english language

"Awe is the tale of the three dead letters of the English language: Thorn, Eth, and ? (pronounced variously). The teller of these stories, for there are more than one, is an old cat (O/C) with the sad excuse of a story tale, er, tail; and a mess of other possible tails and worlds (that is), a mess of If(f)s; both blissful and broken by the sheer, immense particularity of it all; and so he glows in the dark. A wise cat among wonders. A cat who challenges all tails but his own..."--Page 4 of cover.

Introduces the long "e" vowel sound and sight words through a short story in which Little Critter brings his special touch to working in the garden with his family.

A French-English, English-French dictionary containing more than forty thousand entry words and phrases.

Alphabetically lists twenty-six notable American women.

"Period wants to write a story, but he can't find the words. He enlists the help of some punctuation pals and together they not only find the words, they come up with quite a story"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a collection of photographs that illustrate the letters of the alphabet as they naturally occur in nature.

Contains the one hundred most mispronounced words in the English language, selected by the editors of the "American Heritage Dictionary," and presents each word in standard dictionary format, with added explanation regarding the correct pronunciation along with information about the history of misuse.