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Books with author Cynthia Riess

  • How to Play the Clarinet: A Beginner’s Guide to Learn How to Play the Clarinet

    Cynthia Riess

    Paperback (Independently published, Jan. 3, 2019)
    Have you ever wanted to learn to play the clarinet?Is it something that you’ve imagined may be too difficult to achieve or expensive to do?The clarinet is a beautiful instrument which produces a sound that is quite unlike any other. And now you can learn how to play this fine-looking and exquisite instrument with this easy book, How to Play The Clarinet, which sets out all you will need to know about:The anatomy of your clarinet and its basic careBuying the right clarinet for youHow to play notes on your clarinetPlaying your first songIntermediate techniquesAnd more…Learning any musical instrument can be fun and educational and the clarinet is no different to any other. This book makes the experience much easier and is perfect for beginners as well as those who may be slightly more advanced.Whichever you are, get a copy of How to Play The Clarinet today and see how it can transform your understanding and ability to get the most out of this fabulous woodwind instrument.
  • How to Play the Clarinet: A Beginner’s Guide to Learn How to Play the Clarinet

    Cynthia Riess

    eBook
    Have you ever wanted to learn to play the clarinet?Is it something that you’ve imagined may be too difficult to achieve or expensive to do?The clarinet is a beautiful instrument which produces a sound that is quite unlike any other. And now you can learn how to play this fine-looking and exquisite instrument with this easy book, How to Play The Clarinet, which sets out all you will need to know about:The anatomy of your clarinet and its basic careBuying the right clarinet for youHow to play notes on your clarinetPlaying your first songIntermediate techniquesAnd more…Learning any musical instrument can be fun and educational and the clarinet is no different to any other. This book makes the experience much easier and is perfect for beginners as well as those who may be slightly more advanced.Whichever you are, get a copy of How to Play The Clarinet today and see how it can transform your understanding and ability to get the most out of this fabulous woodwind instrument.
  • Bloodroot: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

    Cynthia Riggs

    eBook (Minotaur Books, May 3, 2016)
    It's just another day at the dentist's office for Victoria Trumbull when fellow patient, wealthy Mrs. Wilmington, dies. It's an unfortunate, though seemingly not murderous incident, but the receptionist is hysterical, so one of the dental assistants offers to drive her home. But after making a quick pit stop, he finds her body floating in the harbor.With the police shorthanded due to an upcoming presidential visit, it's up to Victoria to take on the case. As she wrestles with her ex-son-in-law, a $3 million will, and a deadly dental clinic, Mrs. Trumbull discovers that nothing in the case is quite what it seems.Bloodroot is the latest in Cynthia Riggs' longstanding Martha's Vineyard mystery series, filled with delightful characters and charming descriptions of the beautiful island.
  • Bloodroot: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

    Cynthia Riggs

    Hardcover (Minotaur Books, May 3, 2016)
    It's just another day at the dentist's office for Victoria Trumbull when fellow patient, wealthy Mrs. Wilmington, dies. It's an unfortunate, though seemingly not murderous incident, but the receptionist is hysterical, so one of the dental assistants offers to drive her home. But after making a quick pit stop, he finds her body floating in the harbor.With the police shorthanded due to an upcoming presidential visit, it's up to Victoria to take on the case. As she wrestles with her ex-son-in-law, a $3 million will, and a deadly dental clinic, Mrs. Trumbull discovers that nothing in the case is quite what it seems.Bloodroot is the latest in Cynthia Riggs' longstanding Martha's Vineyard mystery series, filled with delightful characters and charming descriptions of the beautiful island.
  • The dog who stole the bone

    Cynthia Rider

    Paperback (Heinemann Educational, Jan. 1, 1998)
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  • Bloodroot

    Cynthia Riggs

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press Large Print, Oct. 5, 2016)
    It's just another day at the dentist's office for Victoria Trumbull when fellow patient, wealthy Mrs. Wilmington, dies. It's an unfortunate, though seemingly not murderous incident, but the receptionist is hysterical, so one of the dental assistants offers to drive her home. But after making a quick pit stop, he finds her body floating in the harbor.With the police shorthanded due to an upcoming presidential visit, it's up to Victoria to take on the case. As she wrestles with her ex-son-in-law, a $3 million will, and a deadly dental clinic, Mrs. Trumbull discovers that nothing in the case is quite what it seems."Bloodroot "is the latest in Cynthia Riggs' longstanding Martha's Vineyard mystery series, filled with delightful characters and charming descriptions of the beautiful island.
  • Read at Home: I Can Trick a Tiger, Level 2b

    Cynthia Rider

    Hardcover (Oxford Univ Pr, Aug. 31, 2005)
    Floppy dreams he is in the jungle and can trick a tiger. features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout. children who can recognize a few words by sight, can use pictures to help read simple sentences, and know some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one to two sentences per page. Level 2 corresponds roughly to ORT Stage 2-3.
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  • Read at Home: Dad's Birthday, Level 1c

    Cynthia Rider

    Hardcover (Oxford Univ Pr, Aug. 31, 2005)
    Dad gets a birthday surprise! features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout. children who can recognize their own name, match some words and recognize some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one sentence per page. Level 1 corresponds roughly to ORT stage 1+-2.
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  • Read at Home: Poor Old Rabbit, Level 2a

    Cynthia Rider

    Hardcover (Oxford Univ Pr, Aug. 31, 2005)
    Kipper finds an old toy rabbit and soon everyone wants it. features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout. who can recognize a few words by sight, can use pictures to help read simple sentences, and know some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one to two sentences per page. Level 2 corresponds roughly to ORT stage 2-3.
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  • Read at Home: Funny Fish, Level 1a

    Cynthia Rider

    Hardcover (Oxford Univ Pr, Aug. 31, 2005)
    Biff, Chip, Kipper, Floppy and Friends go fishing, but who gets the funny fish?Read at Home is a new series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, arecarefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout.Funny Fish is for Level 1a children Getting Ready to Read - those children who can recognize their own name, match some words and recognize some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one sentence per page. Level 1 corresponds roughly to ORT Stage1+.
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  • Read at Home: Dad's Birthday

    Cynthia Rider

    Paperback (Oxford University Press., March 15, 2005)
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  • Read at Home: Floppy And the Bone, Level 2c

    Cynthia Rider

    Hardcover (Oxford Univ Pr, Aug. 31, 2005)
    Floppy has a big bone, but then he wants one even bigger.Read at Home is a new series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, arecarefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout.Floppy and the Bone is Level 2c for children Starting to Read - those children who can recognize a few words by sight, can use pictures to help read simple sentences, and know some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one to two sentences perpage. It retells the fable The Dog and the Bone as an everyday story, so there are opportunities for children to compare the two stories. Level 2 corresponds roughly to ORT stage 2-3.
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