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To Root to Toot to Parachute: What Is a Verb (Words Are Categorical)

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These books are so good at helping kids learn the parts of speech. They give so many clear examples of sentences, with the specific part of speech in a different color so everyone will notice it. I used these in a classroom during english class and they all loved it. A+ to this book!

My five year old daughter loves this book! Prosmitsky's colorful illustrations make it so much more fun learning the parts of speech. My daughter adores the illustrator's goofy pillow-like cats!

Cleary's "Words are CATegorical" series aims to teach young students the parts of speech; and language devices such as simile, and metaphor through humor, rhyme, creative story telling, and a zany group of animals.

The Verb book defines both action verbs and the difficult to grasp "state of being" verbs. Young elementary school students will enjoy the cast of wacky characters as they learn about verbs. Throughout the Cleary grammar series, the format is the same. The definition is stated right off the bat, and then the story is simply one verb example after another, with colored text to emphasize each verb used. Verbs, does a fantastic job with action words; but just scratches the "state of being" side of verbs, which kids typically struggle with understanding. So more depth here is needed. The illustrations are more detailed than in the Nouns book, but are still lacking the richness that comes with the later books in the series when illustrator Brian Gable jumps in.

All in all, this book is a great instructional tool to get kids thinking, and to start grammar instruction off with interest and fun.

This is just an awesome book. I LOVED reading it to the little ones in my life. It is a very fun read even for an adult and educational too! The pictures are just too cute and the colors make it so attractive and fun. I can't say enough good about this book. LOVED_LOVED_LOVED it!!!

I have checked out three of Brian P. Cleary's books at the library including "To Root, to Toot, to Parachute--What is a Verb?" and I am extremely impressed by how much fun they are to read to my 6 year old daughter. Cleary has written a bunch of books and I can't wait to read them all. I'm so jealous that they weren't around when I was a kid.

My daughter has learned a lot all ready with just a couple of readings of these books written in easy to understand verse.

I plan to homeschool her for first grade and I think these books will be an excellent tool to teach her parts of speech, grammar, and even math.

I must mention that illustrator, Jenya Prosmitsky, is equally important for providing entertainment value of the books with her bright and silly illustrations which are certainly appealing to a child's eyes.

What a fun way to teach children about verbs ... the rhyming is so addictive!

I teach first grade and my kids love the fun rhymes and silly illustrations in this book. It is like a mix of Dr. Seuss and grammar instruction. I highly recommend this book and the others--especially "Hairy, Scary and Ordinary--What is an Adjective?" and "A Mink, A Fink and a Skating Rink--What is a Noun?" If you have kids who are learning to write or teach writing to young kids, get these books!

This book is great, my kids love them. They have a fun Dr. Seuss feel to them. It is great for cintinuong to reinforce the parts of speach to kids.

A friend recommended this series and it's been a hit with my kids. There's an interactive page at the end to find all the verbs. I think it's priced a bit high for a children's book, but I don't regret buying it. Still, I won't buy the rest in the series because my kids don't love them enough to make it worth it. It should be about $6. I bought it mostly for my daughter, who's 4 1/2, and my boys are 8.