When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It

When You Catch an Adjective, Kill ItBy: Ben Yagoda What do you get when you mix nine parts of speech, one great writer, and generous dashes of insight, humor, and irreverence? One phenomenally entertaining language book. In his waggish yet authoritative book, Ben Yagoda has managed to undo the dark work of legions of English teachers and libraries of dusty grammar texts. Not since School House Rock have adjectives, adverbs, articles, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, prepositions,

Allyn offers parents and caregivers essential advice on choosing appropriate titles for their children—taking into account a child’s age

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or sentence is accompanied by a line drawing that immediately explains its meaning

a lost looking teenager crosses her path

In fourteenth-century France

It's about people: from the American slave Frederick Douglass to girls in Afghanistan in the year 2001 who defied laws that prevented them from learning to read

By: Joan Holub | Illustrator:  Debbie Palen | Series: Penguin Young Readers

and robots that bring her joy

Kelsey learns that Wyatt’s power in the boardroom is no match for his power in the bedroom

Lillian Fishman’s riveting debut is bold

This book I am writing to you about my afterlife will be your nitty-gritty

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