Writing For Children

A great recurring character in a series you love becomes an old friend. You learn about their strange quirks and their haunted pasts and root for them every time they face danger. But where do some of the most fascinating sleuths in the mystery and thriller world really come from? What was the real-life location that inspired Michael Connelly to make Harry Bosch a Vietnam vet tunnel rat? Why is Lee Child's Jack Reacher a drifter?

Do you wish to help your child improve their grammar, vocabulary, as well as spelling skills, to help them in an upcoming spelling bee or simply help them improve their performance in language? you’ve just discovered the perfect spelling bee guide, with over 400+ words to help your kid master comprehension, writing, spelling, and usage of each word! Learning spelling can greatly give your school going child an edge, not just in a spelling bee but in other aspects of their school life.

This funny picture book is all about cartoon animals getting into trouble. Where are they going? What are they doing? Only you can guess. Each picture is a stand-alone funny scene with simple sentences mixed with silly humor. This book is for early readers through second grade.

Ingenious Compassion: Emphatically, Caring, and Specifically focuses on my work at the University of Southern California (USC). This is my first publication, but it will not be my last. I am publishing this work so that those who have and are currently striving to become a Social Worker, hopefully this work will serve as a guide for writing and research through out the program.

Do you want to help your child improve their spelling skills and win the Spelling Bee? The English language can be tricky to understand. And throw a pandemic and distractions from electronics in the mix, and it becomes obvious that so many children are struggling in school. We want our children to feel confident in their spelling abilities and understand their own language, and that is why we created this audiobook.

This self-teaching instruction audiobook (in American English) helps with: spelling vowels (long, short, and vowel groups); spelling consonants (including blends); words with multiple syllables; distinguishing between homophones; examples of tricky proper nouns; and much more. This book avoids technical jargon (like diphthongs and phonemes) so that people of all ages and backgrounds can understand the ideas. This makes it handy for English as a second language (ESL) students, or anyone who isn’t fluent with the technical vocabulary conventionally used to teach spelling and phonics.

Discover the power of second chances in this heartwarming series of love, loss, and a fresh start from bestselling author Sylvia Price. Beth Campbell is struggling with her growing feelings for Sean Pennington, who is spending more and more time at the bed and breakfast she runs. She finds herself caught in a web of emotions as her friendship with Sean blossoms into something more, but she fears what their developing relationship might bring. When Sean's estranged ex-wife shows up at the bed and breakfast and tries to win him back, Beth is forced to confront her feelings and decide what's ...

This book will increase your child's word power, and you may learn something, too. A love of language is such an important skill, and this book explains the important of picking the right words and broadening your vocabulary with lots of examples. Learn the origins of the words gobbledygook and bop. Learn about compound words, metaphors, riddles, and even creating your own words. You'll also pick up some obscure words along the way from absquatulate to tintinnabulation and learn how lots of different words can describe similar activities.

Spelling for kids doesn’t have to be daunting for parents. This audiobook is perfect for kids looking to learn to spell the 200 most common sight words. Built to succeed, this audiobook is structured in a unique style that aims to help children learn to spell while making learning fun and easy. In Sight Words for Kids, you’ll find the 200 most common words used daily. This audiobook introduces learning the simple words first before moving on to the challenging sight words.

Are you worried about your English skills? Do you want to sound like a native speaker each time you open your mouth? Overcoming your accent and mastering the vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation can be challenging, depending on your native tongue. Listening and practicing vocally are the best ways to perfect new language skills, regardless of your current level.

BEARY BEAR and his friends love to have fun! Today BEARY BEAR & CHIP take a walk in the snow. During their walk, they become tangled in word meanings. This makes their simple walk confusing but even more fun! Being best friends, BEARY BEAR & CHIP figure out the words and their meanings, of course! *Communication Mission Achieved! * The Beary Bear & Friends Book Series teaches common and uncommon homophones, homographs, and homonyms through stories. The books are designed to support "exceptional learners," specifically neurodivergent and bi/multilingual students.

Following the publication of her acclaimed, darkly funny novel O Caledonia, Elspeth Barker’s sharp and witty essays appeared regularly in the national press. Notes from the Henhouse, a selection of the most personal of these pieces, welcomes listeners into the celebrated writer’s life.

Discover the colorful, brilliant, dazzling life of an adjective! In this imaginative picture book, young grammarians are introduced to these busy words that describe nouns.

Welcome to Draw It, Write It, Become It — the first student adventure in the Ask Charlie series! This isn't just a workbook—it's a magical journey of imagination, self-discovery, and authorship for creative kids ages 9–14. Guided by Charlie, their wise and funny AI sidekick, young creators will draw, dream, and write their way into becoming confident young authors. With every step, they unlock pieces of their inner world—and by the end, they’ll have not just a story, but the start of their very own book. Inside this creative workshop, kids will: Discover what makes them unique ...

Lydia Maria Child grew up in the 1800s reading countless books. She defied the idea that girls weren't supposed to fill their minds with ideas and stories. They weren't supposed to write their own books, either, but that is exactly what Lydia Maria did. Although she gained remarkable success as a writer for children and adults, she sacrificed everything when she took up her pen against slavery. Lydia Maria believed that slavery was wrong—and she wasn't afraid to say so. As a result, her courageous words changed her life and helped change the course of American history.

"A harrowing and unforgettable FBI thriller." –BestThrillers.com Three fourteen-year-old boys are inextricably linked by abduction and murder. Two of them were just abducted off a safe suburban street. Kelliher and his team of FBI agents have 24 hours to find them or they'll end up like all the others... dead! They have no leads, no clues, and nothing to go on. And the possibility exists that one of his team members might be involved. A fourth boy, George Tokay, a Navajo, holds a key piece to this puzzle and doesn't realize it. Kelliher and his team have been on this case for two years. ...

Dive into a world of letters and words with Alphabet Adventures: 20 Words to Master Each Letter! This enchanting children's book series is designed to turn learning into a magical journey. Perfect for young listeners, each book in the series focuses on a single letter of the alphabet, introducing kids to 20 carefully selected words that start with that letter.

Award-winning author Jim Murphy whisks you back in time to witness the disastrous 1871 Chicago fire. He depicts the tragedy so vividly, you can almost feel the scorching heat and hear the roar of the blaze as it reduces the bustling city to a smoldering wasteland.

Are you determined to become the best speller in the class? Are you preparing for the next upcoming spelling bee? Are you looking for a way to challenge your spelling abilities? Perhaps you and your friends are looking to have a spell off! Preparing for the real world can be challenging, however. Knowing how to spell and understanding the vocabulary of each word is imperative for communication, comprehension, and literacy. In this manual, you will discover over 400 comprehensive words for grades four to six with sentences to challenge their spelling.

From the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of a Lost World comes a deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons - a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, white seashells in dry desert sand, boulders impossibly balanced. Craig Childs delves into the primacy of the land and the profound nature of the more-than-human.