juvenile fiction / concepts / words

Rhyming verses catalogue a profusion of amusing, unusual, imaginative, and incredible things that can be thought about.

"Period wants to write a story, but he can't find the words. He enlists the help of some punctuation pals and together they not only find the words, they come up with quite a story"--.

" ... an alphabet book that uses big words, including bibliomania, dulcifluous, and catawampus, with their definitions for readers to learn how to use each correctly"--OCLC.

When the words in the dictionary get bored and leave to attend a convention in Hollyword, it is up to Noah Webster to restore (alphabetical) order.

Jerome enjoys collecting and using words that he hears, reads, or sees, and then decides to share his collection with others.

Alphabet letters and bold, graphic images of fruits and vegetables come together in this book of pun-filled rebuses about love and friendship.

"A young girl and her dog spend the day playing in her backyard, where with their imagination--and a few helpful props--anything can happen"--Provided by publisher.

A tongue twister featuring a little round greyhound and a little round groundhog who work themselves into a frenzy as they whirl around and around one another.

"The reader is invited to identify items in the illustrations that begin with each letter of the alphabet"--OCLC.

"Amelia Bedelia's mother loves garage sales so much, she decides to have one herself! But Amelia Bedelia loves her garage and does not want to sell it, so she and her parents decide to call it a yard sale instead. People come from all over the neighborhood to buy Amelia Bedelia and her parents' old things, and one woman even buys the yard!"--Provided by publisher.