Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection? (Words Are CATegorical ®) - Hardcover

Cleary, Brian P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580135943 ISBN 13: 9781580135948

Publisher: Millbrook Press ™, 2011

Synopsis

What is an interjection? Oh, my!

You’ll find the answer inside this book―it’s packed with interjections. Dear me! Brian P. Cleary’s playful rhymes and Brian Gable’s humorous illustrations creatively clarify the concept of interjections for young readers. Indeed! Interjections appear in color for easy identification, and comical cats reinforce each idea. Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection? turns traditional a grammar lessons on end. Read this book aloud and share in the delight of the sense―and nonsense―of words.

About this title

About the Authors

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.

Reviews

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. Grades 2-4. --Carolyn Phelan

Edition details

• Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580135943
• ISBN 13: 9781580135948
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gable Brian
• Number of pages: 32