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Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of nouns, from "gown" and "crown" to "boat", "coat", and "clown."

See how the punctuation marks you use (and where you put them) can completely change the meaning of what you write.

Presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names, including hogs hogging, slugs slugging, and other creatures demonstrating homographs, words with different meanings that are spelled and pronounced the same.

Presents an illustrated English dictionary with rhyming words, synonyms, word origins, and sentences as examples, and includes Roald Dahl's invented words and explanations of their meanings.

Uses examples, scenarios, and rhymes to explain complex monetary ideas ranging from taxes to supply and demand.

"What is an antonym? Find out by enjoying the clever rhymes and comical illustrations of the concept of opposites."--From source other than the Library of Congress

"Using the alphabet to introduce its contents, this book includes topic such as abolitionists, cowboys, Harlem Renaissance, and Kwanzaa"--Provided by publisher.

"What happens to the pictures of us? Nowadays they go straight to the Internet where anyone anywhere in the world can see them. And they're nothing terribly special. It wasn't that way a hundred years ago, when getting your picture taken was a very important event. You dressed your best and you looked thoughtfully and for a long time into the awesome, magical lens of the camera. But even these important pictures sometimes were lost, sold by the photographer...

When Mr. Wright makes his students study word endings on the last day of school, even the suffixes rebel.

Tool for learning either Spanish or English by reading stories which also contain information about cultural values.