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With this book, you will find it simple to use this language, which the author learned in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, principally from Sioux Indians in Wyoming. Drawings and short descriptions make clear the proper positions and motions of the hands to convey the meaning of over 870 alphabetically arranged common words.
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Travel the World in the Comfort of Your Own Home Here is an out-of-the-ordinary geographic journey of 26 language groups from Armenian to Zulu! Discover various cultures and customs, fill up a passport with stickers from the countries that are visited, and learn that children from around the world are often a lot alike! Did readers know: • The language journey began just over 4,000 years ago at the Tower of Babel. • There is a huge slab of limestone...
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"What letter does the word bee start with? If you said "B" you're right - in English! But in many, many languages, it actually starts with A. Bee is Anū in Igbo, Aamoo in Ojibwe, Abelha in Portugese. And Arı in Turkish. Come and explore the gorgeous variations in the ways we talk about familiar things, unified and illuminated through Ellen Heck's eye-catching, graphic scratchboard details and hidden letterforms."--
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"As the world gets more connected, many people believe knowing other languages is a key to success. With this in mind, some schools make learning another language mandatory. Do you agree with this, or should students be able to opt out of learning a second language? Readers are asked this question and are then presented with arguments from people on both sides. As readers explore the unbiased main text, helpful fact boxes, and detailed chart breaking...
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Young readers discover exactly what technology is, how it evolved, and where the future may lead. They also meet three women who have contributed to the field in critical ways. High-interest content with links to primary sources and essential questions further expand kids' knowledge and understanding.
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