If You Were a Noun

Description

Provides an introduction to nouns and proper nouns. Includes an activity.

Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teacher's Choice award from Learning magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Celebrate a love of language and math with Word Fun and Math Fun. Each set introduces basic concepts using simple text and enhances the learning with silly and unexpected examples. A whimsical cast of characters promises to engage eager minds. They'll have so much fun, they won't even realize they're learning.-- "The Costco Connection" These concept books define parts of speech and give examples of their usage. The examples are in capital letters and in a color different from the surrounding text. Bright acrylic illustrations will help younger children visualize each part of speech. They are full of movement and color and make the books inviting. These titles are excellent resources to use along with Ruth Heller's books on the parts of speech.-- "School Library Journal" This series uses vibrantly colored illustrations and whimsical layouts to offer children an accessible introduction to grammar fundamentals. Michael Dahl's If You Were an Adjective (2006) combines simple phrases with striking, highly textured pictures of animals--from howler monkeys to Arctic foxes--to demonstrate the use of adjectives. Other titles in the series include Dahl's If You Were a Noun (2006), Nancy Loewen's If You Were a Conjunction (2006), and Trisha Speed Shaskan's If You Were Onomatopoeia (2008).-- "Book Links"