Living Books: A Fun Introduction to Grammar

When my son was in second grade, I discovered some living grammar books at my local library.   As a first grader he was introduced to grammatical terms through Mad Libs which was very much enjoyed.  These books were an excellent tool that allowed me to further introduce him to grammar in a visually-pleasing way.  The fun books are full of colorful pictures and interesting text.  I find that living books tend make subjects more interesting and fun.

I’ve separated out the different books into the topics. If you click on a book it will take you to Amazon where you can find the isbn, author, and any other necessary information you need to find the book at your local library.

Nouns

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?

A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More About Nouns

Pronouns

I And You And Don’t Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?

If You Were a Pronoun

Mine, All Mine!

Adjectives

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?

Many Luscious Lollipops

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More About Adjectives

Prepositions

Under, Over, by the Clover: What Is a Preposition?

If You Were a Preposition

Verbs

I Think I Thought: And Other Tricky Verbs

Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs

To Root to Toot to Parachute: What Is a Verb

Adverbs

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is An Adverb?

Up, Up and Away

Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More About Adverbs

Conjunctions

If You Were a Conjunction

Interjections

If You Were an Interjection

Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions

Punctuation

Quincy Question Mark

Peter Period

Emma Exclamation Point

 

 

 

 

 

Hannah Hyphen

 

 

 

Alan Apostrophe

 

 

 

 

Christopher Comma 

 

 

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