Awards

• Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
• Commended for CCBC Our Choice starred selection 2003 (Canada)

Overview

This best-selling series introduces young readers to different types of words through rhyming verse and illustrations of comical cartoon cats. Offering a lighthearted perspective, each title shows readers the fun and entertaining world of language.

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9781580135948

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This colorful entry in the Words Are CATegorical series defines an interjection as a 'word or phrase spoken suddenly and used to show emotion, ' then demonstrates its uses in a rhyming, rhythmic text. Throughout, the level of Cleary's inventive verbal humor is greatly magnified by Gable's madcap drawings of dressed animals dramatizing the sentences with cartoon-style exaggeration. Unlike earlier subjects covered in the series, interjections can include many parts of speech. Language-arts teachers will appreciate the variety of examples, while children will enjoy the comic relief and, with any luck, absorb the concept along the way. --Booklist -- (2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)

This colorful entry in the Words Are CATegorical series defines an interjection as a 'word or phrase spoken suddenly and used to show emotion, ' then demonstrates its uses in a rhyming, rhythmic text. Throughout, the level of Cleary's inventive verbal humor is greatly magnified by Gable's madcap drawings of dressed animals dramatizing the sentences with cartoon-style exaggeration. Unlike earlier subjects covered in the series, interjections can include many parts of speech. Language-arts teachers will appreciate the variety of examples, while children will enjoy the comic relief and, with any luck, absorb the concept along the way. --Booklist --Journal

Author Information

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. Brian Gable is the illustrator of many of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical books, as well as the Math Is CATegorical series. Mr. Gable lives in Toronto, Canada.

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