136 results for "Nonfiction Books" between £2.00 and £25.00

Using notable nonfiction picture books, a veteran teacher shares her classroom-tested ideas, lessons, and activities for introducing the features and functions of nonfiction text to early readers. Includes strategies for building background knowledge; tips for introducing new vocabulary; suggestions for previewing text; and discussion starters that help readers review, sort, and synthesize information. Plus, reproducible record sheets, mini-books, graphic organizers, charts, maps, and more. For use...

Give second language learners the support they need to boost comprehension skills, expand vocabulary and discuss important concepts. The little books in this collection feature high frequency words, rhymes and repetition, and are themed around popular non-fiction topics such as neighbourhood and community, families, transport, animal homes, plants and seeds, weather and more. Each mini book includes predictable activities and supportive illustrations to encourage young children to become successful...

The Church That Had Too Much by Anita Mathias was published by Benediction Classics in August 2010. The ISBN for The Church That Had Too Much is 9781849026567. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The Church That Had Too Much had many good intentions. She wanted to love God, she wanted to love people, but she was both hampered by her muchness and the abundance of her possessions, and beset by ambition, power struggles and snobbery. Read about the surprising way The Church That Had Too Much began to resolve her...

Book Description This book provides a fresh approach to encouraging kids to read, write and research. Using the approach based on a recent Harvard study that found "when the whole body is involved, the number of brain cells brought to the learning activity doubles", the author offers over one hundred kinesthetic activities for classroom use. This book contains activities that are organised by content area and include directions for number of players, objective and procedure and are followed by non...

Sails Nonfiction: Hairy Caterpillars, Level Blue by Simon Pollard (Author) Format: Paperback Edition: 1 ISBN 10: 1418903361 ISBN 13: 9781418903367 Publisher: Rigby Reading Published: Aug 2004 Temporarily out of stock Item Condition: Brand New Price: £29.92 Temporarily out of stock Add to wishlist Or buy from Amazon.co.uk

Book Description This guide helps students, teachers, and librarians identify popular works of nonfiction related to particular themes. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 50 themes, such as Animals, Exploration, Genocide, Immigrants, Poverty, and Race Relations. Each entry begins with a definition and discussion of the theme, followed by critical summaries of 3 or 4 works of nonfiction. The entries conclude with lists of additional nonfiction for further reading, and the Guide closes...

The Great Chain of Life - Sightline Books: The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights...

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Looks in-depth at significant figures, aircraft and events in the history of aviation by placing them in a historical context which is easily understood. Hot-air balloons, bird-men, flying boats, helicopters, jet-fighters, passenger airliners, record-breakers and even space travel are all covered in this title.

This innovative book teaches students how to write informative and engaging nonfiction that emphasizes voice and creativity and incorporates observation, research, memory, and point of view. Writing True serves as a valuable core textbook or a supplement for any creative writing or composition course with an emphasis on creative nonfiction. A solid pedagogical approach shows students how to be true to capturing the real world with integrity and creativity. The first part of the book, "Writing Creative...

Kings, queens, princes, chieftans, mighty emperors and scheming politicians - at different times and in different places, they've all been terrible rulers. Top Ten Worst Wicked Rulers reveals the grim truth behind the most rotten rulers of all time, dangerously tough, determined, and ruthless - definitely not nice to know! So beware, as you travel back in time to meet the most wicked rulers from past grim and bloodstained centuries.

This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. No dust jacket., Wesleyan University Press, 1996, 800grams, ISBN:

Pirates: A Nonfiction Companion to Pirates Past Noon (Magic Tree House Research Guide S.) by Mary Pope Osborne (Author), Sal Murdocca (Author), Will Osborne (Author) Format: Paperback (128 pages) ISBN 10: 0375802991 ISBN 13: 9780375802997 Publisher: Random House USA Children's Books Published: 22 May 2001 5 in stock Item Condition: Brand New Price: £6.18 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 Add to wishlist Or buy from Amazon.co.uk

"Publish Your Nonfiction Book" goes beyond query letter and proposal basics to give readers a broader insider understanding of what the publishing industry is really like and how to navigate it successfully in order to ensure a long-term career. To this end, the book explores: how to determine if you have the skills, background, and unique 'it' factor necessary to successfully write and sell a nonfiction book; how to target your audience; how to start building your platform (and when to begin); how...

Dramatic nonfiction is the relating of factual information in a manner that makes it as gripping as fiction. Using the techniques and guidelines offered in this book, writers will be able to create nonfiction works that rise to the level of great literature without sacrificing credibility. Dramatic techniques such as flashbacks, foreshadowing, character development, and scene intercuts are explained, and guidelines for the use of such devices are furnished. Recognising that dramatic or creative nonfiction...

Book Description How were pyramids built? Why did people make mummies? What magic charms were buried with mummies? Who discovered King Tut's tomb? Unwrap the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide #3: "Mummies and Pyramids," Jack and Annie's very own guide to the secrets of ancient Egypt. Includes information on hieroglyphics, how mummies were made, tomb treasures and robbers, Egyptian gods and goddesses, and much more!

Since its publication ten years ago, "The Writer's Idea Book" has become one of the most popular creativity books for writers. In this new edition, every chapter features new exercises, text, and examples - nearly one hundred pages of additional content overall. In addition, a new section called "Questions to Consider" has been added at the end of each chapter to generate further ideas, insights, and - most importantly - writing. This book gives writers the experience and self-awareness they need...