by Brian P.

Cleary
illustrated by Brian Gable

One book is never enough to

explore the wide range of
synonyms! The crazy and zany
cats deliver loads of additional
examples to illustrate the
power of synonyms to make
writing superb or terrific.
Brian P. Clearys playful,
rollicking verse and Brian Gables
comical cats or felines turn
traditional grammar lessons on
end. Each pair or group of
synonyms is printed in color for
easy and simple identification.
Read this book aloud and share
the delight of the senseand
nonsenseof words.

Ages 7-9

Reinforced binding

y first teachers
m
y
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le
C
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Su
For Mike and
B.P.C.

Synonym: as
th
A word tha or
the same me
sa
nearly the as
meaning rd
o
another w

by Brian P. Cleary
illustrations by Brian Gable
J M ILLBROOK P RESS / M INNEAPOLIS

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ling,
b
a
b

,
g
n

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r
c h at te

mumbling, or talking,
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synonyms help us
select the right word,

as in
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sly or clever,

strange
or

absurd.

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m
s
y
let
n
us
o
n
be
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ery

sp e cific

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m
e
and say wh at w
b or terr
r
e
p
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f
s
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k
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Your options for words

will quadrupleplus half
10

Wh en you start to use

all th e words

th
.
h
at m
g
u
a
ean l
11

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Try giggle

12

icke r
n
s
d

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c
u
le and c h l e
h
d
an c
ort

yo

st!

w
e
s
h
o
at w
o
h
c
o
o
t
r
ks
t
e
g
b

13

You might prefer crack up,

14

as

think
y
a
m
th a
u
o
t

zes
t.

and (just as a backup)

h
e
c a c kl

Each synonym h as
quite a simil ar meaning,

g
n
i
h
s
a
w
,
g
n
like
i
r
u
o
c
s
d
an

16

scrubbin g

and
cle

.
g
anin
17

Synonyms sometimes
will tell us degree.

18

Pick

warm,

hot,

or s te a

in g

wh en you describe tea.

19

They give us
alternat

ives
,
substitutes
,
c
e
i
o
h
c s,

20

ve our stor i
i
g
es
lp
e
h
d
n
a
more inter esting
!
s
e
v oic

21

Exit and le av e,

fu

il e and deceiv

22

nd somew
a
y
h at
n
n

e,

a m us ing.

and s i
y
s
a
mple,
E

h
s
i
a blem

l
e
p

m
i
or p

just make up your mind

and start choosing!

23

Fast and quick,

c
i
ds

ill an
a
24

greenback, a buck,
or a doll ar.

,
k

Synonyms gi e you
v

selection and ch oice .

They

d
n
make you s ou
j ust
like a sch ol a r.
25

So pick among difficult,

h ard, or demanding.

It ne e d

26

e
b
nt

fri g htening
or sc ar y.

Synonyms can help you

to get or pr ocure

a mighty big

oc abulary.

27

Now go make your writing

compel ling,
n
i
g
t
i
,
g
c
n
i
l
x
l
i
e hr
so t

so
t

h r il

you might
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l in g

brag or boast.

One day, youll fill bleachers,

yo

wh en speaking to teacher s
th a syno n
i
w
t
y
r
m
a
t
l s
toa
l
u
st!

So, what is a synonym?

Do you know?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR

BRIAN P. CLEARY is the author of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical series
and the Math Is CATegorical series, as well as Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A
Very Silly Alphabet Book, The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor, and two poetry
books. He is also the author of the new Adventures in Memory series. Mr. Cleary
lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
BRIAN GABLE is the illustrator of several Words Are CATegorical books, as
well as the Math Is CATegorical series. Mr. Gable also works as a political
cartoonist for the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto, Canada, where he lives
with his children.
Text copyright 2008 by Brian P. Cleary
Illustrations copyright 2008 by Lerner Publishing Group, 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 meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwisewithout the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion
of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.
Millbrook Press
A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
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., 1959Stroll and walk, babble and talk : more about synonyms / by Brian P. Cleary ; illustrated by Brian Gable.
p. cm. (Words are categorical)
ISBN 978-0-8225-7850-5 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. English languageSynonyms and antonymsJuvenile literature. I. Gable, Brian, 1949- ill. II. Title.
PE1591.C554 2008
428.1dc22
2007040360
Manufactured in the United States of America
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978-0-7613-4682-1

Brian P. Cleary is the author of the

best-selling Words Are CATegorical
series and the Math Is CATegorical
series, as well as Peanut Butter and
Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book,
The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor,
and two poetry books. He is also the
author of the new Adventures in
Memory series. Mr. Cleary lives
in Cleveland, Ohio.

Brian Gable is the illustrator of several

Words Are CATegoricalTM books, as well
as the Math Is CATegorical series. Mr.
Gable also works as a political cartoonist
for the Globe and Mail newspaper in
Toronto, Canada, where he lives with
his children.

Jacket illustrations by Brian Gable

j Millbrook Press
A DIVISION OF

LERNER PUBLISHING GROUP

241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401

www.lernerbooks.com

Printed and bound in U.S.A.

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