language and languages

Best friends and sixth-graders Bumble and Lizard go on a quest to save the severely endangered language, Guern?siais, partly to impress Bumble's linguist mother.

"English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--Provided by publisher.

"The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son"--Provided by publisher.

Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.

When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language differences.

"A . . . scholar's . . . treatise on how learning other languages can change how we see the world, for the better"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the histories of twenty languages and dialects, looking at their commonalities and differences.

Offers advice to educators on how to help students in grades five to twelve learn to understand and use the academic language they need to succeed in school, looking at general types of academic language, as well as topic specific variations.

"Six children are at the park, one group speaks only English and the other only Spanish, but soon they learn to communicate through playing, dancing, and singing. The English and Spanish words in this story aren't directly translated"--Provided by publisher.