Merry-Go-Round (World of Language)
by Ruth Heller
List Price:
Our Price: $2.63
You Save: $5.36 (67%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Ruth HellerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-02-23
ISBN: 0698116429
Number of pages: 48
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780698116429
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
- Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices
Book Reviews of Merry-Go-Round (World of Language)
Book Review: Beware of words that might get you in trouble!
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a great resource for teaching and/or reviewing nouns. However in the book there are some words that might get you in trouble with parents or administration if you are a teacher. The words are jackasses and boobies, as in red-footed boobies. Just an FYI.
Summary of Merry-Go-Round (World of Language)
With humor, style, and succinct, admirable precision, Heller summarizes everything most people will ever need to know about this particular area of grammarA treasure. --Kirkus Reviews Its lush, exuberant, full-color artwork will grab kids' attention, even if they're sitting at the back of the classroom. --Booklist Her subject, made interesting by a rhyming text and brilliantly colored picture, will appeal to everyone. -- Horn Book Q&A - Ruth Heller - A Paperstar Profile How did you become interested in writing books for children? I loved reading to my own children, and when they started school, I became the P.T.A. library chairman. I was the one who got to pick and choose and spend a nice fat budget for the elementary school library. I feel as though I've been surrounded by children's books for years. I suppose this and my strong art background are what prompted my trying to write. What is the biggest influence in your style of writing, and how has it changed since you first began? Hillaire Belloc, Gilbert and Sullivan, Edward Lear--I grew up reading all of them. I love their rhythm, and I loved reading Dr. Seuss to my children. No question, these were my influences. I think I've become wordier, not quite as minimal and succinct as I used to be. What made you decide to write a series on the parts of speech? Take a peek at the back end paper of the hardcover edition of A Cache of Jewels. You'll see that I committed myself, in print, to writing a book for each part of speech. Here I am, ten years later, thankfully completing the very last book in this series. It will be published in 1998. Do you begin with the words or pictures when you are developing a book? How does the second part come together? The first step is to decide what I am going to say on each page. Then I can begin to visualize my illustrations. The words dictate what the illustration will be, but that still gives me many options. Sometimes the two come together easily, sometimes not. If not, I pursue new research material until something clicks. Did you learn anything new about the parts of speech while writing these books? I learned many things I had forgotten, and some new information and rules that I had never known. I also learned that the textbooks that I used for research were difficult to understand and somewhat boring, and that I am guilty of frequent misuse of the English language. How do you choose the images in your book? An art teacher once told me to fall in love with whatever I was drawing. So I choose images that I love: candy, ice cream, butterflies, sea creatures, carousels, jewels, etc.General Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Home Learning Year By Year: Grade 1, Language Arts
The Sesame Street Dictionaryby Linda Hayward
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 2004-03-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.31
Price in other shops:
My Very Own Big DictionaryHoughton Mifflin Harcourt; Published: 1996-03-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.93
Price in other shops:
The Kingfisher First Dictionary (Kingfisher First Reference)by Angela Crawley, John Grisewood
Kingfisher; Published: 2004-06-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.99
Price in other shops:
Clever Kids Study Skills: Ages 5-7by World Book Encyclopedia
World Book; Published: 1996-04; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Princess, Cowboy, Pirate, Elf:: Princess, Cowboy, Pirate, Elf: A First Book of Playsby Lizi Boyd
Hyperion Book CH; Published: 1995-09-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.14
Price in other shops:
Plays Around the Year (Grades 1-3)by Liza Schafer
Scholastic Inc.; Published: 1994-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.73
Price in other shops:
Wet Foot, Dry Foot, Low Foot, High Foot: Learn About Opposites (Beginner Fun Books)by Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1996-07-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $34.95
The King Who Rained (Stories to Go!)by Fred Gwynne
Aladdin; Published: 2006-05-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.79
Price in other shops:
Exactly the Oppositeby Tana Hoban
Greenwillow Books; Published: 1997-08-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.15
Price in other shops:
SRA Spelling: Grade 1, Continuous Strokeby MGH
Sra; Published: 2002-06-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.95
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb? (Cleary, Brian P., Words Are Categorical.)by Brian P. Cleary
Lerner Publishing Group; Published: 2003-04; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.35
Price in other shops:
To Root to Toot to Parachute: What Is a Verb (Words Are Categorical)by Brian P. Cleary
Carolrhoda Books; Published: 2001-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.06
Price in other shops:
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? (Words Are Categorical)by Brian P. Cleary
Carolrhoda Books; Published: 2001-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.00
Price in other shops:
A Cache of Jewels (World of Language)by Ruth Heller
Putnam Juvenile; Published: 1998-02-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.50
Price in other shops:
Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions (World of Language)by Ruth Heller
Putnam Juvenile; Published: 1998-11-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.73
Price in other shops:
Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions (Heller, Ruth, Ruth Heller World of Language.)by Ruth Heller
Putnam Juvenile; Published: 2000-10-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.15
Price in other shops:
Mine, All Mine! (World of Language)by Ruth Heller
Putnam Juvenile; Published: 1999-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.16
Price in other shops:
Many Luscious Lollipops (World of Language)by Ruth Heller
Putnam Juvenile; Published: 1998-02-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.87
Price in other shops:
Up, Up and Away (World of Language)by Ruth Heller
Putnam Juvenile; Published: 1998-10-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.84
Price in other shops:
Kites Sail High (Heller, Ruth, Ruth Heller World of Language.)by Ruth Heller
Putnam Juvenile; Published: 1998-02-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.33
Price in other shops: