A little boy fills his sound box with words beginning with the letter "a".

We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as...

A brief story in which characters representing the short "e" sound and the long "e" sound look for these vowels in different words.

The Elements of Style is the ultimate guide to writing in American English, written by Cornell University Professor William Strunk, Jr. This book is still used by college students as a guide to succinct and clear writing. Stunk's rules on active voice, sentence structure, using commas and semi colons and more allow readers to avoid common pitfalls and keep their writing concise and impactful. These rules are accompanied by clear 'before' and 'after'...

A book about nouns? How could you have a book without them? Nouns make up the world around us, and they make up most of our writing and speaking, too. With this book, young readers will learn how to identify and use different kinds of nouns. The Language Rules! Series introduces readers to one of the most difficult things they'll ever have to learn--the English language. Using fun examples, helpful hints, and hilarious original illustrations, the...

What would we do without conjunctions? We would have no 'cookies and milk,' no 'ready or not,' and no 'slowly but surely.' Reading this book will help young readers learn all about conjunctions and how to use them. No ifs, ands, or buts about it! The Language Rules! series introduces readers to one of the most difficult things they'll ever have to learn--the English language. Using fun examples, helpful hints, and hilarious original illustrations,...

Simple text and repetition of the letter "X" help readers learn how to use this sound.

Simple text introduces homonyms, words that sound and look the same but have different meanings, and homophones, words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meaning.

Simple text and repetition of the letter "C" help readers learn how to use this sound.

When the children in Mr. Wright's class have a field day, nouns and verbs in the classroom make their own fun.