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A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns
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Ruth Heller
"Highly informative and lushly . . . illustrated. An unbeatable combination for pleasure and learning".--"Children's Book Review Service". "The illustrations and the vocabulary will delight small eyes and ears".--"School Library Journal". An "American Bookseller" Pick of the Lists.
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
February 23rd 1991
by Putnam Juvenile
(first published 1987)
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This is a fun book to read aloud. The illustrations are wonderful and the rhyming narrative makes you forget that you are learning something. We haven't talked too much about collective nouns before, but there were a few, of course, that were very familiar and our girls understood the concept well. We all learned a bunch of new ones, however, and we discussed the note in the back, which gives a bit more detail about the topic.
An alphabet book that goes through each alphabet letter and names a collective noun that begins with each letter. Good book for children to use as a reference and also to introduce when learning the concept of collective nouns and nouns.
Great series of books for teaching grammar! The books in this series are very in depth - much more than I expected - but they are written in rhyme making it fun even for little ones to listen to.
My oldest son learned to read this past year -- and the world of books is now even more entrancing. I picked up a few Ruth Heller books and we are totally hooked. The illustrations are gorgeous and inviting, and she skillfully crafts phrases that my son is begging for more.
Definitely liked the illustrations - bright, colorful, bold. The book goes through the collective nouns for about 28 words. Interesting concept.
Have you ever heard of a kindle of kittens, a sleuth of bears, or a parcel of penguins? What a great collection of collective nouns!
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Wonderful book for children of all ages - have read it to our children ages 11-2 - to illustrate understanding of nouns and vocabulary.
This book will help students learn about nouns and collective nouns. It has many good examples and pictures too.
A very beautiful book. I loved it. I especially liked the drift of swans.
A Kindle of kittens and a gam of whales.
Great use for Parts of Speech Unit
Read in class together.
Reading level: primary
This is another excellent Language Arts resource. This book of poetry helps students to understand what collective nouns are. The illustrations show the group and the sentence uses the collective noun. In reading this book, I even learned some new collective nouns!
This is another excellent Language Arts resource. This book of poetry helps students to understand what collective nouns are. The illustrations show the group and the sentence uses the collective noun. In reading this book, I even learned some new collective nouns!
Even adults can learn grammar from Heller's books. And everyone can enjoy the amazing art. I would love to have grandchildren who could be entrusted with complete sets of Heller's grammar and science books.
All of Ruth Heller's books are fabulous. Meticulous, jewel-rich illustrations really hit home whichever grammar (or other) topic she is expressing. Beautiful.
Good for teaching about collective nouns, otherwise the story doesn't really hold up as an engrossing read.
my kids love this book...they ask for it over and over...weird. hehehe
A wonderful series of books about the parts of speech!
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