Nouns: These essential parts of speech provide us with the vocabulary to talk about the people, places and things around us. Dive deeper and you will quickly discover the world of concrete and abstract nouns, collective nouns, proper and common nouns, and countable and uncountable nouns. These books span the range from beginners first naming items to more advanced noun use such as attributive nouns.
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A Pocket Full Of Nouns
by Bette Ann Blaisdell
Review: With a highly appealing front cover, A Pocket Full Of Nouns is a perfect introduction for younger readers to this part of speech. Packed with bright, colourful photographs, readers will enjoy spotting nouns in a wide range of scenarios. A variety of fonts and different font sizes draw the eye in. Whether it is different jobs, visiting the zoo or exploring the weather, there is plenty of new vocabulary to explore. This would make a great springboard to spotting nouns in readers’ immediate surroundings, both indoors and outside.
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Suggested Reading Age: 4 to 8 years old. In my opinion, this is better suited to the 4 to 6-year age bracket.
Nouns and Verbs Have A Field Day
by Robin Pulver (Author), Lynn Rowe Reed (Illustrator)
Review: Children will effortlessly learn about nouns and verbs with this fun, vibrant book. The story begins when Mr Wright’s class has a field day, instead of staying in their classroom spotting nouns and verbs. The nouns and verbs, feeling rather left out, decide to have a field day of their own. As they separate into two separate teams of nouns and verbs, they realize that one can not function without the other. Lynn Rowe Reed’s distinctive cartoon-style illustrations perfectly support this innovative story as readers discover how nouns and verbs work together to make a sentence. A novel way to learn about sentence structure.
Suggested Reading Age: 5 to 8 years old. I feel this is best suited to readers between 5 and 7 years old.
If You Were A Noun
by Michael Dahl (Author), Sara Jean Gray (Illustrator)
Review: Captivatingly illustrated, If You Were A Noun is a great way to spark readers’ curiosity about language and the words we use. Using space as a theme, Michael Dahl introduces readers to common and proper nouns, singular and plural nouns and collective nouns. When looking at singular and plural nouns, children learn how to create plural nouns as well as find out that nouns may have more than one plural version. If You Were A Noun provides a perfect conversation starter for slightly older children to look more closely at collective nouns and the spelling rules associated with making plural nouns.
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Suggested Reading Age: 7 to 10 years old.
The Great Grammar Book
by Kate Petty (Author), Jennie Maizels (Illustrator)
Review: This bold, interactive book makes learning grammar an engaging voyage of discovery. Packed full of features such as lift-the-flaps, wheels to turn and tabs to pull readers will be eager to find out more as they read through the book. Contents include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, plurals and possessives. The Great Grammar Book makes a super reference tool and, sure to be well-loved, will be turned to over and again.
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Suggested Reading Age: 7 to 10 years old.
Up With Language Series: Nouns and Pronouns
by Kitty Scharf
Review: Kitty Scharf’s reproducible activity book is packed full of exercises for students to practise their growing understanding of nouns and pronouns. Areas addressed include identifying nouns and pronouns, working with singular and plural nouns and differentiating between concrete and abstract nouns. Clear instructions and explanations of the grammar points addressed make this extremely child-friendly. This book is ideal to reinforce skills taught.
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Suggested Reading Age: 8 to 14 years old.
The Infographic Guide to Grammar: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know
by Jara Kern (Author)
Review: This comprehensive book provides an accessible overview of English grammar. Well laid out and written in an easy-to-understand manner, The Infographic Guide To Grammar makes a superb addition to any reference section. Each of its chapters has a different focus. These are subdivided into additional sections allowing the author to go into more depth. The book begins by looking at the parts of speech before moving on to tackle sentence structure, punctuation and writing style. A chapter dedicated to common mistakes is a valuable addition. Visually appealing to the eye, this guide provides a lot of detail without being overwhelming.
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Suggested Reading Age: Teenagers and beyond.
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