Author: Editors of Chase's
Publisher: Bernan Press
ISBN: 1598888080
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
Chase's Calendar of Events is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference available on special events, holidays, federal and state observances, historic anniversaries, astronomical phenomena, and more. Published since 1957, Chase's is the only guide to special days, weeks, and months.
The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults
Author: Cheryl Klein
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393292258
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This master class in writing children’s and young adult novels will teach you everything you need to know to write and publish a great book. The best children’s and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable premise for a novel to finding a dream agent. She delves deep into the major elements of fiction—intention, character, plot, and voice—while addressing important topics like diversity, world-building, and the differences between middle-grade and YA novels. In addition, the book’s exercises, questions, and straightforward rules of thumb help writers apply these insights to their own creative works. With its generous tone and useful tools for story analysis and revision, The Magic Words is an essential handbook for writers of children’s and young adult fiction.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393292258
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This master class in writing children’s and young adult novels will teach you everything you need to know to write and publish a great book. The best children’s and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable premise for a novel to finding a dream agent. She delves deep into the major elements of fiction—intention, character, plot, and voice—while addressing important topics like diversity, world-building, and the differences between middle-grade and YA novels. In addition, the book’s exercises, questions, and straightforward rules of thumb help writers apply these insights to their own creative works. With its generous tone and useful tools for story analysis and revision, The Magic Words is an essential handbook for writers of children’s and young adult fiction.
Harlequin Special Edition October 2016 Box Set 1 of 2
Author: Christine Rimmer
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488025185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: MS. BRAVO AND THE BOSS The Bravos of Justice Creek by CHRISTINE RIMMER Jed Walsh has finally found the perfect assistant to put up with his extreme writing process in a down-on-her-luck caterer named Elise Bravo. He refuses to give in to their attraction and vows to make her stay on as his assistant but he never thought she'd be able to lay claim to the heart he didn't even know he had. ROPING IN THE COWGIRL Rocking Chair Rodeo by JUDY DUARTE Shannon Cramer is a nurse at the Rocking Chair Rodeo, a retirement home for cowboys. When she and Blake Darnell, a headstrong attorney, butt heads over a May-December romance between his uncle and her aunt, they're surprised to encounter sparks of desire and a romance of their own. MEET ME AT THE CHAPEL The Crandall Lake Chronicles by PATRICIA KAY Olivia Britton may be developing feelings for Matt Britton, her dead husband's brother, but his mother is trying to have her declared an unfit mother to little Thea, the daughter her husband never got to meet. Matt's been in love with Olivia for years and he's not going to let his mother's prejudice get in their way. Can they overcome a bitter mother-in-law and a lawsuit to create the family they've always dreamed of? Look for Harlequin Special Edition’s October 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more stories of life, love and family! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Special Edition!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488025185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: MS. BRAVO AND THE BOSS The Bravos of Justice Creek by CHRISTINE RIMMER Jed Walsh has finally found the perfect assistant to put up with his extreme writing process in a down-on-her-luck caterer named Elise Bravo. He refuses to give in to their attraction and vows to make her stay on as his assistant but he never thought she'd be able to lay claim to the heart he didn't even know he had. ROPING IN THE COWGIRL Rocking Chair Rodeo by JUDY DUARTE Shannon Cramer is a nurse at the Rocking Chair Rodeo, a retirement home for cowboys. When she and Blake Darnell, a headstrong attorney, butt heads over a May-December romance between his uncle and her aunt, they're surprised to encounter sparks of desire and a romance of their own. MEET ME AT THE CHAPEL The Crandall Lake Chronicles by PATRICIA KAY Olivia Britton may be developing feelings for Matt Britton, her dead husband's brother, but his mother is trying to have her declared an unfit mother to little Thea, the daughter her husband never got to meet. Matt's been in love with Olivia for years and he's not going to let his mother's prejudice get in their way. Can they overcome a bitter mother-in-law and a lawsuit to create the family they've always dreamed of? Look for Harlequin Special Edition’s October 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more stories of life, love and family! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Special Edition!
Ballet Cat The Totally Secret Secret
Author: Bob Shea
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781484713785
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Ballet Cat and Sparkles the Pony are trying to decide what to play today. Nothing that Sparkles suggests--making crafts, playing checkers, and selling lemonade--goes well with the leaping, spinning, and twirling that Ballet Cat likes to do. When Sparkles's leaps, spins, and twirls seem halfhearted, Ballet Cat asks him what's wrong. Sparkles doesn't want to say. He has a secret that Ballet Cat won't want to hear. What Sparkles doesn't know is that Ballet Cat has a secret of her own, a totally secret secret. Once their secrets are shared, will their friendship end, or be stronger than ever?
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781484713785
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Ballet Cat and Sparkles the Pony are trying to decide what to play today. Nothing that Sparkles suggests--making crafts, playing checkers, and selling lemonade--goes well with the leaping, spinning, and twirling that Ballet Cat likes to do. When Sparkles's leaps, spins, and twirls seem halfhearted, Ballet Cat asks him what's wrong. Sparkles doesn't want to say. He has a secret that Ballet Cat won't want to hear. What Sparkles doesn't know is that Ballet Cat has a secret of her own, a totally secret secret. Once their secrets are shared, will their friendship end, or be stronger than ever?
Daily Language Practice for First Grade
Author: Christine Dugan
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1480795615
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
This week of practice pages build first graders' language skills. Each question is tied to a specific grammar, usage, and mechanics concept. Daily practice through these quick activities will help your students. Great formative assessment tool!
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1480795615
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
This week of practice pages build first graders' language skills. Each question is tied to a specific grammar, usage, and mechanics concept. Daily practice through these quick activities will help your students. Great formative assessment tool!
180 Days: Language for First Grade
Author: Christine Dugan
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425811663
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
180 Days of Language is a fun and effective daily practice workbook designed to help students improve their grammar skills. This easy-to-use first grade workbook is great for at-home learning or in the classroom. The engaging standards-based activities cover grade-level skills with easy to follow instructions and an answer key to quickly assess student understanding. Students will practice punctuation, capitalization, and spelling with daily activity pages. Watch as students improve their grammar and writing skills with these quick independent learning activities.Parents appreciate the teacher-approved activity books that keep their child engaged and learning. Great for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school, or prevent learning loss over summer.Teachers rely on the daily practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The ready to implement activities are perfect for daily morning review or homework. The activities can also be used for intervention skill building to address learning gaps.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425811663
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
180 Days of Language is a fun and effective daily practice workbook designed to help students improve their grammar skills. This easy-to-use first grade workbook is great for at-home learning or in the classroom. The engaging standards-based activities cover grade-level skills with easy to follow instructions and an answer key to quickly assess student understanding. Students will practice punctuation, capitalization, and spelling with daily activity pages. Watch as students improve their grammar and writing skills with these quick independent learning activities.Parents appreciate the teacher-approved activity books that keep their child engaged and learning. Great for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school, or prevent learning loss over summer.Teachers rely on the daily practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The ready to implement activities are perfect for daily morning review or homework. The activities can also be used for intervention skill building to address learning gaps.
Harlequin Desire October 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2
Author: Cat Schield
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488025215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! THE BLACK SHEEP’S SECRET CHILD by Cat Schield Billionaires and Babies When his brother’s widow comes to Trent Caldwell asking him to save the family company, he knows exactly what he wants in return. First, complete control of the business. Then the secretive single mother back in his bed… HIS SECRET BABY BOMBSHELL by Jules Bennett Dynasties: The Newports After their secret affair, Graham Newport discovers Eva Winchester is pregnant! Her father is Graham’s most hated business rival, but he’s ready to fight for Eve and their baby...as long as he can keep his heart out of the negotiations! HIS ILLEGITIMATE HEIR by Sarah M. Anderson The Beaumont Heirs Zeb Richards has never wanted anything more than he wants the Beaumont’s prized company. Until he meets top employee Casey Johnson. Now this boss is breaking all the rules for just one night—a night with consequences… Look for Harlequin® Desire’s October 2016 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488025215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! THE BLACK SHEEP’S SECRET CHILD by Cat Schield Billionaires and Babies When his brother’s widow comes to Trent Caldwell asking him to save the family company, he knows exactly what he wants in return. First, complete control of the business. Then the secretive single mother back in his bed… HIS SECRET BABY BOMBSHELL by Jules Bennett Dynasties: The Newports After their secret affair, Graham Newport discovers Eva Winchester is pregnant! Her father is Graham’s most hated business rival, but he’s ready to fight for Eve and their baby...as long as he can keep his heart out of the negotiations! HIS ILLEGITIMATE HEIR by Sarah M. Anderson The Beaumont Heirs Zeb Richards has never wanted anything more than he wants the Beaumont’s prized company. Until he meets top employee Casey Johnson. Now this boss is breaking all the rules for just one night—a night with consequences… Look for Harlequin® Desire’s October 2016 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Harlequin Desire February 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2
Author: Sarah M. Anderson
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459296001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles with the bonus short story — Never Too Late by Brenda Jackson for one great price! His Forever Family (Billionaires and Babies) Sarah M. Anderson When caring for an abandoned baby brings Liberty and her billionaire boss Marcus closer, she must resist temptation. Her secrets could destroy her career and the chance to care for the foster child they are both coming to love… His Pregnant Princess Bride (Bayou Billionaires) Catherine Mann What starts as a temporary vacation fling for an arrogant heir to a Southern football fortune and a real-life princess becomes way more than they bargained for when the princess becomes pregnant! Needed: One Convenient Husband (The Pearl House) Fiona Brand To collect her inheritance, Eva Atraeus only has three weeks to marry. Billionaire banker Kyle Messena, the trustee of the will and her first love, rejects every potential groom…until he's the only one left! How convenient… Look for Harlequin® Desire's February 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459296001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles with the bonus short story — Never Too Late by Brenda Jackson for one great price! His Forever Family (Billionaires and Babies) Sarah M. Anderson When caring for an abandoned baby brings Liberty and her billionaire boss Marcus closer, she must resist temptation. Her secrets could destroy her career and the chance to care for the foster child they are both coming to love… His Pregnant Princess Bride (Bayou Billionaires) Catherine Mann What starts as a temporary vacation fling for an arrogant heir to a Southern football fortune and a real-life princess becomes way more than they bargained for when the princess becomes pregnant! Needed: One Convenient Husband (The Pearl House) Fiona Brand To collect her inheritance, Eva Atraeus only has three weeks to marry. Billionaire banker Kyle Messena, the trustee of the will and her first love, rejects every potential groom…until he's the only one left! How convenient… Look for Harlequin® Desire's February 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
The Christmas Day Kitten
Author: James Herriot
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 0312097670
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Christmas can never go by without my remembering a certain little cat." So begins The Christmas Day Kitten, another true story from James Herriot's rich experience as a country vet. As always, the tale includes a vivid group of characters on two legs and four: Mrs. Pickering and her three stately Basset hounds, James himself, and Debbie, the self-possesed stray cat who makes a special contribution to Christmas at the Pickering house. This is one of James Herriot's own favorite stories, and it is sure to be one of yours.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 0312097670
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Christmas can never go by without my remembering a certain little cat." So begins The Christmas Day Kitten, another true story from James Herriot's rich experience as a country vet. As always, the tale includes a vivid group of characters on two legs and four: Mrs. Pickering and her three stately Basset hounds, James himself, and Debbie, the self-possesed stray cat who makes a special contribution to Christmas at the Pickering house. This is one of James Herriot's own favorite stories, and it is sure to be one of yours.
Harlequin Desire September 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2
Author: Kathie DeNosky
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488023123
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! #2467 THE RANCHER'S ONE-WEEK WIFE by Kathie DeNosky Wealthy rancher Blake and city-girl Karly's whirlwind rodeo romance ends with wedding vows—and then reality sets in! But during the delivery of divorce papers, she's stranded at his ranch. Can they turn their one week into forever? #2469 EXPECTING HIS SECRET HEIR by Dani Wade Mill Town Millionaires Mission: dig up dirt on Zach Gatlin, so he'll be disqualified from inheriting the fortune he doesn't know exists. Payment: enough money to cover Sadie's critically ill sister's medical bills. Approach: seduction. Complication: her heart…and a baby! #2470 CLAIMED BY THE COWBOY by Sarah M. Anderson Dynasties: The Newports Cowboy Josh Calhoun is only in Chicago to help a friend, but he unexpectedly gets a second chance with Dr. Lucinda Wilde. He let her go once out of respect for his best friend, but this time he plans to claim her… Look for Harlequin® Desire's September 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488023123
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! #2467 THE RANCHER'S ONE-WEEK WIFE by Kathie DeNosky Wealthy rancher Blake and city-girl Karly's whirlwind rodeo romance ends with wedding vows—and then reality sets in! But during the delivery of divorce papers, she's stranded at his ranch. Can they turn their one week into forever? #2469 EXPECTING HIS SECRET HEIR by Dani Wade Mill Town Millionaires Mission: dig up dirt on Zach Gatlin, so he'll be disqualified from inheriting the fortune he doesn't know exists. Payment: enough money to cover Sadie's critically ill sister's medical bills. Approach: seduction. Complication: her heart…and a baby! #2470 CLAIMED BY THE COWBOY by Sarah M. Anderson Dynasties: The Newports Cowboy Josh Calhoun is only in Chicago to help a friend, but he unexpectedly gets a second chance with Dr. Lucinda Wilde. He let her go once out of respect for his best friend, but this time he plans to claim her… Look for Harlequin® Desire's September 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Hot Guys and Kittens
Author: Audrey Khuner
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449456979
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The pictures are paired with tongue-in-cheek captions showcasing the likes and dislikes of both the man and the kitten. Like the guys themselves, this book is the perfect combination of cute, sexy, and funny. You'll find yourself saying "ooh" and "aw" at the same time!
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449456979
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The pictures are paired with tongue-in-cheek captions showcasing the likes and dislikes of both the man and the kitten. Like the guys themselves, this book is the perfect combination of cute, sexy, and funny. You'll find yourself saying "ooh" and "aw" at the same time!