cover image To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb?

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb?

Brian P. Cleary. Carolrhoda Books, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-57505-403-2

""Jog or juggle, jig or leap, Verbs can tire you out a heap."" Author Brian P. Cleary and illustrator Jenya Prosmitsky have teamed up again to give young readers a grammar lesson in To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?, a worthy companion to A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? and Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? Prosmitsky's signature silly cats act and act and act! Aspiring writers will know by the end of this book that, ""If it's an action, it's a verb!"" ( Mar.)