Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?

Brian P. Cleary

Millbrook Press, Jan 1, 2002 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 32 pages

In this fun-filled book, playful puns and comical cartoon cats combine to show, not tell, readers what prepositions are all about. Each preposition in the text, like under, over, by the clover, about, throughout, and next to Rover, is highlighted in color for easy identification. This is the newest addition to the Words Are CATagorical series, which has sold more than 450,000 copies.

About the author

Brian P. Cleary is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best known for his books written for grade-school children that explore grammar, math and poetry in humorous ways. In his role in the digital division of American Greetings, he's put words in the mouths of Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, William Shatner, Meghan Trainor and more. The multi-million selling author has performed poetry workshops in 500 elementary schools across the county. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Brian Gable is the illustrator of many of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical(R) books, as well as the Math Is CATegorical(R) series. Mr. Gable lives in Toronto, Canada.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?; Words Are CATegorical ®
• Author: Brian P. Cleary
• Illustrated by: Brian Gable
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Millbrook Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1575055708, 9781575055701
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Language Arts / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Language Arts / Grammar; Juvenile Nonfiction / Language Arts / Vocabulary & Spelling