Gr 2-4-This title presents students with yet more rhymed and seemingly random nouns than those in Cleary's A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? (Carolrhoda, 1999). Each spread contains a playful sentence elaborating on the topic, with each noun highlighted in a bright color. "Friend is a noun,/and so is your dad,/ice cream/and bagels/and Boston/and Brad." Gable's loose watercolor cartoons depict each noun (as well as the series's signature big-nosed cats, of course). Unfortunately, Clearly does not use this opportunity to go much beyond the scope of his previous work on this part of speech. A reference to "bling" is fun, though likely to date the book quickly. Those seeking a more thorough picture-book introduction to noun subspecies, such as compound nouns, collective nouns, and plurals, should stick with Ruth Heller's Merry-Go-Round: A Book about Nouns (Grosset & Dunlap, 1992). Lime would be a fun read-aloud for language-arts lessons, but those owning the other titles should consider it an additional purchase.-Jayne Damron, Farmington Community Library, MI Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns
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| BN ID: | 2940170017973 |
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| Publisher: | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 08/01/2014 |
| Series: | Words Are Categorical Series |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Age Range: | 8 - 11 Years |
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