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Word Fun If You Were a Contraction - Softcover

Book 12 of 16: Word Fun

Speed, Shaskan Trisha

 
9781404847750: Word Fun If You Were a Contraction

Synopsis

If you were a contraction, you would be a shortened form of two words put together. You would change "it" and "is" to IT'S and "could" and "not" to COULDN'T. What else could you do if you were a contraction?

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Review

.,."Bright acrylic illustrations will help younger children visualize each part of speech... These titles are excellent resources."

"Vibrantly colored, full-page illustrations, and a whimsical layout combine to offer children an accessible introduction to grammar."

About the Author

Trisha Speed Shaskan was born and raised in Winona, Minnesota, where she waterskied on the Mississippi River, played basketball, and skateboarded. She has written more than forty books for children and taught creative writing to children and teens. Trisha received a 2012 Minnesota State Artist's Initiative Grant. She won the 2009 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, Loft Award in Children's Literature/Older Children. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Stephen Shaskan, who is a children's book author and illustrator.

Christianne Jones is an award-winning author of books for younger children. Her picture book Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker won a 2013 Gelett Burgess Award and was a Midwest Book Award finalist, and Hello, Goodbye, and a Very Little Lie was listed as one of the 100 best children's books by popular parenting site babble.com. Christianne lives in Mankato, Minnesota, with her husband and three daughters.

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