A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink

by Brian P. Cleary

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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."

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Does its job quite well. I enjoyed it a lot and the mention of proper nouns was a nice addition to the text. Good book.
This is a good book. It rhymes and is full of nouns which are highlighted in different colors so students can tell the nouns apart from the other words in the book. It's a funny book and there is no story line but it does show children what a noun is.
This book is an informational book with brightly colored pages with illustrations in colored pencils. The content of this book defines a noun and gives all sorts of examples of different nouns, such as proper nouns. The words also rhyme, which makes the story fun to read outloud. The reading level of this book is first grade. Some curricular connections for this book are parts of speech, language arts, english, nouns, and parts of a sentence.
Explains what a noun is. Also gives multiple examples. Presented in a rhyming scheme. Words that are nouns are in different colors to stand out. Genre: Informational book because strictly giving facts and examples of what a noun is. All characters in this book are flat because they only appear once. Media: Colored pencils.
This book is informational because it defines a noun. The illustrations are drawn using colored pencils and colorful letters in a cool font. The content contains many words that are described a nouns, and proper nouns. The reading level is around 1st or 2nd grade because it is easy to read but the content is around 3rd grade because it deals with the parts of speech. This book connects to language arts because it defines and provides numerous examples of nouns and proper nouns.
This book is informational because it defines a noun. The illustrations in this book are drawn in color pencil or crayon. The content includes what a noun is and what words are nouns. The reading level for this book is first grade because the words are written really big and there aren't very many words on a page. The curricular connection is language because it is about parts of speech, specifically nouns.
this is a good . it shows the understanding of a noun. it tells you what they are in an intriguing way.
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Brian P. Cleary is the author of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical series, as well as the Math Is CATegorical, Food Is CATegorical, and Sounds Like Reading series. He has also written several picture books and poetry books. Mr. Cleary lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink

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Nonfiction, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
428.2LanguageEnglish & Old English languagesStandard English usage (Prescriptive linguistics)Structural approach to expression; formal grammar
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PE1201 .C58Language and LiteratureEnglish languageEnglishModern English
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English
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Paper, Ebook
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