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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
133 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Packed with fun-filled illustrations, easy-to-follow exercises, and sample jokes, this humorous how-to joke book for kids proves that with a little elbow grease, anyone can write jokes that really make people LOL. Covering everything from surprise to wordplay to visual jokes--plus tips on how to perform a joke so it lands--LOL 101 is the approachable and (of course) funny guide for any kid ready to channel their inner comedian.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Bursting with practical tips and tricks, such as creating actual story-finding maps of your neighborhood, this book will help you build confidence and establish good writing habits as you learn to use a journal to snoop out plots full of action and emotion about yourself, your family, your friends, your neighbors, and your pets. As Jack shows you how to shape your rough ideas, organize plots, and polish drafts to shiny perfection, he also shares...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Description
While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read.
6) The replay
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
"Take a front-row seat, and relive history's greatest sports moments as they happened."--Publisher
Author
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Write Your Name in Japanese offers a fun and simple way to write your first name using Japanese characters. Because it is possible for many different kanji to have the same sound, each name can have a variety of possible kanji combinations--all with different meanings, from the beautiful to the bizarre. In addition, an extensive appendix makes it possible to select kanji for last names, and for first names which are not covered by the book.
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Offers tips on enlivening writing with vivid images, smoothing out sentences, silencing the dull passive voice, and adding rhythm to writing as well as demonstrating how to create a template that students can use when writing research papers for all subjects. In addition, web site references are cited throughout the text and brain ticklers (short quizzes) appear throughout the book with an answer key.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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"This highly visual, hands-on activity book shows kids some of the best ways to do great things--from practicing the lost arts of knot-tying, building campfires, connecting circuits, playing jump rope, drawing maps, and writing letters, to learning how to empower themselves socially, emotionally, and in their communities. The final chapter, Do Great Things, inspires kids become caring individuals, confident problem solvers, and thoughtful people who...
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge! Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share. The...
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