New Releases by Brian P. Cleary

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have fun learning about language! In this fun-filled book, playful puns and comical cartoon cats combine to show, not tell, readers what prepositions are all about. Each preposition in the text, like under, over, by the clover, about, throughout, and next to Rover, is highlighted in color for easy identification. This is the newest addition to the Words Are CATagorical series, which has sold more than 2.9 million copies.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is a conjunction? You''ll find the answer inside this book—because it''s chock-full of conjunctions! Brian P. Cleary''s playful yet informative rhymes and Brian Gable''s humorous but helpful illustrations creatively clarify the concept of conjunctions for young readers. Key conjunctions appear in color for easy identification, and comical cats reinforce each idea. While you read this book aloud, share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

What is physical activity? Moving your body in a way that uses energy—playing soccer, dancing, throwing a Frisbee, and much more. Brian P. Cleary''s goofy verse and Martin Goneau''s humorous illustrations give young readers a whole playground of activities and highlight some of the health benefits of exercise. Examples of physical activity are printed in color for easy identification. Enjoy this energy booster of a book! This revised edition contains MyPlate information and recommendations.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have fun learning language! What is a prefix? You''ll find the answer inside this book—it''s overflowing with prefixes. Brian P. Cleary''s playful rhymes and Martin Goneau''s humorous illustrations creatively present the concept of prefixes for young readers. For easy identification, key prefixes appear in color and comical cats reinforce each idea. Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-: What Is a Prefix? turns traditional grammar lessons on end! Read and reread this book aloud and delight in the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have fun learning language! One book is never enough to explore the wide range of amazing adjectives! The crazy cats deliver loads of additional examples to illustrate the potent power of adjectives to describe the wonderful world around us—and our incredible imaginations. Brian P. Cleary’s playful verse and Brian Gable’s comical cats turn traditional grammar lessons on end. Each adjective is printed in color for easy identification. Read this book aloud and share the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Foot, feet. Boot. . . beet? What are irregular plurals? You''ll find the answer inside this book—full of ponies, teeth, potatoes, and geese! Brian P. Cleary''s whimsical rhymes and Brian Gable''s comical illustrations team up to give helpful guidelines for forming plurals when the usual rules of adding s or es don''t apply. We''ve printed the irregular plural words in color for easy identification. Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What are Irregular Plurals? turns traditional spelling lessons on end. Read it aloud and share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

What is in the grains group? Popcorn, oatmeal, pasta, and much more. Brian P. Cleary''s goofy verse and Martin Goneau''s humorous illustrations give young readers a whole crop of examples from the grains group and highlight some of their health benefits. Names of grains-based foods are printed in color for easy identification. Enjoy this tasty treat of a book! This revised edition contains MyPlate information and recommendations.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is an insect? Crickets, mosquitos, ladybugs, and many other creatures are all insects!

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Are you as clever as a fox? Or perhaps you''re as sharp as any spike? If so, this book will be a piece of cake! Clever rhymes from Brian P. Cleary and humorous illustrations from Brian Gable present similes and metaphors. When it comes to grammar, this team is not as slow as thick molasses. Oh no, they''re as bright as polished pennies! Each simile and metaphor is printed in color for easy identification in this gem of a book. Read it aloud and share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is a verb? It''s easier to show than explain! In this fun and animated introduction to grammar, rhyming verse is used to creatively clarify the concept of verbs. Chock-full of colorful, lively examples, the playful rhymes and illustrations of comical cartoon cats combine to hightlight key words in the sentences. Verbs like toss and tumble, jump and jam, jog and juggle, and jig and leap are printed in color for easy identification.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is in the fruit group? Bananas, grapes, lemons, and much more. Brian P. Cleary''s goofy verse and Martin Goneau''s humorous illustrations give young readers a whole crop of fruit examples and highlight some of their health benefits. Fruit names are printed in color for easy identification. Enjoy this tasty treat of a book! This revised edition contains MyPlate information and recommendations.

Come along with me and learn all about reading! Brian P. Cleary''s wacky sentences and Jason Miskimins''s colorful art will make phonics fun! Find activities, games, and more at www.brianpcleary.com.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have fun with language! This accessible, lighthearted look at language introduces homonyms and homophones. Playful rhymes and comical cartoons make both concepts memorable. Each corresponding pair of homonyms and homophones is printed in color for easy identification. At the end, readers are challenged to apply what they’ve learned—and they’ll have fun doing so.

What is a fish? Stingrays, goldfish, sharks, and many other creatures are all fish!

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is an amphibian? Frogs, toads, and salamanders and are all amphibians!

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Turns traditional grammar lessons on end! Read and reread this book aloud and delight in the sense—and nonsense—of words. What is a suffix? You''ll find the answer inside this book—it''s overflowing with wonderful suffixes. Brian P. Cleary''s playful rhymes and Martin Goneau''s humorous illustrations creatively present the concept of suffixes for young readers. For easy identification, key suffixes appear in color, and the comical cats reinforce each idea.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is a compound word? You''ll find the answer inside this book—it''s a stockpile of compound words! Brian P. Cleary''s upbeat rhymes and Brian Gable''s sidesplitting illustrations bring compound words to life. We''ve highlighted the compound words with colored type to make them easy to identify. Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word? overturns traditional grammar lessons. Read this book aloud with everyone you know and share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is a palindrome? Read this book forward or backward to find out! Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable pair up to wow readers with playful rhymes and eye-catching illustrations that introduce palindromes—words, phrases, or numbers that are spelled the same forward and backward. Each palindrome is printed in color for easy identification. Aha! You found one! Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome? turns traditional grammar lessons on end. Read it aloud and share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is alliteration? You''ll find the answer inside this book—it''s packed with wonderful and wacky words that start with similar sounds. Brian P. Cleary''s remarkable rhymes and Martin Goneau''s ingenious illustrations creatively present the concept of alliteration for young readers. For easy identification, key examples of alliteration appear in color, and comical cats reinforce each idea. Chips and Cheese and Nana''s Knees: What Is Alliteration? turns traditional grammar lessons on end! Read and reread this book aloud and delight in the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Rhyming verse demonstrates how objects can come alive when they''re described using human traits.

Quatrain? What kind of train is that? Actually, it''s a poem! Quatrains are poems with patterns of rhyming words. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how quatrains work—and shows some of the many ways they can be written. I Saw an Invisible Lion Today is packed with poems on subjects ranging from grandmothers to muzaloos to make you giggle and howl. And when you''ve finished reading, you can try your hand at writing your own poems!

Provides simple examples of repeating sequences of shapes, colors, objects, and more, helping readers learn how to find patterns in the world around them.

"In this playful look at time, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable introduce minutes, hours, years, and other basic units. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical series show young readers how we measure time in different ways. Peppy rhymes, goofy illustrations, and kid-friendly examples turn learning into a fun time!"--Jacket flap.

Presents an introduction to the rules for comparison in English, providing humorous, illustrated examples.

Is that a bird? Is it a plane? No, it''s a poem! Concrete poems are shaped like their subjects. They can look like objects, animals, or even people. You won''t find many straight lines here! Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how concrete poems work—and uses them to create all sorts of wild wordplay. Ode to a Commode is packed with mind-bending poems to make you puzzle and ponder. And when you''ve finished reading, you can try your hand at writing your own concrete poems!

What is a haiku? It sounds like a sneeze. And isn''t a lantern a light source? Actually, they are two types of ancient Japanese poetry. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how each form works--and shows how these little poems can contain big surprises!If It Rains Pancakes is packed with poems to make you chuckle, puzzle, and ponder. And when you''ve finished reading, you can try your hand at writing your own haiku and lanterns!

Brian Cleary and Brian Gable bring their trademark sense of humor to the subject of measuring length. A rhyming text filled with funny examples explains how to use and compare metric and U.S. customary units of length. Readers are also introduced to the tools they need to measure length—rulers, metersticks, and more.

In this fun-filled look at fractions, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable demonstrate how fractions work by splitting whole objects into parts. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical® series divide everything from pieces of pizza to groups of people into halves, thirds, tenths, and more. Peppy rhymes, goofy illustrations, and kid-friendly examples take the fear out of fractions. From the author and illustrator duo of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series, Math Is CATegorical® introduces basic math concepts for young readers and reveals that sometimes math is easier to show than explain! Pairing clever rhyming verse with comical cartoon cats, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable help children add up just how fun math can be!