everyday words, bestselling language writer Richard Lederer offers insights into the most bedazzling, beguiling, and bewitching words in the English language. Readers will discover why William Shakespeare may be hiding in the Old Testament; why "run" is the longest word in English; how people's names become common words; and how the Bible, mythology, the sea, the land, show business, and games spark words and phrases in everyday vocabulary. Chock-full of transfixing word histories, magical letter play, and hilarious puns, Amazing Words is an essential book for wordaholics, logolepts, and verbivores.

1-Minute Summaries for Each & Every book in The Bible Let's face it: the Bible can be intimidating. With roughly 1200 pages, spread over 73 books, written by over 40 different authors. It's long, dense, and often full of words that are unfamiliar. It's hard to know even where to start. As part of our 'Made Amazingly Simple' series, we've simplified all 73 Books of The Bible, into enjoyable 'cliff-notes' style summaries. This isn't a substitute for reading The Bible, but it will give you a head start into uncovering what The Bible is trying to teach us. Each book in The Bible is laid out in beautifully designed, single page cheat-sheets, so you can: ‣ Discover who authored the book and when it was written ‣ Learn the significance behind each book ‣ Master the notable verses you need to know ‣ Easily understand the key lessons each book is trying to teach us ‣ Enjoy the most popular stories from each chapter

Welcome to Maisy's amazing world of words, full of flaps, bold illustrations and a fantastic first vocabulary!This biggest-ever Maisy book is full to bursting with first words and pictures. Sixty-four pages, twenty-five fantastic flaps and over three hundred wonderful words combine in this colourful collection from award-winning artist Lucy Cousins. All of Maisy's favourite places and activities are featured: dressing up, cooking, in the park, on the farm, at the beach, animals, bathtime, bedtime, and many, many more. Other titles in the First Concepts series include: What's the Time, Maisy?, Maisy's Twinkly, Crinkly Counting Book and Maisy's Wonderful Weather Book.

CRESTFALLEN at CHICANERY and CIRCUMLOCUTION? Have no TRUCK with TOMFOOLERY and TRUMPERY? Or OMNISCIENT about OBLOQUIES and OPSIMATHS? Whether you've answered yes, no or 'sorry, I didn't catch that', 500 Beautiful Words You Should Know is for you. It offers words that flow EXQUISITELY off the tongue; words that are just perfect for their meaning, like the lazy-sounding SLOTH and the heavy-footed GALUMPH; words that will make you sound clever, like DEUTERAGONIST and LETHOLOGICA; and words that are just fun to say, like LIQUEFACTION and LUXURIATE. It'll tell you where they come from, how to use them and whether you're likely to BAMBOOZLE anyone who's listening to you. With occasional special features on great words for colours, words from the Classics and words that make you laugh, this is a book to delight BIBLIOPHILES and BLATHERSKITES alike.

From the authors who created the One Word movement, impacting schools, businesses, and sports teams around the world, comes a charming fable that can be read and shared by everyone. If you could choose only one word to help you have your best year ever, what would it be? Love? Fun? Believe? Brave? It’s prob­ably different for everyone. How you find your word is just as important as the word itself. And once you know your word, what do you do with it? In One Word for Kids, bestselling author Jon Gordon—along with coauthors Dan Britton and Jimmy Page—asks these questions to children and adults of all ages, teaching an important life lesson in the process. This engaging, fully illustrated fable follows Stevie, a young boy falling asleep on the first day of school. His teacher gives the class an assignment: to find the one word that will help them have their best year ever. To discover their one word, they must look inside themselves, look up, and look out. At home, Stevie is upset be­cause he can’t find his word. After his dad offers some helpful advice, Stevie excitedly begins the quest for his word. His search helps him discover a lot about himself, what he loves, and what is important to him. An easy read with a powerful message, One Word for Kids appeals to readers of all ages and is an ideal entry point into discussing a valuable lesson in a fun and engaging way.