Best Selling Books by Marvin Terban

A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms.

A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms.

An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins.

Illustrates and explains over 100 common English idioms, in categories including animals, body parts, and colors.

An introduction to six common figures of speech -- metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration, and hyperbole -- with guidelines for their use and numerous illustrative examples.

Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group. For example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and beat around the bush.

Thirty popular expressions such as "straight from the horse''s mouth" and "white elephant" are amusingly explained and illustrated.

A collection of progressively harder to guess palindrome riddles.

This collection of original riddles is unlike any other because the main words in each answer sound exactly alike, but have different meanings. Zany illustrations add to the fun and provide clues to the solutions. And the newly designed full-color cover makes the package even more appealing. So dig in--and see why you should play with your words (not with your food)!

An abundant cache of ideas for using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes.

Trace the origins of more than 100 eponymous words—words derived from the names of people and places. What food was first cooked up in Hamburg, Germany? Hamburgers What country is named after the Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci? America What do you call people and places whose names become words? Eponyms! Meet the people and places behind more than 100 eponymous words and read the fascinating stories of why words were created for them. What would be the meaning of a word named after you?

When his friends tease him for being a "powder-puff," Guff sets out to prove he is a hero

Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

Explores the plural of 90 irregular nouns, such as mouse and mice, in humorous rhymes and tongue twisters.

A collection of over seventy riddles using homographs, words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning and pronunciation.

With an alphabetical listing of more than 15,000 words, useful rules, and an index of commonly misspelled words, this guide can help any student conquer the spelling dilemma. Illustrations.

Repeated practice builds student mastery of essential grammar, usage, and mechanics skills. 150+ fun and engaging practice pages * Flexible use great for homework

SloMo has a tiring journey on his way to umpire his friends baseball game and falls asleep before he can yell "play ball."

Amelia Bedelia entertains Mr. and Mrs. Rogers by showing them her family album and describing what her relatives do.