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Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky

More about Adjectives

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Have fun learning language! One book is never enough to explore the wide range of amazing adjectives! The crazy cats deliver loads of additional examples to illustrate the potent power of adjectives to describe the wonderful world around us—and our incredible imaginations. Brian P. Cleary's playful verse and Brian Gable's comical cats turn traditional grammar lessons on end. Each adjective is printed in color for easy identification. Read this book aloud and share the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.
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    • School Library Journal

      December 1, 2007
      Gr 2-4-Like the previous books in the series, this one utilizes illustrations of funky-looking felines and colored text to illustrate a part of speech. All of the adjectives are printed in different colors so that young readers can identify them on their own. The language is rhythmic and rollicking: "Adjectives tell us when someone is serious, fearless or frightened or even delirious." This book could be used as a read-aloud in language unitsthe humor is entertaining enough to invite a few laughs from the students. The illustrations are colorful, silly, and bright. While Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves (2006) and Patricia T. O'Conner's Woe Is I, Jr. (2007, both Putnam) are fun for budding grammarians, Cleary's book is better designed for children who are just beginning to learn about the English language and aren't too concerned with all the technicalities and intricacies. It's less sophisticated but more user-friendly because it doesn't take itself seriouslykids will be too busy giggling at those crazy cats to realize they're learning.Laura Lutz, Queens Borough Public Library, NY

      Copyright 2007 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      August 1, 2007
      Following up on the Words Are Categorical series original book on the subject, Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? (2000), Cleary offers more examples ofthe descriptive words in this upbeat, energetically illustratedbook. Beginning with a straightforward definition of the word adjective, Cleary takes off with a series of imaginative examples presented in rhythmic, rhyming verses. Adjectives in the text appear in various colors, makingthem easy to identify. Colorful, comical, cartoon-style illustrationshelp createthe madcap quality that distinguishes the series.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2008
      "Adjectives are words like yellow, / sleeping, slumping, somewhat mellow." Rhyming text attempts to explain what an adjective is, mostly by providing a wide range of random examples; each adjective is set in colorful type to distinguish it from other words in the sentence. As usual, the series's zany cartoons starring goofy large-nose cats illustrate and (sometimes) help explain the text.

      (Copyright 2008 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • ATOS Level:3.6
  • Lexile® Measure:790
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-4

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