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Under, Over, by the Clover (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!

Kudos to Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable for their terrific book about Prepositions! My nine year-old learned all about the function of this difficult part of speech in the few minutes it took for us to sail through the funny, rhyming text. The illustrated cat-like characters are bright and colorful, and the prepositions themselves are highlighted to make thme easier to identify. Reminds me a little of the schoolhouse rock show from my childhood!

I teach 4th grade in a suburban school system where the kids are pretty bright, but prepositions have always been a little sticky for this age group. Brian P. Cleary's new book, UNDER, OVER BY THE CLOVER: What is a Preposition, is a class favorite, and also a favorite of mine because it takes on a kind of tricky part of speech and leaves my kids smiling. I liked his other books about nouns and verbs and adjectives also! This clarifies the preposition's role in our language, and is funny and catchy to boot!

I think this is a great book for children. The pictures are bright and colorful and the story is rhyming and fun. This book is a great way to teach children about prepositions and I would like to get the other books by this author to teach other concepts.

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 Preposition book brings together writer Brian Cleary and illustrator Brian Gable, who together raise this already instructional series to a higher level. The format is the same in each book of the series, with the concept definition at the beginning, and then page after page of examples. The rhyme and story telling flows easily, and illustrates perfectly how prepositions are used throughout our sentences to connect words and give us the `when, `where', `how', `place', `time', and `direction' in our sentences.

I use this series of books throughout the school year in third grade before jumping into the parts of speech. They are a fun and engaging way to start off a lesson.

I ordered this book and within 5 days the book was in my mailbox!! It is in great shape and was a good price! Thanks!

All of the upper right corners of the book's cover and pages were bent. I had to send it back.