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Product Description: Teaching the parts of speech is super fun with Marvin Terban—Professor Grammar himself—as a virtual co-teacher. Marvin introduces each part of speech in a series of short, highly engaging videos that serve as a launch pad to a rich mini grammar curriculum that includes interactive whiteboard activities and reproducible practice pages...read more

Paperback:

9780545550383 | Pap/dvdr/c edition (Scholastic Prof Book Div, July 15, 2014), cover price $69.99 | About this edition: Teaching the parts of speech is super fun with Marvin Terban—Professor Grammar himself—as a virtual co-teacher.

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Product Description: Help students become stronger writers with these fun-to-do learning packets on the important topics of capitalization, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and so much more! Each reproducible packet targets and teaches one type of punctuation—such as commas—in an easy and thorough way to ensure kids REALLY learn the rules...read more

Paperback:

9780545204590 | Scholastic Prof Book Div, September 1, 2011, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Help students become stronger writers with these fun-to-do learning packets on the important topics of capitalization, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and so much more!

Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places

Miscellaneous:

9780547346144 | Houghton Mifflin, August 18, 2008, cover price $6.95 | also contains Guppies in Tuxedos: Funny Eponyms

Reinforced:

9780606012959 | Demco Media, April 1, 1988, cover price $16.90 | also contains Guppies in Tuxedos: Funny Eponyms | About this edition: Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places

Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places

Paperback:

9780547031880 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, August 18, 2008), cover price $7.95
9780899197708 | Sandpiper, April 18, 1988, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places

Miscellaneous:

9780547346144 | Houghton Mifflin, August 18, 2008, cover price $6.95 | also contains Guppies in Tuxedos: Funny Eponyms

Reinforced:

9780606012959 | Demco Media, April 1, 1988, cover price $16.90 | also contains Guppies in Tuxedos: Funny Eponyms | About this edition: Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places

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Product Description: Have you ever been so angry that you were mad as a wet hen? The meanings of 134 lively idioms are explained in this entertaining and useful book.
By Giulio Maestro (illustrator) and Marvin Terban

Hardcover:

9780899194783 | Clarion Books, June 1, 1987, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Illustrates and explains over 100 common English idioms, in categories including animals, body parts, and colors

Reinforced:

9780606018050 | Demco Media, October 1, 1987, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: Illustrates and explains over 100 common English idioms, in categories including animals, body parts, and colors

Prebinding:

9781439527474, titled "Mad As a Wet Hen!: And Other Funny Idioms" | Reissue edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Have you ever been so angry that you were mad as a wet hen?

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Product Description: Verbs, Verbs, Verbs gives the conjugations of over 100 of the most commonly-used irregular verbs in English. Zany examples show how to use each verb form correctly.Grammar is challenging for kids, and irregular verbs are especially difficult to learn...read more

Hardcover:

9780439401562, titled "Verbs, Verbs, Verbs: The Trickiest Action-Packed Words in English" | Scholastic Reference, August 1, 2002, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Discusses irregular verbs, their tenses, and how to use them and provides full congugation of the 100 most commonly used verbs.

Paperback:

9780439401647, titled "Verbs, Verbs, Verbs: The Trickiest Action-Packed Words in English" | Scholastic Reference, August 1, 2002, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Discusses irregular verbs, their tenses, and how to use them and provides full congugation of the 100 most commonly used verbs.

Prebinding:

9781439520123, titled "Verbs, Verbs, Verbs: The Trickiest Action-packed Words in English" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Verbs, Verbs, Verbs gives the conjugations of over 100 of the most commonly-used irregular verbs in English.
9780613531191 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2002, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Discusses irregular verbs, their tenses, and how to use them and provides full congugation of the 100 most commonly used verbs.

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Product Description: Ever wonder how to remember that dessert has two s's? Think of Something Sweet! This and more than 150 other clever tricks will help kids spell with ease. With an alphabetical listing of over 15,000 words, useful rules, and an index of commonly misspelled words, this guide can help any student conquer the spelling dilemma...read more

Hardcover:

9780590306980 | Scholastic Book Service, June 1, 1998, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: Provides a source for proper spelling, spelling rules, and a 'misspeller's dictionary,' in a volume that includes more than fifteen thousand words and that offers frequently used proper nouns for school reports

Paperback:

9780439764216, titled "Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling" | Revised edition (Scholastic Reference, July 1, 2006), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Provides a source for proper spelling, spelling rules, and a 'misspeller's dictionary,' in a volume that includes more than sixteen thousand words and that offers frequently used proper nouns for school reports.

School and Library:

9780590306973, titled "Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling" | Scholastic, February 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Provides a source for proper spelling, spelling rules, and a 'misspeller's dictionary,' in a volume that includes more than fifteen thousand words and that offers frequently used proper nouns for school reports

Prebinding:

9781435275249, titled "Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 9, 2008), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Ever wonder how to remember that dessert has two s's?
9780613286336 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $18.10 | About this edition: Provides a source for proper spelling, spelling rules, and a 'misspeller's dictionary,' in a volume that includes more than fifteen thousand words and that offers frequently used proper nouns for school reports

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An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins.

Paperback:

9780439770835 | Revised edition (Scholastic Reference, July 1, 2006), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins.
9780590381574 | Reprint edition (Scholastic, February 1, 1998), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins

School and Library:

9780590275491 | Scholastic, March 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins

Reinforced:

9780606137621 | Demco Media, May 1, 1998, cover price $17.83 | About this edition: An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins

Prebinding:

9781435275232 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 9, 2008), cover price $18.99
9781417785353 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2006, cover price $20.85
9780613087063 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.25
9780613887175 | Turtleback Books, February 1, 1998, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins

Provides children with the essential skills and tools they need to write a research paper, including such topics as doing online and traditional research, tackling the writing process, and completing footnotes and a bibliography.

Paperback:

9780439799874 | Scholastic Reference, July 1, 2007, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Provides children with the essential skills and tools they need to write a research paper, including such topics as doing online and traditional research, tackling the writing process, and completing footnotes and a bibliography.

Prebinding:

9781435274990 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 9, 2008), cover price $17.99

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Product Description: Dozens and dozens of fun, attention-getting practice pages help students in grades 3-6 along the path to becoming more confident writers and readers. This book provides exactly the repeated practice students need to hone essential grammar, usage, and mechanics skills...read more

Paperback:

9780439931427 | Scholastic Prof Book Div, May 1, 2008, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Dozens and dozens of fun, attention-getting practice pages help students in grades 3-6 along the path to becoming more confident writers and readers.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling and idioms.

Paperback:

9780590494557 | Scholastic Reference, August 1, 1994, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms

School and Library:

9780590494540 | Scholastic, August 1, 1993, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms

Prebinding:

9781435265622 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9780613512961 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 1994, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms

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Prebinding:

9781417792122, titled "Ready! Set! Research!: Your Fast and Fun Guide to Writing Research Papers That Rock!" | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2007, cover price $19.65

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Presents information on building vocabulary, including meanings of common prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, how to use a dictionary and thesaurus, and how to use context clues to figure out meanings of words.

Hardcover:

9780439285612 | Scholastic Reference, April 1, 2002, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Presents information on building vocabulary, including meanings of common prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, how to use a dictionary and thesaurus, and how to use context clues to figure out meanings of words.

Paperback:

9780439285629 | Reprint edition (Scholastic, June 1, 2003), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Presents information on building vocabulary, including meanings of common prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, how to use a dictionary and thesaurus, and how to use context clues to figure out meanings of words.

Library:

9780439554985 | Orchard Books, November 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents information on building vocabulary, including meanings of common prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, how to use a dictionary and thesaurus, and how to use context clues to figure out meanings of words.

Prebinding:

9780613814065 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $16.80 | About this edition: Presents information on building vocabulary, including meanings of common prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, how to use a dictionary and thesaurus, and how to use context clues to figure out meanings of words.

Explains the purpose and importance of punctuation and how it is used, covering apostrophes, colons, commas, exclamation points, hyphens, parentheses, slashes, and more.

Hardcover:

9780590386739 | Scholastic, March 1, 2000, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Explains the purpose and importance of punctuation and how it is used, covering apostrophes, colons, commas, exclamation points, hyphens, parentheses, slashes, and more.

Paperback:

9780590386746 | Reprint edition (Scholastic Reference, April 1, 2002), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Explains the purpose and importance of punctuation and how it is used, covering apostrophes, colons, commas, exclamation points, hyphens, parentheses, slashes, and more.

Reinforced:

9780606249492 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $15.04 | About this edition: Explains the purpose and importance of punctuation and how it is used, covering apostrophes, colons, commas, exclamation points, hyphens, parentheses, slashes, and more.

A handbook to help students grasp the fundamentals of language arts and composition covers grammar, punctuation, spelling, letter and report writing conventions, composition skills, and other details. (view table of contents)

Prebinding:

9780613357470, titled "Scholastic Writer's Desk Reference: Ultimate Guide to Punctuation, Grammar, Writing, Spelling, Letter Writing and Much More" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: A handbook to help students grasp the fundamentals of language arts and composition covers grammar, punctuation, spelling, letter and report writing conventions, composition skills, and other details.

Provides a source for proper spelling, spelling rules, and a 'misspeller's dictionary,' in a volume that includes more than fifteen thousand words and that offers frequently used proper nouns for school reports

Paperback:

9780439144964 | Scholastic, March 1, 2000, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Provides a source for proper spelling, spelling rules, and a 'misspeller's dictionary,' in a volume that includes more than fifteen thousand words and that offers frequently used proper nouns for school reports

Reinforced:

9780606185950 | Demco Media, April 1, 2000, cover price $18.85 | About this edition: Provides a source for proper spelling, spelling rules, and a 'misspeller's dictionary,' in a volume that includes more than fifteen thousand words and that offers frequently used proper nouns for school reports

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Explains the purpose and importance of punctuation and how it is used, covering apostrophes, colons, commas, exclamation points, hyphens, parentheses, slashes, and more.

Reinforced:

9780606185905 | Demco Media, April 1, 2000, cover price $20.39 | About this edition: Explains the purpose and importance of punctuation and how it is used, covering apostrophes, colons, commas, exclamation points, hyphens, parentheses, slashes, and more.

Prebinding:

9780613453707 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2002, cover price $15.75 | About this edition: Explains the purpose and importance of punctuation and how it is used, covering apostrophes, colons, commas, exclamation points, hyphens, parentheses, slashes, and more.

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Tongue-twisting verses and humorous illustrations introduce young readers to the correct plurals for more than ninety different irregular nouns--including wolf and wolves, loaf and loaves, and goose and geese. Reissue.

Paperback:

9780618191666, titled "Your Foot's on My Feet!: And Other Tricky Nouns" | Reissue edition (Houghton Mifflin, January 21, 2008), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Tongue-twisting verses and humorous illustrations introduce young readers to the correct plurals for more than ninety different irregular nouns--including wolf and wolves, loaf and loaves, and goose and geese.
9780899194134, titled "Your Foot's on My Feet!: And Other Tricky Nouns" | Clarion Books, April 1, 1986, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Explores the plural forms of 100 irregular nouns such as mouse/mice in humorous rhymes and tongue twisters.

School and Library:

9780899194110, titled "Your Foot's on My Feet!: And Other Tricky Nouns" | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Explores the plural forms of 100 irregular nouns such as mouse/mice in humorous rhymes and tongue twisters.

Prebinding:

9780808574996, titled "Your Foot's on My Feet! and Other Tricky Nouns" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Explores the plural forms of 100 irregular nouns such as mouse/mice in humorous rhymes and tongue twisters.

Offers an abundant cache of ideas about using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes

Hardcover:

9780395605561 | Clarion Books, October 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Offers an abundant cache of ideas about using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes

Paperback:

9780395581131 | Sandpiper, October 19, 1992, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Offers an abundant cache of ideas about using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes

Prebinding:

9780785709510 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Offers an abundant cache of ideas about using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes

Product Description: Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction
By Chris L. Demarest (illustrator) and Marvin Terban

Paperback:

9781563976308 | Reprint edition (Wordsong, January 1, 1997), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: An introduction to rhyme offers verses full of word-play to accompany a rhyming dictionary that uses simple word groups

School and Library:

9781563971280 | Boyds Mills Pr, August 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An introduction to rhyme offers verses full of word-play to accompany a rhyming dictionary that uses simple word groups

Reinforced:

9780606180160 | Demco Media, April 1, 1997, cover price $20.25 | About this edition: An introduction to rhyme offers verses full of word-play to accompany a rhyming dictionary that uses simple word groups

Prebinding:

9780613028516 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.20 | About this edition: Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

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An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins

Paperback:

9780590275521 | Scholastic, March 1, 1996, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins

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Introduces and explains common figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole with guidelines for their use and illustrative examples.
By Giulio Maestro (illustrator) and Marvin Terban

Hardcover:

9780395615843 | Clarion Books, October 1, 1993, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Introduces and explains common figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole with guidelines for their use and illustrative examples.

Paperback:

9780395665916 | Houghton Mifflin, October 18, 1993, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Introduces and explains common figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole with guidelines for their use and illustrative examples.

Miscellaneous:

9780547346274 | Houghton Mifflin, October 18, 1993, cover price $7.95

Prebinding:

9780613719667 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1993, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Introduces and explains common figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole with guidelines for their use and illustrative examples.

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Offers a collection of homonym riddles in which the reader must find two, three, and four words that mean different things, but sound alike

Paperback:

9780395561836 | Clarion Books, April 1, 1991, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A collection of riddles based on homonyms, arranged according to construction and level of difficulty.

School and Library:

9780395544310, titled "Hey! Hay! a Wagonful of Funny Homonym Riddles" | Clarion Books, April 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of riddles based on homonyms, arranged according to construction and level of difficulty.

Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group; for example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and beat around the bush

Paperback:

9780899198651 | Houghton Mifflin, April 23, 1990, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group; for example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and beat around the bush

Reinforced:

9780606045193 | Demco Media, April 1, 1990, cover price $16.90 | About this edition: Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group; for example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and beat around the bush

Prebinding:

9780613649988 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group; for example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and beat around the bush

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