25 books in series

Words are CATegorical

Words are CATegorical is a 25-book series first released in 1999 with contributions by Brian P. Cleary.

-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix?
-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix?

2014 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns

2006 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?

1999 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest: What Are Comparatives and Superlatives?
Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest: What Are Comparatives and Superlatives?

2012 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?
But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?

2010 • 1 Reader • 31 pages

Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?
Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?

2010 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?

2002 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

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Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies

Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals?

2012 • 1 Reader • 31 pages

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?

1999 • 2 Readers • 32 pages • 3

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?

2005 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?
I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?

2004 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction? (Words are Categorical)
I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction? (Words are Categorical)

2010 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Lazily, crazily, just a bit nasally
Lazily, crazily, just a bit nasally

2008 • 1 Reader • 36 pages

Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome?
Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome?

2012 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?
Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?

2004 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives

2007 • 2 Readers • 32 pages • 3

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Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk

Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?

2009 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs

2006 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym?
Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym?

2006 • 1 Reader

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms
Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms

2009 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms
Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms

2008 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

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Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick

Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word?

2011 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

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To Root, to Toot, Parachute

To Root, to Toot, Parachute: What is a Verb?

2000 • 1 Reader • 32 pages • 3

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?

2000 • 1 Reader • 32 pages

Under, Over, by the Clover: What Is a Preposition?
Under, Over, by the Clover: What Is a Preposition?

2002 • 1 Reader • 32 pages