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Examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. With humor and colorful language, she explores every angle of swearing--why we do it, how we do it, and what it tells us about ourselves. Not only has some form of swearing existed since the earliest humans began to communicate, but it has been shown to reduce physical pain, to lower anxiety, to prevent physical violence, to help trauma victims recover language, and to promote...
7) Fancy Nancy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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510L
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A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
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In this ebook download of Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus, Lois Tverberg challenges readers to follow their Rabbi more closely by reexamining his words in the light of their Jewish context. Doing so will provide a richer, deeper understanding of his ministry, compelling us to live differently, to become more Christ-like. We'll begin to understand why his first Jewish disciples abandoned everything to follow him, to live out his commands.
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...11) Pip & Pup
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In this wordless story, a newborn chick befriends a dog on a farm.
12) Draw the line
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After two boys drawing their own lines realize they can connect them, a misstep creates a rift between them.
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930L
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Humor is on sale at the Laugh Stand, so step up and pick out the laugh of your choice. From Tom Swifties-"'These are my underpants,' Tom said briefly."-to daffinitions-"Benign: What you are after you be eight."-to pangrams, anagrams, and even word diagrams, readers will chuckle their way through this adventure in humor.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
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The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time"--Amazon.com.
17) The red book
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This book is about a book. A magical red book without any words. When you turn the pages you'll experience a new kind of adventure through the power of story. In illustrations of rare detail and surprise, The Red Book crosses oceans and continents to deliver one girl into a new world of possibility, where a friend she's never met is waiting. And as with the best of books, at the conclusion of the story, the journey is not over.
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