by Alison Jones (1995)
Identifies themes, figures of popular tradition, tales, modern myths, folk arts, superstitions, and characters featured in the world's folk heritage.
designed by Christangelos Seferiadis
"Guaranteed to enrich a toddler's vocabulary, this simple and fun series of bilingual board book is ideal for helping children discover two languages by learning words for their favorite clothing and accessories. Featuring vibrant illustrations and clear text, My First Bilingual Board Book--Clothes is suitable for toddlers on their own or in groups. It's a child's perfect introduction to exploring languages!"--Back cover.
Robert Hendrickson
Author Robert Hendrickson traces the sometimes bizarre, always fascinating origins and development of more than 9,000 words and phrases from A to Zzz, including slang, proverbs, animal and plant names, place-names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign-language expressions, and phrases from literature. This greatly expanded and revised version of the critically acclaimed 1987 original contains more than 2,000 new entries. Comprehensive, authoritative, and eminently readable, The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins will delight the logophile and serve as an invaluable reference tool for all students of language and literature.
le Seán de Bhulbh
A comprehensive survey of surnames in Ireland, including frequency, distribution, origins and meanings together with a full set of maps to illustrate the text.
ilustrador F. Noriega
En este libro ilustrado para niños el elefantito Trompi nos muestra los nombres de varios objetos y animales en el dormitorio, el baño, la cocina, el salón, la escuela, el parque, la calle, el mercado, la granja, la playa, y el zoológico. In this illustrated book for children the little elephant Trompi shows us the names of various objects and animals in the dormitory, bathroom, kitchen, living room, school, park, street, market, farm, beach and zoo.