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"We look around and feel as if book culture as we know it is crumbling to dust, but there's one important thing to keep in mind: as we know it." What happens if we separate the idea of "the book" from the experience it has traditionally provided? Lynn Coady challenges booklovers addicted to the physical book to confront their darkest fears about the digital world and the future of reading. Is the all-pervasive internet turning readers into web-surfing...
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What better time than Halloween to dig into a bracing discussion of a diabolical murder mystery? And what better choice for the Jane Doe Book Club than Agatha Christie's Crooked House? Lyla Moody and her friends are soon embroiled in debate over whether the heroine's actions are particularly believable. But, not long after the meeting, sleepy Sweet Mountain, Georgia, is rocked by a murder that uncannily echoes the novel in question.
When Lyla and...
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Many Christians today long to become reacquainted with their ancient ancestors in the faith. They see a deeper worship and devotion in the prayers and hymns of the early church. And they believe that the writings of the early church can shed new light on their understanding of Scripture. But where and how do we begin? Our first encounter with the writings of the church fathers may seem like visiting a far country where the language, assumptions, concerns,...
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Are your students ready to become the engaged and informed citizens our democracy needs right now? Your classroom can be a place for them to experience what it means to live in community with others, to balance their own interests with those of the group, to challenge themselves to overcome differences, and to ask the questions that help them understand the crux of an issue.
Powerful reading and writing are fundamentally linked to civic education....
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Many Christians mistakenly believe that their only choice is either to reconcile themselves to a fundamentalist reading of scripture (a "literal-factual" approach) or to simply reject the Bible as something that could bring meaning and value into their lives. In Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg shows how instead we can freshly appreciate all the essential elements of the Old and New Testaments-from Genesis to Revelation-in a...
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Dog on a Log chapter books volume step 7
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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Dog on a Log chapter books volume step 8
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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Dog on a Log chapter books volume step 1
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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Dog on a Log chapter books volume step 4
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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Dog on a Log chapter books volume step 9
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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Kents' Quest volume 2
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The Kents are on a camping trip at Camp Split Rock. They plan to spend all their time fishing, grilling and relaxing. But a friendly fox named Pip turns their plans upside down. Together they uncover the biggest pet scam ever! Simple Words Books help struggling readers to become better readers, without tears.
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Dog on a log chapter books volume step 6
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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Dog on a Log. Get ready! readers volume letter group 1
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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In Kelly Gallagher's high school classroom in Anaheim, California, students are not only learning to comprehend difficult novels and texts, they are developing the skills and behaviors of lifelong readers. Drawing from his books Reading Reasons and Deeper Reading, Kelly's new video set brings effective reading strategies to life. Presenting examples of both small- and whole-group discussions, Building Adolescent Readers demonstrates how to engage...
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Christie bookshop mysteries volume 2
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"The Christie sisters and their bookshop cat, Agatha, flirt with cold-hearted crime when bookish matchmaking turns into a date with death. Sisters Ellie and Meg Christie share a love of books, reading, and their new roles as co-caretakers of the Book Chalet, their family's historic bookshop tucked midway up a scenic Colorado mountain. But romance? That's another story. Ellie and Meg joke they're in sisterly competition for worst relationships. So,...
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Dog on a Log chapter books volume step 3
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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Dog on a Log chapter books volume step 2
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The Dog on a Log book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following "step" of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.
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