A wonderful children's story that adults should read, too!

Poochie & Guff

Marvin Terban

Goldencraft

Poochie Balloon Ride

Golden Press

A humorous look at language shows readers how to turn homonyms, homographs, and idioms into jokes and riddles and features comic drawings.

Funny You Should Ask

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Clarion Books

Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms: More Than 600 Phrases, Sayings & Expressions by Terban, Marvin (1996) Paperback

Scholastic Press

Time to Rhyme: A Rhyming Dictionary

Demco Media

The Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling: Over 15,000 Words

The SCHOLASTIC WRITER¹S DESK REFERENCE will help kids of all skill levels become more accurate and confident writers. This easy-to-use volume includes information on grammar, punctuation, spelling, and much more. A detailed index, general reference section, dozens of examples, and kid-friendly text make this book fun to read and easy to use. Covering all the core skills that kids need to become more accurate and confident writers, this volume is sure to be well thumbed.

Scholastic Writer's Desk Reference : Ultimate Guide to Punctuation, Grammar, Writing, Spelling, Letter Writing and Much More

Reference

Bt Bound

It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech

It Figures! : Fun Figures of Speech

Mad As a Wet Hen: And Other Funny Idioms

Have you ever been so angry that you were mad as a wet hen? The meanings of 134 lively idioms are explained in this entertaining and useful book.

Mad As a Wet Hen! : And Other Funny Idioms

Humor

Tandem Library

BUILDING YOUR VOCABULARY, the newest addition to the Scholastic Guide series, is an essential resource that provides children with skills they need in order to approach and learn new vocabulary words.Using language arts standards from states around the nation as a guide, BUILDING YOUR VOCABULARY familiarizes kids with word origins, word parts, context clues, synonyms and antonyms, and other critical skills.  Rather than a book of vocabulary lists to memorize, this title gives kids tools they can use throughout their lives.Kids will discover that English is made up of words from many different languages.  They'll also find out about eponyms--people and places that become words.Next students will discover the meanings of common prefixes, suffixes, and roots so that they can approach new words more confidently.  There are also sections on homonyms, word families, shades of meaning, dictionaries, and thesauruses.  All in a fun and entertaining format. 

Building Your Vocabulary

Education & Reference

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