Product Description

One book couldn't possibly be enough to cover the topic of nouns. The cats are back with their comical examples to drive home to readers just what a noun is. Specific types of nouns - such as abstract nouns and proper nouns - are also introduced in this giggle-a-page expansion on the topic.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #145673 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 31 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781580139342
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4–This title presents students with yet more rhymed and seemingly random nouns than those in Cleary's A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? (Carolrhoda, 1999). Each spread contains a playful sentence elaborating on the topic, with each noun highlighted in a bright color. Friend is a noun,/and so is your dad,/ice cream/and bagels/and Boston/and Brad. Gable's loose watercolor cartoons depict each noun (as well as the series's signature big-nosed cats, of course). Unfortunately, Clearly does not use this opportunity to go much beyond the scope of his previous work on this part of speech. A reference to bling is fun, though likely to date the book quickly. Those seeking a more thorough picture-book introduction to noun subspecies, such as compound nouns, collective nouns, and plurals, should stick with Ruth Heller's Merry-Go-Round: A Book about Nouns (Grosset & Dunlap, 1992). Lime would be a fun read-aloud for language-arts lessons, but those owning the other titles should consider it an additional purchase.–Jayne Damron, Farmington Community Library, MI
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From Booklist
Cleary's Words Are CATegorical series began with A Mink, a Fink, and a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? (1999) and ran through verbs, prepositions, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms and homophones before cycling back to nouns again. This time the treatment gives more examples of "a person, place, or thing" and then goes on to include abstract and proper nouns. As before, the definitions are energized by Cleary's often-goofy examples, delivered in romping rhymes and illustrated with verve: "Proper nouns / all name specific / people, things, and places. / Like Uncle Lou / or Timbuktu, / they start with upper cases." On every page the daffiness is amplified by the illustrations. Whatever the setting, from Boston to Paris, from castle to barnyard, the wildly colored, cartoonlike drawings have a zany edge. Though the presentation might be slapdash, the information will stick. Recommended as an antidote to snooze-producing grammar texts. Carolyn Phelan
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Review
"Cleary has done it again, thank goodness!" -- Yellow Brick Road

"Recommended as an antidote to snooze-producing grammar texts." -- Booklist

Customer Reviews

Best Series Ever for Teaching Parts of Speech
I love the humor and wit in all of Brian Cleary's language books. The picture and verse are hilarious and the examples are clear. Kids really enjoy these books and, because they are so engaging, they make a good introduction to teaching parts of speech. I have them all and use them with students ages 7/8 - High School.

Great book on Nouns
This is the second book in the CATegorical series on nouns. The pictures are fun and the words are funny. Kids love to learn about nouns when reading these books.