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[1999]

Louisville Children's NonFiction

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2) Hairy, scary, ordinary: what is an adjective?

Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of nouns, from "gown" and "crown" to "boat", "coat", and "clown."

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[2000]

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

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3) To root, to toot, to parachute: what is a verb?

Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of adjectives, from "hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary" to "tan and tall," "funny, frisky, smooth, and small."

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[28] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

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[2001]

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

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4) Under, over, by the clover: what is a preposition?

Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of verbs, from "toss and tumble," "jump and jam," to "whine and whisper," "sleep and slam."

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5) Dearly, nearly, insincerely: what is an adverb?

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[2003]

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

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6) I and you and don't forget who: what is a pronoun?

Rhyming text and illustrations present numerous examples of adverbs and their functions.

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7) How much can a bare bear bear?: what are homonyms and homophones?

Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of pronouns and their functions, from "he" and "she" to "anyone", "neither", and "which."

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Louisville Children's NonFiction

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[2005]

[24] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

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8) Pitch and throw, grasp and know: what is a synonym?

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9) A lime, a mime, a pool of slime: more about nouns

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[2006]

30 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

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10) Stop and go, yes and no: what is an antonym?

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2006

[24] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

11) Quirky, jerky, extra-perky: more about adjectives

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2007

30 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

12) Slide and slurp, scratch and burp: more about verbs

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[2007]

31 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

13) Lazily, crazily, just a bit nasally: more about adverbs

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14) Stroll and walk, babble and talk: more about synonyms

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2008

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15) Skin like milk, hair of silk: what are similes and metaphors?

Clever rhymes and comical illustrations combine to explain the concept of synonyms.

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2009

30 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

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16) Straight and curvy, meek and nervy: more about antonyms

Provides humorous explanations of similes and metaphors.

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17) But and for, yet and nor: what is a conjunction?

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21) Feet and puppies, thieves and guppies: what are irregular plurals?

What is a conjunction? A word that joins together sentences, phrases or words. All the conjunctions in this book that are given as examples are printed in color. A few additional conjunctions are not printed in color. For an extra challenge, see if you can spot them.

18) Cool! and whoa! ah! and oh!: what is an interjection?

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Cleary, Brian P.

19) I'm and won't, they're and don't: what's a contraction?

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Cleary, Brian P.

20) Thumbtacks, earwax, lipstick, dipstick: what is a compound word?

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Cleary, Brian P.

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24) Pre- and re-, mis- and dis-: what is a prefix?

22) Madam and nun and 1001: what is a palindrome?

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23) Breezier, cheesier, newest, and bluest: what are comparatives and superlatives?

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Cleary, Brian P.

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31 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

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25) A bat cannot bat, a stair cannot stare: more about homonyms and homophones

Uses humorous rhyming text and colorful illustrations to explain the concept of prefixes and show how they affect words and their meanings.

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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

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27) Chips and cheese and Nana's knees: what is alliteration?

Do you think there's no more to know about homonyms and homophones? This book will prove you wrong! With dozens of laughs per second, the value of the lesson doesn't lessen the second time around. Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes and Martin Goneau's humorous illustrations creatively present fresh examples of homonyms and homophones for young readers. For easy identification, each pair of homonyms or homophones appears in color, and the comical cats...

26) -Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: what is a suffix?

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Cleary, Brian P.

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