By Munro Leaf
Filenote: PDF is searchable picture ocr. PDF is fifty six pages. back and front disguise with inside of flaps scanned.
Publish 12 months note: First pubished in 1934 via Frederick A. Stokes (A J B Lippincott Company). This reproduction is the twenty eighth impression.
ISBN note: no ISBN, Library of Congress Card, quantity 34-29533
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Grammar could be Fun is an image publication with some degree: right speech and stable grammar with out nagging. It goals to take away “ain’t” and “uh-huh” and “gimme” and “got” and a rating of unlucky nuances through an easy, yes painless and funny approach. In his signature type of fun stick determine drawings and captions, Leaf makes transparent things like the variation among can and should, and the explanation why one doesn't say “he performed it” or “she come.”
Exasperated mom and dad (and grandparents) confronted with the disagreeable job of facing grammatical lapses received by means of their kids from (gasp!) their neighbor’s young children might be thrilled (and relieved) via this veritable “grammar with out tears.” lecturers will locate it an quintessential best friend, or even the culprits themselves—the children—will detect that studying to talk in a well mannered way and properly isn’t the sort of chore in spite of everything.
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To draw, to that children find his books funny and convincing. He realizes that the children he writes for are people, and this realization is the basis of his popularity with his readers. E FUN* GRAMMAR CAN BE FUN READING CAN BE FUN GEOGRAPHY CAN BE FUN ARITHMETIC CAN BE FUN SCIENCE FAIR PLAY HEALTH CAN BE FUN JOHN HENRY DAVIS HOW TO BEHAVE AND WHY SAFETY CAN BE FUN* LET'S THREE PROMISES TO YOU GORDON, THE GOAT FLOCK OF WATCHBIRDS LUCKY YOU DO BETTER ROBERT FRANCIS WEATHERBEE 'Reuised Edition J.
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