Most Popular Books by Brian P. Cleary

From best-selling author Brian P. Cleary, Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes is a real mouthful! Presenting readers with twenty-four challenging and hilarious tongue twisters, Cleary''s inventive sentences and Steve Mack''s appealing art will leave readers tongue-tied?and laughing through their teeth.

Rhyming text introduces young readers to foods in the dairy group, including cheese, ice cream, and--of course--milk! Also introduces the health benefits of dairy foods and physical activity. This revised edition contains MyPlate information and recommendations.

The thing on the wing can sing. With rhyming, decodable text and comedic, colorful illustrations, this book provides plenty of examples of short vowel sounds with consonant digraphs and encourages readers to try the sounds for themselves. Reading is a blast in this hilarious book! Learn about short vowel sounds with sentences that get more complex as you read. The wacky rhymes and colorful art will make phonics fun! Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary uses his trademark wit and humor to engage emergent readers in these phonics-based books. Each book hones specific skills and builds readers'' confidence.

What is an insect? Crickets, mosquitos, ladybugs, and many other creatures are all insects! Clever rhymes from Cleary, Brian P. and comical illustrations from Goneau, Martin explain the traits that all insects have in common and help you determine which creatures belong in this six-legged group. Animal names are printed in color for easy identification, and the goofy CATegorical cats make learning fun!

Presents simple rhymes and riddles designed to help with memorizing difficult to spell words and tricky grammar rules.

I saw her paw on his jaw. With rhyming, carefully leveled text and comedic, colorful illustrations, this book provides plenty of examples of diphthongs and r-controlled vowels and encourages readers to try the sounds for themselves. Reading is a blast in this hilarious book! Discover sentences full of diphthongs and R-controlled vowels that gradually become more challenging. The wacky rhymes and colorful art will make phonics fun! Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary uses his trademark wit and humor to engage emergent readers in these phonics-based books. Each book hones specific skills and builds readers'' confidence.

What is a compound word? You''ll find the answer inside this book—it''s a stockpile of compound words! Brian P. Cleary''s upbeat rhymes and Brian Gable''s sidesplitting illustrations bring compound words to life. We''ve highlighted the compound words with colored type to make them easy to identify. Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word? overturns traditional grammar lessons. Read this book aloud with everyone you know and share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Cats can code? These cats sure can! Playful rhyming verse and goofy illustrations introduce coding languages and syntax. Readers will learn why we need special languages for coding and see examples from a number of languages. And they''ll quickly find out why correct syntax is key for avoiding up-mixes mix-ups! Author Brian P. Cleary, illustrator Martin Goneau, and the enthusiastic CATegorical cats offer a fun and accessible introduction to these key coding concepts.

Do you think there''s no more to know about homonyms and homophones? This book will prove you wrong! With dozens of laughs per second, the value of the lesson doesn''t lessen the second time around. Brian P. Cleary''s playful rhymes and Martin Goneau''s humorous illustrations creatively present fresh examples of homonyms and homophones for young readers. For easy identification, each pair of homonyms or homophones appears in color, and the comical cats help bring each idea to the fore. A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More about Homonyms and Homophones turns traditional grammar lessons on end! Read and reread this book aloud and delight in the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Can cats code? These cats sure can! Computer bugs come to life with playful rhyming verse and goofy illustrations. Readers will learn about types of errors that can bring a computer to a crawl. And they''ll discover these bugs aren''t so scary—all thanks to debugging! Author Brian P. Cleary, illustrator Martin Goneau, and the enthusiastic CATegorical cats offer a fun and accessible introduction to key coding concepts.

A collection of poems featuring a range of subjects, from grandmothers to muzaloos.

With humor and rhyme, a Jewish family celebrates and survives the eight days of Hanukkah. Every Jewish family will relate to this roller coaster of joys and adventures as an assortment of relatives and friends descends on the household.

Clever rhymes from Brian P. Cleary and comical illustrations from Martin Goneau explain the traits that all mammals have in common and help you determine which creatures belong in this hairy group.

Need a sure-fire way to memorize everything you need to know for your next social studies test? Brian P. Cleary can help! He''s made up acronyms, poems, riddles, songs, raps, and more to help those slippery social studies facts stick in your skull. And better yet, this book will give you ideas for how you can create your very own painless memory tricks.

They say elephants never forget. Once you read this book, neither will you! Brian P. Cleary has tips for tackling all types of tricky science facts. This book is bursting with acrostics, acronyms, poems, songs, and more. Need to keep track of the order of the planets? Mel can help. As in: “Mel''s Very Excited Ma Just Served Us Nachos.” How about photosynthesis? Sing a song about it to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”! And better yet, you’ll get ideas for how you can create your very own painless memory tricks. Lively illustrations from J. P. Sandy add to the fun of this UNFORGETTABLE series!

Acrostic? What kind of stick is that? Actually, it''s a poem! Acrostic poems are created from a word or phrase written vertically down the page. Each letter becomes part of a line in the poem, revealing a thought or a clue about the poem''s topic. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary shows how even the wackiest words can make an acrostic poem. Bow-Tie Pasta is packed with acrostics to make you snicker and snort. And when you''ve finished reading, you can try your hand at writing your own poems!

How in the world will you memorize everything you need to know for your next geography test? Brian P. Cleary can help! He’s made up acronyms, poems, riddles, songs, and more to help those tricky geography facts stick in your brain. And better yet, this book will give you ideas for how you can create your very own painless memory tricks.

What is in the meat and beans group? Hamburgers, turkey, tuna, peanuts, and much more. Brian P. Cleary''s goofy verse and Martin Goneau''s humorous illustrations give young readers oodles of examples from the meat and beans group and highlight some of their health benefits. Names of foods in this group are printed in color for easy identification. Enjoy this tasty treat of a book!

Sounds Like Reading (tm) is a series of phonic-based readers that provide emergent readers with high-quality, instructional material that is developed in accordance with the NRRF (National Right to Read Foundation). Each book builds on the one before it, introducing concepts that complement and reinforce what the students have already learned. the titles use rhyme, repetition, illustration, and phonics to grow early readers''confidence and success. Creative, humorous text from author Brian P. Cleary and bright, eye-catching illustrations from artist Jason Miskimins are sure to appeal to all students.

Young readers can learn how to read words with consonant blends and long vowel sounds through rhymes, repetition, illustrations, and phonics.