Brian P. Cleary

what are similes and metaphors?

Skin like milk, hair of silk

Young readers can learn how to read words with consonant blends and long vowel sounds through rhymes, repetition, illustrations, and phonics.

Long Vowel Sounds with Consonant Blends

The Frail Snail on the Trail

Social studies and other painless tricks for memorizing social studies facts

Super-hungry mice eat onions and other painless tricks for memorizing geography facts

" Mrs. Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks" and other painless tricks for memorizing science facts

"What is a suffix? You'll find the answer inside this book--it's overflowing with wonderful suffixes. Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes and Martin Goneau's humorous illustrations creatively present the concept of suffixes for young readers. For easy identification, key suffixes appear in color, and the comical cats reinforce each idea.  -Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What is a Suffix" turns traditional grammar lessons on end! Read and reread this book aloud and delight in the sense--and nonsense--of words"--From the publisher's web site.

what is a suffix?

-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness

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

Playful rhymes and humorous illustrations present the concept of prefixes for young readers.

what is a prefix?

Pre- and re-, mis- and dis-

what are comparatives and superlatives?

Breezier, cheesier, newest, and bluest

what is a palindrome?

Madam and nun and 1001

what are irregular plurals?

Feet and puppies, thieves and guppies

Silly illustrations and rhymes help readers learn about compound words.

what is a compound word?

Thumbtacks, earwax, lipstick, dipstick

what is an interjection?

Cool! and whoa! ah! and oh!

what is a conjunction?

But and for, yet and nor

more about antonyms

Straight and curvy, meek and nervy

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

more about synonyms

Stroll and walk, babble and talk

More About Adverbs (Words Are Categorical)

Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally

More About Verbs (Words Are Categorical)

Slide And Slurp, Scratch And Burp

More About Adjectives (Words Are Categorical)

Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky

more about nouns

A lime, a mime, a pool of slime

what's a contraction?

I'm and won't, they're and don't

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