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Books about language for readers of all ages.

Cover of What sound do you make?

What sound do you make?

Toula Ballas

Ages 2–6animalssounds

Cover of Word

Word

Ages 4–8languageliteracy

Cover of Sign language ABC

Sign language ABC

Lora Heller

Ages 2–8languagecommunication

Cover of Prentice Hall Literature

Prentice Hall Literature

Ages 12–15literature appreciationcritical thinking

Cover of Thorns, Horns, and Crescent Moons

Thorns, Horns, and Crescent Moons

Jennifer Fandel, Connie Rose Miller, Connie Miller, Dustin Burkes-Larrañaga, Simon Smith, Cristian Bernardini

Ages 6–10naturepoetry

Cover of Wordhoard

Wordhoard

Jill Paton Walsh, Kevin Crossley-Holland

Ages 9–13historylanguage

Cover of Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp?

Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp?

Jon Agee

Ages 5–10wordplayhumor

Cover of Bwyd / Food

Bwyd / Food

Jan Pienkowski

Ages 2–6foodlearning

Cover of The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce

The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

Ages 14–18satiresocial criticism

Cover of Lines, squiggles, letters, words

Lines, squiggles, letters, words

Ruth Rocha

Ages 3–7literacylanguage

Cover of Elements of Literature

Elements of Literature

Kylene Beers, Robert Probst

Ages 14–18literary analysiscritical thinking

Cover of Let's talk about when your parent doesn't speak English

Let's talk about when your parent doesn't speak English

Maureen Wittbold

Ages 5–10familylanguage

Cover of I Is for India

I Is for India

Prodeepta Das

Ages 4–8culturegeography

Cover of Ntsiki's Surprise

Ntsiki's Surprise

Colleen C. Cousins, Wilhelmina Thebus, Ntsiki Jamnda, Elizabeth Hitchcock, Mel Todd

Ages 4–8surprisefolklore

Cover of Sparkle and spin

Sparkle and spin

Ann Rand, Paul Rand

Ages 3–7languagecommunication

Cover of My First Letters Book

My First Letters Book

Flowerpot Press

Ages 0–3alphabetlearning

Cover of An excessive alphabet

An excessive alphabet

Judi Barrett

Ages 3–7languagecreativity

Cover of One two that's my shoe

One two that's my shoe

Murray, Alison (Illustrator)

Ages 2–5countingrhythm

Cover of Maddy West and the tongue taker

Maddy West and the tongue taker

Brian Falkner

Ages 8–12magicfriendship

Cover of The baby's opera

The baby's opera

Walter Crane

Ages 2–8musicnursery rhymes

Cover of Arm in arm

Arm in arm

Remy Charlip

Ages 4–8wordplaycreativity

Cover of The king who rained

The king who rained

Fred Gwynne

Ages 4–8wordplaylanguage

Cover of The king who rained

The king who rained

Fred Gwynne

Ages 4–8wordplayhumor

Cover of Say hello

Say hello

Sue Unstead

Ages 2–6cross-cultural awarenesscommunication