Teachers and parents know that teaching is more effective when kids are having fun. Rick Walton's Language Adventures Series combines entertainment and education with eight newly revised picture books that cleverly teach grammar and usage. Kids will love the silly stories, funny illustrations, and witty wordplay. Teachers and parents will love the new features: definitions at the beginning of the book and activities at the end that allow kids to apply what they've learned. Titles in the series include Around the House, the Fox Chased the Mouse: Adventures in Prepositions Bullfrog Pops: Adventures in Verbs and Objects Herd of Cows, Flock of Sheep: Adventures in Collective Nouns Just Me and 6,000 Rats: Adventures in Conjunctions Once There Was a Bull . . . (Frog): Adventures in Compound Words Pig Pigger Piggest: Adventures in Comparing Suddenly Alligator: Adventures in Adverbs Why the Banana Split: Adventures in Idioms Rick Walton is the author of more than sixty children's books, including this best-selling language arts series. His books have been featured on the IRA Children's Choice list, Reading Rainbow, and CBS This Morning. More than 150,000 copies sold! So why did the banana split? Well, for the same reason that the jackhammers hit the road, the lettuce headed out, and the jump ropes skipped town. It was even enough to make the baseball players strike out. Here's a hint: it's bigger than a breadbox. And named Rex. With Jimmy Holder's sly illustrations bringing every pun to life, Rick Walton's verbal deftness will leave readers splitting too-their sides.

 

There are 36 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Gibbs M. Smith Inc .

Rick Walton is a former teacher. He speaks Portuguese and Spanish, has travelled throughout North and South America, and now lives in Brazil. He is the author of the Walker picture book Bertie Was A Watchdog, illustrated by Arthur Robins Michael Bedard is one of the world's most popular and successful pop artists. His book Sitting Ducks is a phenomenal success, both here and in the States. Selected as a World Book Day "Super Read" title - one of just two for the 3+ age group - Sitting Ducks has been reprinted many times and already sold over 50, 000 copies in the UK alone.