Writing For Children

As it is with all stories, there is an origin. Events that happen now will have consequences for the future. At this point, all of Pangaea is still one continent. Dinosaurs were the most dominant of all species, both on the land and below the waters of Pangaea before Magic. Some of the creatures living in the Ocean can live both on land and in water. No Clans have been formed and declared yet.

Meet Braelin, a young woman in the year 2056, whose life is soon to be changed forever by a virus known as C47 - a virus that wipes out much of the world, including her parents and her twin.

A mother cat and her kittens, shot with a pellet gun. A poacher illegally stalking a bear. Peg Kehret tells these true stories and more as she invites readers into her life on a small wildlife sanctuary. Vividly showing the joys of animal rescue while providing facts about the animals and birds she encounters, Kehret also shares the tragedy of her husband's sudden death, and the pain of losing Pete, the shelter cat who co-authored three of her books.

Caleb's finest hour is his deepest secret. Not even his parents knew what really happened after three nights in the wilderness. Now another school, another class, and another group of kids who were not his friends.

In The Tale of English Punctuation: A Grammarland Adventure, children aged 6–10 will discover how commas, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, and their quirky punctuation friends help make writing clear, expressive, and fun. Each chapter brings the marks to life as unique characters—from the graceful Comma who keeps lists in order to the dramatic Dash who loves excitement—each one shining in their own special month of the year.

What will it take to stop gendered violence? What went wrong? Australian governments promised to end violence against women and children in a single generation. Instead, it is escalating: men have been murdering women at an increased rate, coercive control and sexual violence are becoming more complex and severe, and we see a marked rise in youth-on-youth sexual assault. Why? In Losing It, Jess Hill investigates Australia's National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children to find out what's working and what's not – and what we can do to turn things around.

Too many digital nomads think that it can’t be done with kids. Once they have children, they feel like they have to settle down and conform to other people’s expectations. But, that is not true at all! You can manage a business, while you travel the world with your children. You can have a work/life balance as a digital nomad parent! Digital Nomad Moms: Women Who Carved Out Successful Remote Careers to Travel the World with Their Children is a collaborative book that features 17 chapters written by travel-loving female authors, moms, and business owners.

Like many people, you’ve probably used idioms or phrases like these without giving them a second thought. But if you were to take a moment to step back and learn about them, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to discover the mesmerizing and sometimes outright bizarre origins to these fun sayings! In Why Do We Say That?, we have curated 202 of the most regularly used idioms, proverbs, turns of phrases, and colloquial terms that have the most fascinating backstories. For each phrase, we explain how it was coined, how its use evolved, and how it gained its contemporary use.

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, composer, essayist, and adventure writer. "The Silverado Squatters" is a travelogue of his honeymoon in the Napa Valley. "Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes" (1879), one of his earliest published works, is considered a milestone of outdoor literature. The short story "A Lodging for the Night" (1877) was Stevenson's first published fiction, at the age of 27, while Kidnapped (1886) is an historical novel set in 18th-century Scotland, about the Appin Murder.

Use these audiobooks for independent study in homeschool, freeing you up to work with another child, do the dishes, work, or for a quiet cup of tea. Now that more schools are leaving out spelling, many are left with the inability to read well and think. It is our hope that this audiobook will help your child to not only experience more success in language arts but also in their ability to analyze and problem-solve throughout their lives, giving them a sense of confidence and independence that sloppy thinking just can’t.

Rechtschreibung leicht gemacht: Mit kinderleichten Erklärungen und effektiven Übungen im Handumdrehen zum Rechtschreib-König werden. "Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache" seufzt man nicht ganz ohne Grund, denn die Sprache der Dichter und Denker kennt tatsächlich ein paar Tücken. Die gute Nachricht ist allerdings: Sie folgt auch herrlich klaren Regeln und wie Ihr Nachwuchs diese ganz einfach verinnerlichen und sicher anwenden kann, das zeigt Ihnen dieser kompetente Rechtschreibtrainer.

Make learning the alphabet easy and exciting with Alphabet Anatomy, the ultimate ABC book for kids that teaches letter recognition, phonics, and handwriting skills in a fun, rhyming way. This early literacy book helps children understand how letters are formed, their sounds, and their structure. A perfect foundation for reading and writing success!

My sand life, my pebble life. My life measured out in tides, coming in and going out. My life measured out in games of trying to spot the sea first. My life measured out in the delicious and indulgent sadness that comes from leaving a holiday cottage for the last time and for the first time in several days it isn’t raining, but at least the kids have had a great time and, let’s face it, so have you.

Hello kids and parents. Are you looking for an interactive book to help your child with spelling? You have come to the right place. The lessons attached include more than 460 five-letter words and sentences that will help sharpen your child’s thinking skills and help you and your child have some fun together. They are broken up into six different chapters. Words to do with sports, words with an N in them, words to do with work, words with an A in them, and two chapters of miscellaneous five-letter words.

This audiobook is a collection of poetry and short stories that I’ve written throughout my childhood.

Join beloved bunny brothers Hunny and Sunny on another giggle-filled journey—the delightful companion to Hunny and Sunny Learn About Idioms! Meet Berty the Wordy Butterfly as he introduces twelve hilariously peculiar English words, exploring why “kerfuffle” sounds silly or what makes “discombobulated” fun to say.

Rhymes and Writings is a short selection of poems and ramblings - some written in the 1970s, some written in 2016, almost 45 years later. Raw, sad, dark, and sometimes funny, this collection provides a very personal insight into the mind of a playful author. Rhymes and Writings will have you feeling every emotion you have and some emotions you didn't know existed.

Newbery Award–winning author Jack Gantos shares advice for how to be the best brilliant writer in this funny and practical writing guide perfect for all kids who dream of seeing their name on the spine of a book. With the signature wit and humor that have garnered him legions of fans, Gantos...

A principis del segle XX, una dona jove viu una passió prohibida, un enardiment que no havia sentit mai abans i que la trasbalsa tota. On la conduirà aquest amor? Quan la seva vida fa un gir inesperat, haurà de ser valenta per tirar endavant. Religió, sexe, sentiment i dolor marquen l’existència de Caterina en una època que les emocions es callaven i els pecats mataven. Una precisió mesurada, una elegància literària única i una tècnica narrativa sorprenent ens demostren que ens trobem davant d’una jove promesa en català.

The Great Fire of 1871 was one of the most colossal disasters in American history - with damage so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again. By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with careful research, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting and dramatic narrative, ultimately revealing how the human spirit triumphed even in a time of deepest despair and the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again.