Books with author Joel Walker

After one hundred fifty years, monster hunter Luke Coles returns to Mexico to face a monster from his past. Join him as he remembers his early encounters with the supernatural, relives his first love, and recalls the events which led him to join the Caleuche, an enchanted ship whose crew—a Viking, a mute mage, a Dutch pirate captain, and a member of Chinese royalty—travel the world fighting ghosts, myths, and creatures straight out of folklore.

Excerpt from The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Whole Language Is Arranged According to Its Terminations; With a Copious Introduction to the Various Uses of the Work, and an Index of Allowable RhymesIn the Bible, the most ancient of records, we find man, at a very early period, forming both wind and stringed instruments, modulating his speech into verse, and exhibiting in the very earliest instance on record that peculiar parallelism that characterised the Hebrew poetry of all subsequent ages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

On the first day of school, as soon as the teachers find out that Nick is another Pearson boy, they go from nice to nasty. By lunchtime, one missing yellow notebook, a brand new baseball cap, animals running around the hallway, and a flooded boys bathroom forces Nick into the spotlight. After telling the truth to his best friend, Chris, Nick begins to wonder if he should come clean to the principal and the rest of the school to clear his name or remain the baddest kid in sixth grade. The Baddest Kid in Sixth Grade encourages literacy by using multi-syllable words that are broken down phonetically with bold and un-­bold font. As young readers become familiar with the repetitive words their confidence grows.

Excerpt from A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In Which the Meaning of Every Word Is Explained, and the Sound of Every Syllable Distinctly Shown; And Where Words Are Subject to Different Pronunciations, the Preferable One Is Pointed Out by Being Placed FirstAs there has been no method hitherto laid open 'of attaining even the first part, I mean the mere propriety of pronouncing words, it is no wonder that the i' second. Or ornamental part, has been entirely neglected. That which gives de 1 light to the ear, in the utterance of articulate sounds, is founded noon the cam.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Baddest Kid in Sixth Grade curriculum and its supplemental guide foster students’ independent reading, proper pronunciation, contextual understanding, and correct spelling. Along with assessment questions that gauge literacy, educators will be able to determine student’s reading aptitude before and after the completion of the story. Each chapter features questions that engage and encourage the reader to utilize context clues to correctly answer questions.