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Search - List of Books by Brian P. Cleary

"In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better." -- Brian P. Cleary

Brian P. Cleary, (born October 1, 1959 in Lakewood, Ohio) is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best-known for his books that explore grammar in humorous ways written for grade-school children.

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All of Cleary's children's books have been published by Lerner Publishing Group and are written for grades K-6.

"Words are CATegorical" Series

Cleary's best-selling "Words are CATegorical" series include 17 titles, published from 1999 to 2010.

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?
I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns
Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs
Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym?
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?
Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?
Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms
Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms
Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?
But and For, Yet and Nor : What Is a Conjunction?

"Sounds Like Reading" Series

An 8-book series written for 1st graders and "English as second language" students, published in 2009.

The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug
Stop, Drop, and Flop in the Slop
The Nice Mice in the Rice
The Frail Snail on the Trail
The Thing on the Wing Can Sing
Whose Shoes Would You Choose?
The Peaches on the Beaches
The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star

"Math is CATegorical" Series

A 5-book series that introduces math concepts to 3rd graders.

The Action of Subtraction
The Mission of Addition
How Long or How Wide? A Measuring Guide
On the Scale, A Weighty Tale
Windows, Rings, and Grapes; A Look at Different Shapes

Other Lerner Book Titles

Eight Wild Nights: A Family Hanukkah Tale (Carolrhoda Picture Books series)
Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book (Millbrook Picture Books series)
"Mrs. Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Science Facts (Adventures in Memory series)
Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry
The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor
Rhyme & PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay
The Punctuation Station

Books for Adults

You Oughta Know by Now (Perseus 2010)

This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Brian P. Cleary", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0

Total Books: 186

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The Sun Played Hideandseek A Personification Story

2017 - The Sun Played Hideandseek a Personification Story (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781467726481
ISBN-10: 1467726486
Genre: Children's Books

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Underneath My Bed List Poems

2016 - Underneath My Bed List Poems [Poetry Adventures] (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781467793438
ISBN-10: 1467793434
Genre: Children's Books

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I Saw an Invisible Lion Today Quatrains

2016 - I Saw an Invisible Lion Today Quatrains [Poetry Adventures] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781467797313
ISBN-10: 1467797316
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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They're There on Their Vacation

2015 - They're There on Their Vacation [Millbrook Picture Books] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780761390336
ISBN-10: 0761390332
Genre: Children's Books

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Bowtie Pasta Acrostic Poems

2015 - Bowtie Pasta Acrostic Poems [Poetry Adventures] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781467720465
ISBN-10: 1467720461
Genre: Children's Books

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Chips and Cheese and Nana's Knees What Is Alliteration

2015 - Chips and Cheese and Nana's Knees What Is Alliteration [Words Are Categorical R] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781467726498
ISBN-10: 1467726494
Genres: Children's Books, Reference, Education & Teaching

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Something Sure Smells Around Here Limericks

2015 - Something Sure Smells Around Here Limericks [Poetry Adventures] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781467760355
ISBN-10: 1467760358
Genre: Humor & Entertainment

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A Bat Cannot Bat a Stair Cannot Stare More about Homonyms and Homophones

2014 - A Bat Cannot Bat a Stair Cannot Stare More About Homonyms and Homophones [Words Are CATegorical] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780761390329
ISBN-10: 0761390324
Genre: Children's Books

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Ode to a Commode Concrete Poems

2014 - Ode to a Commode Concrete Poems [Poetry Adventures] (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781467720458
ISBN-10: 1467720453
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Reference

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Madam and Nun and 1001 What Is a Palindrome

2014 - Madam and Nun and 1001 What Is a Palindrome [Words Are Categorical] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781467726283
ISBN-10: 1467726281
Genre: Children's Books

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A Dollar a Penny How Much and How Many

2014 - A Dollar a Penny How Much and How Many [Math Is Categorical] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781467726290
ISBN-10: 146772629X
Genre: Children's Books

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If It Rains Pancakes Haiku and Lantern Poems

2014 - If It Rains Pancakes Haiku and Lantern Poems [Poetry Adventures] (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781467716093
ISBN-10: 146771609X
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Feet and Puppies Thieves and Guppies What Are Irregular Plurals

2014 - Feet and Puppies Thieves and Guppies What Are Irregular Plurals [Words Are CATegorical] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781467726276
ISBN-10: 1467726273
Genres: Children's Books, Reference

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A Second a Minute a Week With Days in It A Book About Time

2013 - A Second a Minute a Week with Days in It a Book About Time [Math Is Categorical] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780822578833
ISBN-10: 0822578832
Genre: Children's Books

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Breezier Cheesier Newest and Bluest What Are Comparatives and Superlatives

2013 - Breezier Cheesier Newest and Bluest What Are Comparatives and Superlatives [Words Are Categorical] (Hardcover) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780761353621
ISBN-10: 0761353623
Genre: Children's Books

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Dolphin Fox Hippo and Ox What Is a Mammal

2012 - Dolphin Fox Hippo and Ox What Is a Mammal [Animal Groups Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780761362067
ISBN-10: 0761362061
Genre: Children's Books

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Sparrow Eagle Penguin and Seagull What Is a Bird

2012 - Sparrow Eagle Penguin and Seagull What Is a Bird [Animal Groups Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780761362074
ISBN-10: 076136207X
Genre: Children's Books

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Salamander Frog and Polliwog What Is an Amphibian

2012 - Salamander Frog and Polliwog What Is an Amphibian [Animal Groups Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780761362098
ISBN-10: 0761362096
Genre: Children's Books

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Tortoise Tree Snake Gator and Sea Snake What Is a Reptile

2012 - Tortoise Tree Snake Gator and Sea Snake What Is a Reptile [Animal Groups Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780761362104
ISBN-10: 076136210X
Genre: Teen & Young Adult

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Catfish Cod Salmon and Scrod What Is a Fish

2012 - Catfish Cod Salmon and Scrod What Is a Fish [Animal Groups Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780761362111
ISBN-10: 0761362118
Genre: Teen & Young Adult

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Do You Know Dewey Exploring the Dewey Decimal System

2012 - Do You Know Dewey Exploring the Dewey Decimal System [Millbrook Picture Books] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780761366768
ISBN-10: 0761366768
Genres: Children's Books, Reference, Politics & Social Sciences

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2012 - Ababa a Book of Pattern Play [Math Is Categorical] (Paperback)

2012 - I'm and Won't They're and Don't What's a Contraction [Words Are Categorical R] (Paperback)

2012 - Butterfly Flea Beetle and Bee What Is an Insect [Animal Groups Are Categorical] (Paperback)

2011 - Thumbtacks Earwax Lipstick Dipstick What Is a Compound Word [Words Are Categorical]

2011 - Windows Rings and Grapes a Look at Different Shapes [Math Is Categorical] (Paperback)

2011 - Miss Pell Would Never Misspell and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing How to Spell and Use Wily Words [Adventures in Memory] (Other)

2011 - Cool Whoa Ah and Oh What Is an Interjection [Words Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback

2011 - Green Beans Potatoes and Even Tomatoes What Is in the Vegetables Group [Food Is CATegorical] (Paperback)

2010 - Eight Wild Nights a Family Hanukkah Tale (Paperback) → Paperback

2010 - Washing Adam's Jeans and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Social Studies Facts [Adventures in Memory] (Other)

2010 - A Lime a Mime a Pool of Slime More About Nouns [Words Are Categorical Set 2] (Paperback)

2010 - Slide and Slurp Scratch and Burp More About Verbs [Words Are Categorical Set 2] (Paperback)

2010 - Lazily Crazily Just a Bit Nasally More About Adverbs [Words Are Categorical Set 2] (Paperback)

2010 - The Punctuation Station (Other)

2010 - You Oughta Know By Now (Hardcover)

2010 - But and for Yet and Nor What Is a Conjunction [Words Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback

2009 - On the Scale a Weighty Tale (Paperback)

2009 - Superhungry Mice Eat Onions and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Geography Facts [Adventures in Memory] (Other)

2009 - Windows Rings and Grapesa Look at Different Shapes [Math Is Categorical] (Hardcover)

2009 - How Long or How Wide a Measuring Guide [Math Is Categorical] (Paperback)

2009 - Quirky Jerky Extra Perky More About Adjectives [Words Are Categorical] (Paperback) → Paperback

2009 - Skin Like Milk Hair of Silk What Are Similes and Metaphors [Words Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback

2009 - To Root to Toot to Parachute What Is a Verb [Words Are Categorical] (Other) → Hardcover

2009 - Under Over By the Clover What Is a Preposition [Words Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback, Hardcover

2009 - Straight and Curvy Meek and Nervy More About Antonyms [Words Are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback

2009 - Straight and Curvy Meek and Nervymore About Antonyms (Paperback)

2008 - Mrs Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Science Facts [Adventures in Memory] (Other)

2008 - Stroll and Walk Babble and Talk More About Synonyms [Words are Categorical] (Other) → Paperback

2007 - The Laugh Stand Adventures in Humor [Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Intermediate] (Other)

2007 - Pitch and Throw Grasp and Know What Is a Synonym [Words Are Categorical] (Paperback)

2007 - A Lime a Mime a Pool of Slime More About Nouns [Words are Categorical] (Paperback) → Paperback

2007 - How Long or How Wide a Measuring Guide (Paperback)

2007 - How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear What Are Homonyms and Homophones [Words Are CATegorical] (Paperback) → Hardcover

2006 - Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes a Very Silly Alphabet Book [Millbrook Picture Books] (Other)

2006 - I and You and Don't Forget Who What Is a Pronoun [Words are CATegorical] (Paperback)

2006 - The Action of Subtraction [Math Is CATegorical] (Other) → Paperback

2006 - Rhyme Punishment Adventures in Wordplay (Hardcover)

2006 - Stop and Go Yes and No What Is an Antonym [Words Are CATegorical] (Other) → Paperback

2005 - The Mission of Addition [Math Is Categorical] (Other) → Paperback, Hardcover

2005 - Dearly Nearly Insincerely What Is an Adverb [Words Are Categorical] (Paperback)

2005 - The Mission Addition (Paperback)

2004 - Rainbow Soup Adventures in Poetry (Other)

2003 - Hairy Scary Ordinary What Is an Adjective [Words Are Categorical] (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover

2003 - Hairy Scary Ordinary (Paperback)

2003 - Under Over By the Clover (Paperback)

2003 - To Root to Toot to Parachute [Words Are Categorical] (Hardcover) → Paperback

2003 - A Mink a Fink a Skating Rink What Is a Noun [Words are Categorical] (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover

2003 - A Mink a Fink a Skating Rink [Words Are Categorical] (Paperback)

2001 - To Root to Toot to Parachute What Is a Verb (Paperback)

1999 - A Mink a Fink a Skating Rink What Is a Noun [Words Are Categorical] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1999 - Hairy Scary Ordinary What Is an Adjective [Words are Categorical] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

1996 - You Never Sausage Love [It Could Be Verse] (Other)

1996 - Jamaica Sandwich [It Could Be Verse] (Other)

1996 - Give Me Bach My Schubert [It Could Be Verse] (Other)

1996 - It Looks a Lot Like Reindeer [It Could Be Verse] (Other)

Rhyme Punishment (Paperback)

Mink a Fink a Skating Rink What Is Anoun [Words Are Categorical] (Hardcover)

The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star [Sounds Like Reading] (Paperback)

Stop Drop and Flop in the Slop [Sounds Like Reading] (Paperback)

The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug [Sounds Like Reading] (Paperback)

The Frail Snail on the Trail [Sounds Like Reading] (Paperback)

The Nice Mice in the Rice a Long Vowel Sounds Book [Sounds Like Reading] (Paperback)

The Peaches on the Beaches [Sounds Like Reading] (Paperback)

The Thing on the Wing Can Sing [Sounds Like Reading] (Paperback)

Whose Shoes Would You Choose [Sounds Like Reading] (Paperback)

Apples Cherries Red Raspberries What Is in the Fruits Group [Food Is Categorical] (Paperback)

Macaroni and Rice and Bread By the Slice What Is in the Grains Group [Food Is Categorical] (Paperback)

Black Beans and Lamb Poached Eggs and Ham What Is in the Meat and Beans Group [Food Is Categorical] (Paperback)

Yogurt and Cheeses and Ice Cream That Pleases What Is in the Milk Group [Food Is Categorical] (Paperback)

Oils to Keep Your Body Fit What Are Oils [Just a Bit - Food Is Categorical] (Paperback)

Run and Hike Play and Bike What Is Physical Activity [Food Is Categorical] (Paperback)

Pre and Re Mis and Dis What Is a Prefix [Words Are Categorical] (Other)

The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug a Short Vowel Sounds Book [Sounds Like Reading] (Other)

Stop Drop and Flop in the Slop a Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends [Sounds Like Reading] (Other)

The Peaches on the Beaches a Book About Inflectional Endings [Sounds Like Reading] (Other)

The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star a Book About Diphthongs and Rcontrolled Vowels [Sounds Like Reading] (Other)

The Frail Snail on the Trail a Long Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends [Sounds Like Reading] (Other)

The Thing on the Wing Can Sing a Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs [Sounds Like Reading] (Other)

Whose Shoes Would You Choose a Long Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs [Sounds Like Reading] (Other)

A Fraction's Goal Parts of a Whole [Math Is Categorical] (Other) → Paperback, Hardcover

Words Are Categorical [16 Volumes] (Hardcover)

Pitch and Throw Graps and Know What Is a Synonym [Words Are Categorical Prebound] (Other)

Ful and Less Er and Ness What Is a Suffix [Words Are Categorical] (Other)

A Fraction's Goal Parts of a Whole [Math Is Categorical] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes and Other Tricky Tongue Twisters [Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Primary Grades] (Other)

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