Una Huna

Ukpik loves living in her camp in the North with her family and she especially loves thinking up names for her brand new puppy. When a captain from the south arrives to trade with Ukpik's father, she's excited to learn how to use forks, knives, and spoons. At first, Ukpik enjoys teaching the other children how to use these new tools. But soon, she starts to wonder if they'll need to use the new tools all the time, and if that means that everything in camp will change. After a conversation with her grandmother, Ukpik realizes that even though she will learn many new things, her love for her family and camp will never change - and it even inspires her to find a name for her puppy!

Ukpik can't stop thinking about the beautiful new beads her mother traded the Captain for on his last visit. Anaana won't let Ukpik sew with the new beads yet, but she does have a surprise for Ukpik that will let her enjoy the new-found treasures while also learning the skills she will need to provide for herself and her family.

The ability to recognize and correctly use the different parts of speech is key to demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. In this book readers will learn about the role adjectives play in sentences by following the story of Tom and his sister, Kate, who visit the zoo with their Uncle Mike. The story and activity sidebars help teach concepts such using adjectives to provide description and detail, understanding word relationships, identifying common types of adjectives, and making comparisons using comparative and superlative adjectives.

Silence, sent on a mysterious mission by the ancient trees that raised her after she was sent away from her village, reconnects the villagers with their forgotten ancestors.

All around the world in cities, towns and villages—large and small—clothes are washed. They are hung to dry in the breeze and sunshine and children everywhere revel in the fun of helping with the laundry. Smelling Sunshine captures some of the special moments of this day-to-day chore—a wonderful, heart-warming time shared between parent and child and an experience young readers will relate to.

Discusses what synonyms and antonyms are, how to use them properly when writing formally and informally, and how to create antonyms using prefixes and suffixes.

Did you know that conjunctions link words together? They show how two or more ideas in a sentence connect to each other. There are seven basic conjunctions. These include and, or, but, nor, yet, so, for. In this book, you will learn how to use conjunctions. This book is part of the Language Rules series. Each book in this series provides hints, examples, and funny illustrations to help readers master a different part of speech.

A fun counting theme introduces young readers to the concept of homophones.