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2) The list
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Letta, charged with collecting and saving words, uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language, robbing the people of Ark of the power of speech, and realizes she must also save the culture, itself.
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"Dictionary wishes she could tell a story like other books. So one day, she decides to bring her words to life. How exciting it is to finally have an adventure on her very own pages! But what will she do when her characters collide and everything gets all in a jumble, causing the most enormous tantrum to explode? This isn't what she wanted at all! Luckily her friend Alphabet knows exactly what to do and sings a song that brings calm and order to Dictionary's...
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"Words are everywhere. But do you know where your favorite words come from? Maybe they plop to the ground from high up in the sky! Or maybe workers piece them together in big factories. Or maybe they come from a one-of-a-kind word-maker ... but who could that be? Vivid letter-filled illustrations explore imaginative ways words are made as this book shares the secret to creating new words . . ."--Jacket
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"A collection of very short stories composed entirely of example sentences from various dictionaries, perfect for fans of The Lover's Dictionary and The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? " Dictionary Stories brings to literature the spirit of the musical mashup, digging in the crates to find old hooks and arrange them into new delights with an appeal that's not merely academic but truly pop. This kind of work reminds us: it's all there, love and disappointment...
12) We might see
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"On each spread of the brilliantly conceived picture book, the youngest readers will find a splash of first words -- from nouns and onomatopoeia to color words, adjectives, and more. As they explore bold, high-contrast art filled with surprising details, readers are welcome to make connections and name the discoveries they make for themselves!"--Page 2 of cover.
"Against this lively rhyming narrative text, readers will find a splash of first words...
13) Pajama Day
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Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, is excited to wear her elegant nightgown for Pajama Day at school, until best friend Bree and schoolmate Clara impress everyone by wearing matching pink polka-dot pajamas.
15) Soccer mania
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Nancy Clancy volume 6
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As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.
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Big words small stories volume 2
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"This second book in the Big Words Small Stories series follows the adventures of a boy named Davey and his dog, Abigail, as they travel the world on a floating dustball. Although Abigail finds travel IRKSOME and far prefers to stay at home LOLLYGAGGING, even she has admit that the dustball is an impressive PHENOMENON. As in the first book, the two are visited along the way by the Sprinkle Fairy, who owns a word factory in Sicily, "where the best...
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"Smell the daisies is the third book in the Big Words Small Stories series. Each book in this series features features five multi-syllabic words that are fun to say and use, in five quirky short stories. In this book, we meet the adorable Oleander and her pet salamander, Sally Mander. Oleander likes to keep busy, and Sally Mander likes to take it easy. As in the first two books in the series, the pair are visited by the Sprinkle Fairy and her helpers,...
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