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Marvin Terban is the author of Scholastic Guide to Grammar (2010), Checking Your Grammar (1994), Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms (1996), It Figures! (1993), Punching the Clock (1990).

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Scholastic Guide to Grammar

release date: Jan 01, 2010
Scholastic Guide to Grammar
A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms.

Checking Your Grammar

release date: Aug 01, 1994
Checking Your Grammar
A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms.

Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms
An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins.

It Figures!

release date: Oct 18, 1993
It Figures!
An introduction to six common figures of speech -- metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration, and hyperbole -- with guidelines for their use and numerous illustrative examples.

Punching the Clock

release date: Jan 01, 1990
Punching the Clock
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.

Mad as a Wet Hen!

release date: Jan 01, 1987
Mad as a Wet Hen!
Illustrates and explains over 100 common English idioms, in categories including animals, body parts, and colors.

Too Hot to Hoot

release date: Jan 21, 2008
Too Hot to Hoot
A collection of progressively harder to guess palindrome riddles.

Your Foot's on My Feet!

release date: Jan 21, 2008
Your Foot's on My Feet!
Explores the plural of 90 irregular nouns, such as mouse and mice, in humorous rhymes and tongue twisters.

Guppies in Tuxedos

release date: Aug 18, 2008
Guppies in Tuxedos
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?

Funny You Should Ask

release date: Jan 01, 1992
Funny You Should Ask
An abundant cache of ideas for using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes.

Eight Ate

release date: Feb 19, 2007
Eight Ate
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)!

In a Pickle

release date: Jun 18, 2007
In a Pickle
Thirty popular expressions such as "straight from the horse''s mouth" and "white elephant" are amusingly explained and illustrated.

The Dove Dove

release date: Jan 01, 1988
The Dove Dove
A collection of over seventy riddles using homographs, words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning and pronunciation.

Poochie-Balloon Ride

Poochie-Balloon Ride
Poochie meets Hover Hound and rescues several of her friends in his hot air balloon.

Poochie and Slomo

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

Poochie and Guff

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

Time to Rhyme

release date: Jan 01, 1994
Time to Rhyme
Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

Amelia Bedelia's Family Album

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Amelia Bedelia's Family Album
Amelia Bedelia entertains Mr. and Mrs. Rogers by showing them her family album and describing what her relatives do.
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