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'Twas the night before kindergarten, and as they prepared,
kids were excited,
and a little bit scared.

It's the first day of school! Join the kids as they prepare for kindergarten, packing school supplies, posing for pictures, and the hardest part of all-saying goodbye to Mom and Dad. But maybe it won't be so hard once they discover just how much fun kindergarten really is! Colorful illustrations illuminate this uplifting takeoff on the classic Clement C. Moore Christmas poem..
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When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of DurrellÂ’s familyÂ’s experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home..
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This much-awaited new edition of Hammer's German Grammar and Usage--the pre-eminent, most authoritative German grammar reference in the English language--has been extensively revised with new German spelling changes and new usage examples. Instead of getting bogged down in idealized rules, Professor Durrell focuses on how Germans really speak. Included are clear and concise explanations, many examples from everyday life, and comprehensive cross-referencing and indexing.

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This workbook provides a comprehensive selection of exercises that cover essential structures in German. Thoroughly revised, this edition reflects current trends in the language and brings the workbook in line with the new edition of Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, for which Practicing German Grammar can serve as the companion—or it can be used as a stand-alone workbook for anyone wanting to practice and improve their German skills. - Text-based activities. Encourage students to discover grammar regularities by themselves. - Activities are based on authentic documents, such as newspaper articles, business literature, and extracts from modern novels. Allow students to gain a genuine sense of current usage..
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First issued in 1957 by Swallow Press, this classic guide to the art of plant identification is now familiar to an entire generation of students Harrington who was Professor of Botany and Curator of the Herbarium at Colorado State University, gives step-by-step instructions and definitions to help readers recognize and classify plants. The new printing has been reset and reformatted, and L.W. Durrell's drawings and glossary—more than 500 images—have been digitally enhanced for clarity..
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Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald DurrellÂ’s dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder..
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Fans of Gerard Durrell’s beloved classic My Family and Other Animals and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom will rejoice at The Whispering Land. The sequel to A Zoo in My Luggage, this is the story of how Durrell and his wife’s zoo-building efforts at England’s Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight- month safari in Argentina to look for South American specimens. Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in Argentina, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots, Durrell captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor. BACKCOVER: “Anyone who has ever read a book by Gerald Durrell will welcome another with whoops of joy.”
—Chicago Sunday Tribune

“Animals come close to being Durrell’s best friends. . . . He writes about them with style, verve, and humor.”
—Time

“No one can be funnier than Mr. Durrell in relating his own adventures or the antics of the claw and paw set.”
—The Christian Science Monitor.
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