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Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. Mountains are created when the huge plates that make up the earth's outer shell very slowly pull and push against one another. Read and find out about all the different kinds of mountains. The earth's continents rest on plates that move slowly across our planet's...
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First Class Phonics is a series of books designed to help children quickly become proficient readers and writers. These books use Synthetic Phonics, a high-quality teaching method recognised all over the world. In Synthetic Phonics, children focus on the skills that enable them to read and spell words accurately. They recognise the importance of every sound they hear in the spoken word and learn to blend these sounds so that they can read words from...
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This book is the fourth in a set of six books listing first grade basic reading and spelling words. The words are written in large letters to make them easy to read. The list includes the sight "flash" words from the Dolchlist as well as -en family words, -ell family words, short " a" pattern words, short "i" pattern words, short "o" pattern words, and short "u" pattern words. These are the words children in first grade are actually expected to learn...
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This is book eight of nine of the list of second grade basic reading and spelling words. The list includes initial wh- pattern, words with the suffix–ly, words with the suffix –er. words with the suffix – est, and academic vocabulary.Children are usually expected to learn these words from week twenty nine to week thirty two of second grade.Words are written in large letters to enable young children to read easily on computers, tablet pcs and...
7) Doctor
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2015.
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When was the last time you visited your doctor? Perhaps one day you might like to become a doctor too? In this book you will meet Doctor Mani - and his team - and see what he does at work every day. Find out about the special tools he uses and the surgery he works in.
8) Origami
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2012.
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Presents step-by-step instructions for creating origami sea creatures, farm animals, pets, birds, and dinosaurs.
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For the Seven Oaks friends, there is always something to do. Whether they're singing along with Pokey Porcupine's harmonica or playing soccer with Jumper Rabbit, everyone is having fun and learning all sorts of things. These seven stories show how practicing the 7 Habits makes this possible for the whole Seven Oaks Community. From learning how to take charge of their own lives to discovering how balance is best, the Seven Oaks friends have tons of...
11) The moon book
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Identifies the moon as our only natural satellite, describes its movement and phases, and discusses how we have observed and explored it over the years.
14) Flipper Friends
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Updated for 2020, curious kids will love looking at the photos as they listen to the engaging text describing different animal's flippers.
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This picture book is for children learning to read English, learning English as a second language and for parents teaching children to read.The book is written in large letters to make it easy to read. Pages are done separately, to address the issue of letter and picture distortion on some e-readers. The book makes extensive use of sight "flash" words from the Dolchlist to help children easily master these words.The book is one of several children's...
16) All About Chimps
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Updated for 2020, chimpanzees are fascinating to young children. Through the photos and text in this book, young children will learn how chimps can do many of the same things that we can do.
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Whether counting down on December 31st or hanging lanterns for the Lunar New Year, people around the world celebrate each new year. Readers will explore the customs and traditions that define those celebrations. This hi-lo narrative nonfiction series celebrates diverse cultures while highlighting how expressions of joy and connection are all part of the human experience.
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"It could happen anywhere, at any time." The chillingly familiar history of the infamous Salem witch trials is here brought into modern context, showing how bias and blame have worked in tandem throughout history, to disastrous effect. As the townspeople become increasingly fueled by suspicion, the accused become the accusers, naming names to save themselves. Could something like this still occur today? Of course. But it's up to all of us to stop...
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Doing gymnastics, Ágnes Keleti feels free, until the day her coach tells her there's a new law in Hungary barring Jewish athletes from the gym. Once Germany sends soldiers into Budapest, they are impossible to ignore and Ágnes hatches a plan. With identity papers from a Christian woman, she goes into hiding in a small farming village. She does housework for a family who support the Nazis, but she never stops dreaming of the day she will be able...
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