Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 8 February 2010
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Killer Sudoku
With murder and mayhem everywhere she turns, Sudoku maven Liza Kelly knows how the numbers feel-boxed in. Liza is looking forward to the West Coast Sudoku Summit. But from the onset, contestants are being eliminated one by one, and not in the way that she planned-they're dropping dead. With more at stake here than just prize money, Liza must figure out the murderer's pattern, or she'll be the next one down.
This engaging reader reinforces phonics and high-frequency word instruction and reviews phonics and high-frequency words. It contains fiction and nonfiction stories that are a minimum of 80% decodable.
Added by: englishcology | Karma: 4552.53 | Fiction literature | 7 February 2010
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It seems as if Hesse knows how to create an interesting proposition or idea for the story without knowing how to make the transformations in the story of equal interest. So too the characters of these stories do not seem very rich and rounded but rather abstract embodiments of a certain idea or concept.
It's spring! The forest is full of newborn animals and plants. An April shower frightens Cinnamon, her new cub, and their woodland friends. Solomon Raven explains the importance of rain for animal and forest survival. The popular Solomon Raven series (Cinnamon and the April Shower, Mason Moves Away, Lewis Cardinal's First Winter, A Home for Pearl Squirrel) features seasonal stories with recurring north woods animal friends. The woodland settings offer insight into the changes of the forest landscape, and each story involves a subject that affects children. No matter what the issue, Solomon Raven, the wisest bird in the forest, has the answer. Reading Level: Grade K-3
When people enter the northwoods, Mason the beaver's peaceful environment is threatened leading Solomon to explain the gentle balance that must exist between humans and wildlife. The popular Solomon Raven series (Cinnamon and the April Shower, Mason Moves Away, Lewis Cardinal's First Winter, A Home for Pearl Squirrel) features seasonal stories with recurring north woods animal friends. The woodland settings offer insight into the changes of the forest landscape, and each story involves a subject that affects children on a day–to–day basis. No matter what the issue, Solomon Raven, the wisest bird in the forest, has the answer. Reading Level: Grade K-3
