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1) Puzzle
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A closely observed portrait of Agnes, who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight-knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father. That begins to change in a quietly dramatic fashion when Agnes receives a jigsaw puzzle as a birthday gift and experiences the heady thrill of not only doing something she enjoys, but being very, very good at it. As she pursues her new hobby, she meets...
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"Claudia Dalton's father has disappeared. What began as a late night at work has spiraled into a missing persons case-one that's left twelve-year-old Claudia questioning everything she's ever known about her father and their family. But when she finally gets word from her dad, it turns out he isn't missing at all. He's just gone to “think things over” and visit an old friend, whatever that means. Feeling confused and helpless, Claudia starts to...
4) Mickey Mouse
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Picture is of Mickey Mouse in red shorts, yellow shoes, and white gloves, swinging his right arm and extending his left arm against a blue and white checked background.
6) Easy words
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Two-piece puzzles that match words to pictures are designed to expand vocabulary and word recognition.
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This double-sided bilingual preschool puzzle has cat-shaped pieces in six different colors. One side of each puzzle piece names the color in English and has the Spanish equivalent on the other side. Language must be the same to align puzzle pieces. The fitted shapes also strengthen fine motor skill development.
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"Lift each piece (red circle, green square, purple triangle, yellow octagon, orange pentagon, blue oval, pink diamond, brown rectangle) to reveal the name of the color! Match it: ask kids to find a color on the puzzle board that matches a color on a puzzle piece. Name it: have kids pick up the puzzle pieces as you say each shape; have them say each shape as they put the pieces back; repeat saying each color then challenge kids to say both the shape...
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"Lift each piece to count the hidden images. Count it out: have kids pick up the puzzle pieces as you say each number; have them say each number as they put the pieces back; have them identify and count the pictures under each number. Clap, snap, jump, tap: have kids lift a number then have them count aloud as they clap, snap, jump and tap the piece on a hard surface that number of times. Rainbow review: help kids identify the colors of each number,...
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On one side of each puzzle piece is a letter of the sign language finger alphabet ; on the other side is an animal beginning with that letter and the corresponding hand sign for the name of the animal. Animals include: alligator, bear, cat, dog, elephant, frog, giraffe, horse, insect, jay, kangaroo, lion, monkey, newt, owl, parrot, quail, rabbit, sheep, tiger, unicorn, vulture, wolf, ox, yak, and zebra. For older learners this instructive and self-checking...
14) Alphabet
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Each 2-piece puzzle pairs a picture of upper and lower case letters of the English alphabet with a picture of a thing beginning with that letter, such as Aa/apple, Ss/socks, Zz/zebra, etc. The corresponding word is printed beneath the picture on the 2nd piece. Only the right pieces will fit together. Teaches the alphabet, encourages practice of letter sounds, and builds basic vocabulary.
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"Oh, let's do it!" say Kitty and Katy and Mom when a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle mysteriously arrives in the mail. "I have time on my hands," agrees Dad. Starting in winter with the edges, by autumn they're almost done, only to discover that one piece is missing. Mom is sure that it must have accidentally gone out with the trash, so the Kellys pile into the car to comb through the local dump ("shouldn't take long"). There they uncover forgotten letters,...
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Oliver has always dreamed about where he will fit. Will he be in the mane of a unicorn? The tentacle of a pirate squid? The helmet of an astronaut? When he finally goes in search of his perfect place, he finds that trying to fit in is a lot harder than he thought. But as with any puzzle, a little trial and error leads to a solution, and Oliver figures out exactly where he belongs.
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"This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen knowledge and deep love for all things literary, coauthors Jamise Harper (founder of the Diverse Spines book community) and Jane Mount (author of Bibliophile) collaborated to create an essential volume filled with treasures for every reader"--
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