Most Popular Books by Brian P. Cleary

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! In this playful look at patterns, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable provide many examples of repeating sequences of shapes, colors, objects, and more. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical® series show how patterns can be found all around us. Peppy rhymes, goofy illustrations, and kid-friendly examples make pattern practice fun!

Because there are synonyms, you get to choose/from a whole list of possible words you can use./ They''re words that are practically, nearly the same,/like, gentle, subdued, or incredibly tame. In this 20th anniversary edition of Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know, author Brian Cleary and illustrator Brian Gable provide numerous examples of synonyms. The text''s playful rhymes combine with fun illustrations to build understanding of how this part of speech is used. New Try It! features, updated back matter, and a fresh font make these editions extra special.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! In this humorous look at shapes, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable introduce circles, ovals, triangles, squares, and rectangles. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical® series explain how to identify each shape and provide loads of examples. Peppy rhymes, goofy illustrations, and kid-friendly examples make shaping up a snap!

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! In the first book of the Math Is Categorical® series, readers will become familiar with the concept of addition and its key terms. The author and illustrator of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series use their trademark sense of humor to add up the fun!

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! In this wacky look at weight, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable introduce essential measurement units—from grams to pounds to tons. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical® series show how to measure trucks, trains, ducks, cranes, and more. Peppy rhymes, goofy illustrations, and kid-friendly examples make light work of this heavy topic.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have fun with language! The latest addition to the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series, this fun-filled guide uses playful puns and humorous illustrations to creatively clarify the concept of pronouns. Key pronouns appear in color for easy identification to show, not tell, readers what pronouns are all about.

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.

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.

What is a noun? It''s easier to show than explain—and this book is brimming with examples. Author Brian Cleary and illustrator Jenya Prosmitsky creatively clarify the concept of nouns for young readers. Nouns are printed in color for easy identification, and the playful rhymes and illustrations combine to highlight key words.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have fun learning about language! One book is never enough to explore the wide range of synonyms! In this follow up to Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know, the crazy and zany cats deliver loads of additional examples to illustrate the power of synonyms to make writing superb or terrific. Brian P. Cleary''s playful, rollicking verse and Brian Gable''s comical cats or felines turn traditional grammar lessons on end. Each pair or group of synonyms is printed in color for easy and simple identification. Read this book aloud and share the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

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.

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.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have fun with language! One book is never enough to explore the wide range of verbs! In this follow-up to To Root, to Toot, to Parachute, the crazy cats deliver loads of additional examples to illustrate the power of both action verbs and linking verbs. Brian P. Cleary''s playful verse and Brian Gable''s comical cats turn traditional grammar lessons on end. Each verb is printed in color for easy identification. Read this book aloud and share the delight of the sense and nonsense of words.

"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.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What is an adverb? It''s hard to explain but easy to show—and that''s just what this book does, in rhyming, comical verse that will have readers giggling as they learn. Cartoon cats guide readers through the tricks of describing when, how, where, how often, and how much in this lighthearted celebration of language.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Adjectives are words like hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary. Simple, rhyming text and colorful cartoon cats help children expand their vocabularies and gain an appreciation for the rhythm of language in this lighthearted book of rhyming verse. Adjectives like frilly, silly, polka-dotted, fizzy, and spunky are printed in color, and all the words will tickle you pink!

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.

If it''s a person, place, or thing—/Your dad, Detroit, a diamond ring,/If it''s a boat or coat or clown,/It''s simple, Simon, it''s a noun! In this 20th anniversary edition of A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink, author Brian Cleary and illustrator Jenya Prosmitsky provide numerous examples of nouns. The text''s playful rhymes combine with fun illustrations to build understanding of how this part of speech is used. New Try It! features, updated back matter, and a fun, fresh design make these editions extra special.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have fun with language! What Is an antonym? One book is never enough to explore the wide range of antonyms! In this follow up to Stop and Go, Yes and No, the zany (not ordinary) cats deliver loads of additional examples to illustrate the power of these opposites. Brian P. Cleary''s playful (not dull) verse and Brian Gable''s comical (not serious) cats turn traditional grammar lessons on end. Each pair of antonyms is printed in color for easy (not difficult) identification. Read this book aloud and share the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Adverbs tell us when and how,/Like, quickly do your homework, now./They often help describe the verbs,/Like, patiently plant peas and herbs. In this 20th anniversary edition of Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely, author Brian Cleary and illustrator Brian Gable cleverly provide numerous examples of adverbs. The text''s playful rhymes combine with fun illustrations to build understanding of how this part of speech is used. New Try It! features, updated back matter, and a fresh font make these editions extra special.

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.

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! The author and illustrator of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series brings their trademark sense of humor to the subject of subtraction. Rhyming text filled with funny, countable examples shows what it means to take one number away from another. Readers are also introduced to the terminology they''ll encounter as they learn to subtract.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! 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.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What''s a contraction? You''ll find the answer inside this book―it''s brimming with contractions! Brian P. Cleary''s playful rhymes and Brian Gable''s humorous illustrations don''t shy away from creatively clarifying the concept of contractions. For easy identification, we''ve printed the contractions in color. You won''t want to miss the comical cats that reinforce each idea. I''m and Won''t, They''re and Don''t: What''s a Contraction? turns traditional grammar lesson on end. Read this book 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! 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.

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!

In this funny look at money, Cleary, Brian P. and Brian Gable explain the basics of bills and coins. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical® series show young readers how to count and combine pennies, nickels, fives, tens, and more. Peppy rhymes, goofy illustrations, and kid-friendly examples take the mystery out of money.

Humor is on sale at the Laugh Stand, so step up and pick out the laugh of your choice. From Tom Swifties—"''These are my underpants,'' Tom said briefly."—to daffinitions—"Benign: What you are after you be eight."—to pangrams, anagrams, and even word diagrams, readers will chuckle their way through this adventure in humor.

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.

Rhymes, animal characters, and a chaotic train-station setting provide an entertaining introduction to seven oft-used punctuation marks: periods, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, question marks, hyphens, and exclamation points.

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.

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

Rhyming text introduces young readers to healthy oils, what foods they are in, and how they are good for you. This revised edition contains MyPlate information and recommendations.

Come romp with me amongst the words/Come play amongst the phrases/Swing and climb from pun to rhyme/And hop through versey mazes. Swim through rivers thick with thought/Rejoice from head to toe-etry. Beat your drums and shake your bums/And dance the dance of poetry. From the author of the best-selling Words Are CATegoricalTM series, this playful poetry collection includes limericks, puns, palindromes, and more. Short annotations explain the various forms and terms of poetry used.