The Great Grammar Book by Kate Petty, illustrated by Jeannie Maizels. PICTURE BOOK. Cadlewick Press, 1996. $25. 9780763695750
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Each two page spread in this book tackles one of the parts of speech. Each page contains a definition, a verbal activity, and lots of mobil elements like lifting flaps and turning wheels. The preposition page has an entire pop-up park scene and a dog that runs “under” and “through” the elements.
I would absolutely recommend buying this book if it wasn’t for the fragile nature of it. I just don’t think it will hold up in a school with multiple readers. Between two kids and two readings, we already bent or broke at least three of the movable elements in the book.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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