Loewen, Nancy

Describes the dishes, food habits, and special festivals of France.

Describes the food products, cooking and eating customs, and festivals of Germany.

An introduction to poetry that describes how poems are different from other kinds of writing; discusses rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, similes, onomatopoeia, acrostics, cinquains, concrete poems, free verse, haikus, and limericks; and includes examples.

Offers children tips and tools to help them write their own scary stories.

A guide to writing picture books, presenting a story about a goose that wants his flock to try flying in a formation different from the letter "v," and including an analysis of different elements of the story, with fifteen tools for writing picture books, exercises, writing tips, and a glossary.

Contains simple, sometimes silly sentences that demonstrate what homonyms and homophones are, and the difference between them.

Contains simple, sometimes silly phrases and sentences that provide examples of antonyms--words that have opposite meanings.

Creative use of interjections demonstrates their function in sentence building.

Creative use of pronouns demonstrates their function in sentence building.

Creative use of prepositions demonstrates their function in sentence building.