Washoe County Library System

"Boosting your word power will improve your overall speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. That's why you need Think You Know Your Vocabulary?--the ultimate guide to building and using the right words effectively." --

"Middle school students can use the lessons in this eBook to help improve their vocabulary for class, homework, and important tests--in just 15 minutes a day!" --

"Express Review Guides: Vocabulary will give you the skills you need to expand your vocabulary. This guide lays out the building blocks of meaning for many common words, making it easier to recognize similar words and decipher their meaning." --

"Reading and writing are one of the educational issues that generates the most controversy and questions among educators and families. This book will show a new approach and a new conception of literacy skills, spelling, and the prevention of both. Simple, practical, and adaptable to the evolutionary rhythms of our future readers"-- "La lectoescritura es una de las cuestiones educativas que generan más controversia y preguntas entre los educadores...

''Basic English Grammar For Dummies is the bestselling grammar guide that's perfect for readers who want to improve their knowledge of the English language. This well-rounded primer covers the building blocks of English grammar, giving you an introduction to parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and more. Real-world examples help you understand the rules of Standard English and#x2015; and when you can break them! You can...

"Practical Vocabulary will help you improve your vocabulary by arming you with words that are often used, but less often understood. It also shows you the secrets of breaking down new words to figure out what they mean without a dictionary." --

Babies from all over the world get ready for bed, and say "good night" in fifteen of the world's most spoken languges. "This adorable, photo-filled board book will teach toddlers how to say "good night" in fifteen of the world's most spoken languages. Buenas noches. Wan an. Jal ja. Gute nacht. Learn to say good night in fifteen languages as babies all over the world get ready for bed. This informative board book introduces simple bedtime routines...

A set of high-quality, nationally-accepted, academic standards in reading. These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do before entering second grade. This third in a series of programs covers weeks nineteen through twenty seven of first grade, where kids learn 22 sight words, such as around, 'before, 'write, etc.

"In the 1960s 17 people die of cyanide poisoning at a large party at the Aosawas, owners of a prominent clinic in an ancient castle city on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The only survivor is their teenage daughter Hisako, blind, beautiful, admired by all, but soon suspected of masterminding the crime."--Publisher.