english language

Illustrates and explains over 100 common English idioms, in categories including animals, body parts, and colors.

Chronicles the history and origin of the English language, describing how millions of English words, weird spellings, and confusing pronunciations all came together.

"This book introduces young readers to the 'an' word family through a simple rhyme scheme. The book features six words such as 'fan,' 'man,' and 'pan' to reinforce the sound and letter combination"--Provided by publisher.

"This book introduces young readers to the 'ock' word family through a simple rhyme scheme. The book features six words such as 'sock,' 'clock,' and 'rock' to reinforce the sound and letter combination"--Provided by publisher.

"This book introduces young readers to the 'og' word family . . . features . . . 10 words such as 'frog,' 'dog,' and 'hog' to reinforce the sound and letter combination"--Provided by publisher.

Nancy, who loves to use fancy words, and her friend Bree are proud to be the best spellers in their class, but when a spelling quiz proves tougher than Nancy thought, Nancy is faced with a difficult decision.

Vowels that have a silent "e" are introduced through the story of an understanding father and his little girl who gets into mishaps.

The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in "b" becomes a balloon and "y" turns into the head of a yak.

A little boy fills his sound box with many words beginning with the letter "t".