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Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of nouns, from "gown" and "crown" to "boat", "coat", and "clown."

Humorous illustrations and die-cut pages introduce words of the same family, such as pet, wet, jet, and then combine them in often-improbable phrases, including jet gets wet.

See how the punctuation marks you use (and where you put them) can completely change the meaning of what you write.

A blue rhinoceros unabashedly subjects himself to undignified elements in order to demonstrate sixteen pairs of rhyming words, from "caring" and "daring" to "stinky" and "inky.".

"With more than 4,000 entries, this updated edition of First Children's Dictionary is an ideal reference book for children five and older. Designed with age-appropriate text and highly visual pages featuring more than 800 images. Definitions are written in full sentences, helping children learn how to write correctly, and example sentences illustrate use and meaning. Opposites are included, themed feature pages highlight related words, and spelling...

Isaac enjoys visiting his grandparents' farm, in simple text featuring the long "I" sound.

Rhyming text and illustrations present explanations of the various types of nouns and rules for their usage.

Looks at the history of punctuation and the rules governing the use of apostrophes, commas, dashes, hyphens, colons, and semicolons.