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Hooway for Wodney Wat
Poor Rodney Rat can't pronounce his R's and the other rodents tease him mercilessly. But when Camilla Capybara joins Rodney's class and announces that she is bigger, meaner, and smarter than any of the other rodents, everyone is afraid. It seems she really is bigger, meaner, and smarter than all of the rest of them. Until our unwitting hero, Wodney Wat, catches Camilla out in a game of Simon Sa…
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- 9780618216123
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- L
The vicar of Nibbleswicke
“My name is Eel, Robert Eel. I am the new rotsap of Nibbleswicke. Dog help me!” The Reverend Lee is suffering from a rare and acutely embarrassing condition: Back-to-Front Dyslexia. It affects only his speech, and he doesn’t realize he’s doing it, but the parishioners of Nibbleswicke are shocked and confused by seemingly outrageous comments. At last a cure is found and the mild-ma…
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- 0712649913
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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Selby screams
Selby, the talking dog, is back - by popular demand - and getting tangled up in more misadventures. Selby, the talking dog, is back - by popular demand - and getting tangled up in more misadventures. Selby is still trying to keep his amazing abilities a secret so the trifles don't put him to work or, even worse, hand him over to scientists to be examined. But he needs to speak out - or s…
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- 0207200238
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- 165 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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There's a frog in my throat! : 440 animal sayings a little bird told me
Have you heard the buzz? Kids book experts Pat Street and Loreen Leedy worked like dogs (that is, they worked very hard) to pull a rabbit out of a hat (do something amazing) and create this hilarious, comprehensive introduction to similes, metaphors, and idioms. Pairing hilariously literal illustrations—like a duck in scrubs for a quack, or a hen's chicken scratch handwriting—with…
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- 0439597439
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- 428.1 LEE
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Through zany, brightly colored illustrations and rhyming verse, Arnold explores common figures of speech that amaze and frighten a young boy. "I'll bet that broke your heart," "give him a hand," "Hold your tongue," and "jumps out of his skin" are only a few of the sayings that worry the protagonist.
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- 0439519772
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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Tessa snaps snakes
Brief text and illustrations of children engaged in a variety of activities explain the meaning of different words. What's your favourite midnight snack? While Celeste likes coconut macaroons and Ernie eats the cooking chocolate, Tessa snaps snakes. Follow a delightful group of children as they discover and celebrate their individual differences.
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- 0733621104
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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Pygmalion
One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages, an entertaining motion picture and a great hit with its musical version, My Fair Lady. An updated and considerably revised version of the ancient Greek legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, the 20th-century story pokes fun at the antiquated British class system. In Shaw's clever adapt…
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