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Books That Focus on Grammatical Skills
Created by: Jessica Chase, M.A. CCC-SLP
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Books That Focus on Grammatical Skills
List Created By:
Jessica Chase, M. A. CCC-SLP
Consonantly Speaking
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Released on: 7/17/2012
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Books That Focus on Grammatical Skills
Created by: Jessica Chase, M.A. CCC-SLP
http://consonantlyspeaking.com
Disclaimer:
These books are not intended to replace therapy with a speech-language pathologist. None of
these books were created by Consonantly Speaking. Consonantly Speaking does not have any
bearing on the quality of each book and has not read all of the books on the list. Consonantly
Speaking did not receive any compensation for creating this list. Consonantly Speaking does not
specifically endorse or recommend any of the following books over others. This list is intended
as a compilation of books that can be read in therapy by a speech-language pathologist for
teaching age appropriate grammatical skills or at home by parents to their children. Books are
not listed in any specific order other than by category. The prices of the books are subject to
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http://www.speechville.com/shop-nonlanguage-sounds-by-sound.html
http://crokeback.tripod.com/articbks.htm
http://twomeyspeechtherapy.com/lib/pdf/Articulation-Books.pdf
http://www.talkingchild.com/toysbooksartic.aspx
http://booksthathealkids.blogspot.com
http://www.pinterest.com/speechpins/speech-books
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Books That Focus on Grammatical Skills
Created by: Jessica Chase, M.A. CCC-SLP
http://consonantlyspeaking.com
Overall Grammar:
 The Giggly Guide to Grammar: Serious Grammar With a Sense of Humor by: Cathy
Campbell
 Miss Myrtle Frag the Grammar Nag by: LaWanda Bailey
Prepositions:
 Over, Under, In, and Ouch by: Trudy Morris
 Rosie’s Walk by: Pat Hutchins
 Over and Under the Snow by: Kate Messner
 Joey and Jet by: James Yang
 Around the House the Fox Chased the Mouse by: Rick Walton
 Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions by: Ruth Heller
 Herman’s Hiding Places: Discovering Up, In, Under, and Behind by: Karen Emigh
 Up Above and Down Below by: Sue Redding
 If You Were a Preposition by: Nancy Loewen
 Under, Over, By the Clover: What is a Preposition? by: Brian P. Cleary
Pronouns:
 Mine, All Mine: A Book About Pronouns by: Ruth Heller
 The Planet Without Pronouns by: Justin Martin
 If You Were a Pronoun by: Nancy Loewen
 Slam Dunk Pronouns by: Doris Fisher and D.L. Gibbs
 I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What is a Pronoun? by: Brian P. Cleary
Nouns:
 Chicken in the City by: Maria Fleming
 Merry-Go-Round: A Book of Nouns by: Ruth Heller
 Touchdown Nouns by: Doris Fisher and D.L. Gibbs
 If You Were a Noun by: Michael Dahl
 A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun? by: Brian P. Cleary
 A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More About Nouns by: Brian P. Cleary
 Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day by: Robin Pulver
Collective/Plural Nouns/Irregular Plurals:
 One Sheep Two Sheep: A Book of Collective Nouns by: Patricia Byers
 A Zeal of Zebras: An Alphabet of Collective Nouns
 Herd of Cows! Flock of Sheep! Adventures in Collective Nouns by: Rick Walton
 A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by: Ruth Heller
 Your Foot’s on my Feet! And Other Tricky Nouns by: Marvin Terban
 If You Were a Plural Word by: Trisha Speed Shaskan
 Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals? by: Brian P. Cleary
 One Foot Two Feet by: Peter Maloney and Felicia Zekauskas
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Books That Focus on Grammatical Skills
Created by: Jessica Chase, M.A. CCC-SLP
http://consonantlyspeaking.com
Verbs –
 Peck, Slither, and Slide by: Suse MacDonald
 The Maestro Plays by: Bill Martin Jr. and Vladmir Radunsky
 Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs by: Ruth Heller
 A Verb For Herb by: Maria Fleming
 Bullfrog Pops!: Adventures in Verbs and Direct Objects by: Rick Walton
 Home Run Verbs by: Doris Fisher and D.L. Gibbs
 If You Were a Verb by: Michael Dahl
 To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb? by: Brian P. Cleary
 Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More About Verbs by: Brian P. Cleary
 Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day by: Robin Pulver
 It’s Hard to Be a Verb! by: Julia Cook
Adverbs –
 Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs by: Ruth Heller
 Tillie’s Tuba by: Maria Fleming
 Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb? by: Brian P. Cleary
 Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More About Adverbs by: Brian P. Cleary
 Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs by: Ruth Heller
 If You Were an Adverb by: Michael Dahl
 Hole-In-One Adverbs by: Doris Fisher and D.L. Gibbs
 Suddenly Alligator: Adventures in Adverbs by: Rick Walton
Adjectives:
 The Bug Book by: Maria Fleming
 The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
 A Small Brown Dog With a Wet Pink Nose by: Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
 Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective? by; Brian P. Cleary
 Quirky, Jerky, and Extra Perky: More About Adjectives by: Brian P. Cleary
 Bowling Alley Adjectives by: Doris Fisher and D.L. Gibbs
 Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives by: Ruth Heller
 If You Were an Adjective by: Michael Dahl
Prefixes/Suffixes –
 Happy Endings: A Story About Suffixes by: Robin Pulver
 If You Were a Suffix by: Marcie Aboff
Comparatives/Superlatives:
 Bigger, Better, Best! by: Stuart Murphy
 Pig Pigger Piggest by: Rick Walton
Interjections:
 Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What is an Interjection? by: Brian P. Cleary
 If You Were an Interjection by: Nancy Loewen
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Books That Focus on Grammatical Skills
Created by: Jessica Chase, M.A. CCC-SLP
http://consonantlyspeaking.com
Onomatapoeia:
 Rattletrap Car by: Phyllis Root
 I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track by: Joshua Prince
 Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by: Candace Fleming
 Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng!: A Yoruba Tale by: Phillis Gershator
 Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide! by: Candace Fleming
 Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet by: Ross MacDonald
 If You Were an Onomatopoeia by: Trisha Speed Shaskan
Alliteration:
 The Absolutely Awful Alphabet by: Mordicai Gerstein
 Four Fur Feet by: Margaret Wise Brown
 Alligators All Around by: Maurice Sendak
 If You Were Alliteration by: Trisha Speed Shaskan
Palindromes:
 Too Hot to Hoot: Funny Palindrome Riddles by: Marvin Terban
 Palindromania! by: Jon Agee
 If You Were a Palindrome by: Michael Dahl
Sentence Structure/Subject-Verb Agreement:
 Baby Talk: A Book of First Words and Phrases
 More More More Said the Baby by: Vera Williams
 Wheel of Subject-Verb Agreement by: Pamela Hall
Parts of Speech –
 Hot Fudge Monday by: Randy Larson
Compound Words –
 Flying Butter by: Patricia Trattles
 Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What is a Compound Word? by: Brian P.
Cleary
 Strawberry Bullfrog: Fun With Compound Words by: Laura Hambleton and Sedat
Turhan
 If You Were a Compound Word by: Trisha Speed Shaskan
 Once There Was a Bull…(Frog): Adventures in Compound Words by: Rick Walton
Conjunctions:
 Just Me and 6,000 Rats by: Rick Walton
 Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal1: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions by: Ruth
Heller
 But and For, Yet and Nor: What is a Conjunction? by: Brian P. Cleary
 If You Were a Conjunction by: Nancy Loewen
 Tennis Court Conjunctions by: Doris Fisher and D.L. Gibbs
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Books That Focus on Grammatical Skills
Created by: Jessica Chase, M.A. CCC-SLP
http://consonantlyspeaking.com
Capitalization/Punctuation –
 Alfie the Apostrophe by: Moira Rose Donohue
 Greedy Apostrophe by: Jan Carr
 The Mystery of the Missing Socks by: Justin McCory Martin
 When Comma Came to Town by: Samantha Berger
 Punctuation Celebration by: Elsa Knight Bruno
 Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why Every Punctuation Mark Counts! by: Lynne Truss
 If You Were an Apostrophe by: Shelly Lyons
 If You Were Quotation Marks by: Molly Blaisdell
 If You Were a Question Mark by: Shelly Lyons
 I’m and Won’t, They’re and Don’t: What’s a Contraction? by: Brian P. Cleary
 The Puntuation Station by: Brian P. Cleary
 If You Were an Exclamation Point by: Shelly Lyons
 Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why Every Punctuation Mark Counts! by: Lynne Truss
 Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by: Lynne Truss
 Girl’s Like Spaghetti: Why You Can’t Manage Without Apostrophes! by: Lynne Truss
 If You Were a Capital Letter by: Trisha Speed Shaskan
 If You a Contraction by: Trisha Speed Shaskan
Writing/Editing –
 Francine Fribble, Proofreading Policewoman by: Justin Martin
 The No-Good, Rotten, Run-On Sentence by: Liza Charlesworth
 Action! Writing Your Own Play by: Nancy Loewen
 Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story by: Nancy Loewen
 Make Me Giggle: Writing Your Own Silly Story by: Nancy Loewen
 Just the Facts: Writing Your Own Research Report by: Nancy Loewen
 Show Me a Story: Writing Your Own Picture Book by: Nancy Loewen
 Once Upon a Time: Writing Your Own Fairy Tale by: Nancy Loewen
 Sincerely Yours: Writing Your Own Letter by: Nancy Loewen
 Writer’s Toolbox by: Nancy Loewen
 Words, Wit, and Wonder: Writing Your Own Poem by: Nancy Loewen
 Show, Don’t Tell! Secrets of Writing by: Josephine Nobisso
 Author: A True Story by: Helen Lester
 Write On, Carlos! by: Stuart Murphy
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