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To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?
By Brian P. Cleary and Jenya Prosmitsky
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What is a verb? It's easier to show than explain!
In this fun and animated introduction to grammar, rhyming verse is used to creatively clarify the concept of verbs. Chock-full of colorful, lively examples, the playful rhymes and illustrations of comical cartoon cats combine to hightlight key words in the sentences. Verbs like toss and tumble, jump and jam, jog and juggle, and jig and leap are printed in color for easy identification.
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Brian P. Cleary
Brian P. Cleary is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best known for his books written for grade-school children that explore grammar, math and poetry in humorous ways. In his role in the digital division of American Greetings, he's put words in the mouths of Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, William Shatner, Meghan Trainor and more. The multi-million selling author has performed poetry workshops in 500 elementary schools across the county. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book does what it's intended to do rather well. I liked the rhyming poetry and the simplicty of the text.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book takes brings the basic definition of a verb to life. Through a sing song rhyming verse it provides many examples of verbs, including to be verbs. Throughout the text the verbs are highlighted to focus the reader's attention on the verbs. There is definite flow to the book and is an great read aloud for modeling fluency. This book is part of series on parts of speech. It could be used as part of any unit on parts of speech. It is a short read but clearly gets provides a definition student's will remember. It is fun and engaging.
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