Adjectives Say "Incredible!"

by Michael Dahl, Lauren Lowen (Illustrator)

It's Zoo Day, and the adjectives can't wait for all the furry, fuzzy, feathered, noisy, wet, and sweet things. The perfect pairing of solid grammar basics and plenty of goofiness, this illustrated parts-of-speech adventure teaches and entertains all at once. Incredible!

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

Michael Dahl is the author of over 200 books for children and young adults, including the acclaimed Finnegan Zwake mystery series and The Library of Doom. His works have earned Edgar and Anthony Award nominations and national design honors. As Editorial Director at Stone Arch Books, he champions engaging, award-winning stories that inspire young readers everywhere.

He also writes under aliases Chris Carey, Rick Thomas, and Mark Ziegler.

Reviews

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quirky delightfulness is yours, Goodreaders, just for the reading.

Between the lighthearted illustrations and by mixing together grand words with slang, this playful book can help children to develop a love of words... just as words. And also because a bigger vocabulary can facilitate communication with oomph.

For a sample, here's the text from facing Pages 16-17. (If you can, check out the inimitable illustrations as well.)

Some adjectives mean the same thing.

Wow! Elephants are huge!
Monstrous!
Enormous!
Gigantic!
They're big, I tell you. Big! Big! Big!
Massive!
Stupendous!
Colossal!

And maybe, Goodreaders, you'd like to read over that list once again, only this time... notice the musicality. That didn't come from a thesaurus. I credit the musical ear, and sense of timing, from the author Michael Dahl.

This is such a FIVE STAR book.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good explanations.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative.