Mine, All Mine! by Ruth Heller
Perfect for introductory grammar and language arts lessons What is a pronoun? How do you use it? Do you say, These candies are for him and me--or he and I? Explore language and discover how to use pronouns and their many forms from personal to reflexive to demonstrative. Praise for Mine, All Mine Once again, Heller has taken a part of speech and made its function perfectly and entertainingly clear. . From cover to cover, the stylishly drawn, brilliantly colored, double-paged illustrations grab readers and don't let go. . Who would have thought pronouns could be such fun?--School Library Journal Bold, handsome illustrations accompanied by a jaunty, rhymed text demonstrate their importance . with all the panache of a Madison Avenue publicity campaign. . Language teachers, rejoice --The Horn Book About the Explore series: Dedicated to helping children learn a variety of nonfiction subjects, the Explore series uses pitch-perfect rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated images to make learning fun. Books in the series: Explore Language1. Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions
2. Cache of Jewels: And Other Collective Nouns
3. Fantastic Wow and Unreal : A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions
4. Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs
5. Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives
6. Mine, All Mine : A Book About Pronouns
7. Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns
8. Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs Explore Nature
1. Animals Born Alive and Well: A Book About Mammals and Their Young
2. Chickens Aren't the Only Ones: A Book About Animals Who Lay Eggs
3. The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds
4. Plants that Never Ever Bloom: A Book About Fungi, Ferns, and Other Plants Without Flowers
Ruth Heller (1923-2004) began her career designing wrapping paper, cocktail napkins, greeting cards, and coloring books after getting a fine arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and two years of graduate work in design at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Heller's first book, Chickens Aren't the Only Ones, about egg-laying animals, was published in 1981 after five years of rejection and one complete revision. Animals Born Alive And Well (1982), the sequel and second book to be released, was immediately followed by Animals Born Alive And Well (1983), a book about mammals. Her third and fourth books, The Cause For A Flower (about plants with seeds and flowers) and Plants That Never Ever Bloom (about plants that don't), were published in 1983 and 1984, respectively. She subsequently began work on the How To Hide series, a collection of six books about camouflage and the enchantment of this natural phenomena that covered the entire animal kingdom, including insects, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and sea creatures.
A Cache of Gems and Other Collective Nouns; Kites Fly High: A Book About Verbs; Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives; Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns; and Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs constituted the next set of books, which became a five-volume series on parts of speech. Color, a fun and instructional explanation to how art travels through the four-color printing process, was also written and illustrated by her. Ogden Nash, Gilbert and Sullivan, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, and Dr. Seuss are just a few of the noteworthy people that have influenced Heller's writing. All of Heller's publications are nonfiction picture books in rhyme, she claims.
Writing in rhyme is both pleasant and hard for me, and I believe it is a simple approach for youngsters to learn new things and expand their vocabulary. Big words do not intimidate children. I aim to keep my text to a minimum and rely on the illustrations to communicate as much as possible.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780698117976 |
| ISBN 10 | 0698117972 |
| Title | Mine, All Mine! |
| Author | Ruth Heller |
| Series | Explore |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 1999-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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