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Offers more than eighteen thousand entries with multiple definitions and includes a guide to Romanian and English pronuniciation and an appendix of geographical names.
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Based on the results of a survey of children and adults, the author argues that increasing divorce rates and single-mother families are welcome signs of a democratization of the family. 50,000 first p
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In 1957, Harper published its first I Can Read title, Little Bear, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Large type, simple vocabulary, chapter-like divisions, and decor
It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holme
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Driven from their impoverished Irish village, Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America
A lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates a child's early years with favorite nursery rhymes, soothing lullabies, and playful verses that range from Mother Goose to contemporary poems. Tour.
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