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t by Brian P. Cleary illustrated by Jenya Prosmitsky t C AROLRHODA B O O KS, I N C . / M INNEAPOLIS
Whether you scale a wall or a fish,
Make
a design on a cup or a dish,
Take out the garbage, or sharpen your knife— a par t t e e r a s s b b r r r yda v v e y y e r l f u u o i e . i y V o f f e
To root, to toot, to
parachute, To play the flutophone or flute,
To dare,
defend,
descend, disturb— n o i i t t c a n a s ’ ’ t t i r e b! v a f f s ’ ’ I i t t ,
s like s ing s d r r o w e e r a s s b b e r r , n a a e d V a n d c
Pray or practice,
each pr or prance,
l e, j um b m u u t p n d
a s s s s o T
am, a nd j
wh i d i n s s a p e e e r r , n n i
h W
p p
nd s l a l e e e s l l
a m m.
so are holler , help, and hold,
Whack and stack and pack and fold,
Fix and Fix , finish l
, t f f i l d n
d a
oa
Hurry, scurry, shake, and sift.
So take a present,
send your thanks,
Pull a tooth, or pull some pranks,
Blow a bubble,
sew a sleeve,
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Y
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r r b b e A v
t ake a f o or r m m f be ,” o f
can
“
Like you ar e tall, am f I r r e e e e r o
,
That is fun,
It’s been great, r e e you t h W h e e o ne wh was s o l o a t e ? o
Punt or pass or shoot or score,
m r p p a m ad d d l e , pitch or pour ,
i w w
S
o
Jog or juggle, j ig r l e ea a p , o
Verbs cacann tire you out a heap.
You can crawl or fall or pet your pooch, al l ga b a e me , m S e
be
a
mo o o
c h c
,
and s l l u u p m m m p u
J
and play it cool,
Hunt and hike and b
i k e
t o o s ch o lo .
a nd f k c c i p f i d d S o o
d dl e st r u m t r s o o k d e , n ,
a
Teas e e a nd
t e e t e
r ,
b o s
s d o o n a a k a
,
s id e ew r u u y w o a a l k l e ep p
e
w S
t n n i i a p
,
r b u c , r u u y o
a c h w o a n c t i io o n k d An n i s a ver b! e
e v a
H
o t e o , r r h g n n o l e b a s e
h d a n
Like “I have green eyes, She
has blue.”
hass a Or “Mindy ha min inii mutt.” el l us t n a a c s s
b b r r e ’ o’ e v w h o
s s e h T
t w h ha a t t
s go
!
s p p i h h s f f o l , et l e g n s i b s r i e u
V
r c
, g n z i n z
dogs o o o e m m i i l l , s s n i z ng oo
They tell of spies spying, g
y s t
u
y ng
r r i
d
an
l o s si i n g,
Of leaves when they’re falling, and wind when it’s blowing, The rain when it’s
raining, the snow when it’s snowing.
l l e u t s f y e o d o h T og s , b e r r k g a i n t g n n i i p a e o e r l s h t a
i n a r g e r , a t a h h t s s r r a a c f p e b e e b e e O p y l i i e e n r r e g r m r c
o
,
Of planes that are flying flying,, , g
n n i o o a nd t r ra o h h c c o o h ins ch o o - c h
Aunt Edna -H i-ing,” “Oh and Mom “Toodle-ooing”—
p p p s s i ing t t a h h t n or n r o o
O ff c
, ,
nd s ing r s doo - w ng, w ppi
a
e
o
Of folks that are sweeping, and afterwards, mopping,
So, whether it’s dangerous, dull, or superb, y c o o n n u e e t n n s e e s e e e e h h , c a E a a v v a h t t s u e e m r r b b y l p ! ! m i e,
e
s
v
VERB POWER VERBS
ARE COOL
o, what is a verb?
s
Do you know?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR is the author of several other picture books, including A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? and Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? He lives in Cleveland, Ohio. BRIAN P. CLEARY
grew up and studied art in Chisinau, Moldova, and lives in Minneapolis. Her two cats, Henry and Freddy, were vital to her illustrations for this book and the other Words Are Categorical books. JENYA PROSMITSKY
Copyright © 2001 by Carolrhoda Books, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, means—elect ronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—witho otherwise—without ut the prior written permission of Carolrhoda Books, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. This book is available in two editions:
Library binding by Carolrhoda Books, Inc., a division of Lerner Publishing Group Soft cover by First Avenue Editions, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cleary, Brian P., 1959To root, to toot, to parachute : what is verb? / by Brian P. Cleary ; illustrated by Jenya Prosmitsky. p. cm. – (Words are categorical) Summary: Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of verbs, verbs, from “toss and tumble,” tumble,” “jump and jam,” to “whine and whimper,” “sleep and slam.” ISBN 1-57505-548-1 e
1. English language—Verb—Juv language—Verb—Juvenile enile literature. [1. English language—Verb.] I. Prosmitsky, Jenya, 1974- ill. II. Title. III. Series: Cleary, Brian P., 1959- Words are categorical. PE1271.C58 1999 98-49569 428.2—dc21 Manufactured in the United States of America 3 4 5 6 7 8 - JR - 06 05 04 03 02 01