Product Description

What is an antonym? You'll find the answer inside this clever book. Author Brian P. Cleary and illustrator Brian Gable creatively clarify (not confuse) the concept of antonyms. Their clever (not foolish) rhymes and comical (not serious) illustrations combine to highlight key words. Each pair or group of antonyms is printed in color for easy identification.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65877 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 24 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780822590255
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3–Cleary describes and illustrates antonyms from the obvious stop and go, yes and no, front and back, fast and slow, to the more obscure: excite and soothe, hefty and diminutive. He elaborates on reasons for celebrating opposites and also describes how to create them through the use of powerful prefixes such as un,dis, im, and non. The illustrations for some pairs must have been quite a challenge for Gable, for example, depicting absurd and somewhat normal in two cartoon drawings. The bouncy lettering style enhances the whimsical rhymes and makes for yet another strong addition to collections of books about the English language.–Kathleen Meulen, Blakely Elementary School, Bainbridge Island, WA
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Review
"...the storybook form makes the language arts lesson enjoyable." -- The Horn Book Guide

"Effectively presents examples of antonyms and creates an engaging learning experience." -- Oneota Reading Review

"The bouncy lettering style enhances the whimsical rhymes and makes for yet another strong addition to collections of books about the English language." -- The School Journal

About the Author
Brian P. Cleary is the creator of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical(tm) series, now a 13-volume set with more than 2 million copies in print. He is also the author of the Math Is CATegorical(tm) series and the single titles Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry, Rhyme and PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay, Eight Wild Nights: A Family Hanukkah Tale, Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book and The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor. Mr. Cleary lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Brian Gable is the illustrator of several Words Are CATegorical(tm) books, as well as the Make Me Laugh joke books and the Math Is CATegorical(tm) series. Mr. Gable lives in Toronto, Canada, where he also works as a political cartoonist for the Globe and Mail newspaper.

Customer Reviews

Another language-loving volume of helpful rhymes
Great stuff. Interesting word choices. Those crazy cartoon cats. I love how in this series of books which explains synonyms, homonyms, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions and more, Cleary can take the complex and make it simple, funny and teachable. He's also written one of my favorite books of poetry-- RAINBOW SOUP; ADVENTURES IN POETRY.

Kid Friendly
Color, bounce and fun are all words that describe the immediate range of perceptions accompanied with sighting this kid friendly book.

The cover grabs at you and says, "read me". Kids are going to find it hard to resist. Inside you'll find a rolling Seus-like run of fun and learning.

Yes, take it and read it to your toddlers or let those early readers have fun picking out those Little antonyms for Big fun.