How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?

by Brian P. Cleary

Book Overview

Have fun with language

This accessible, lighthearted look at language introduces homonyms and homophones. Playful rhymes and comical cartoons make both concepts memorable. Each corresponding pair of homonyms and homophones is printed in color for easy identification. At the end, readers are challenged to apply what they've learned--and they'll have fun doing so.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575058243
• ISBN13: 9781575058245
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6

Customer Reviews

Girl's Like Spagetti

Everyone in the family enjoyed this book. Great art work to help the little ones visualize the content. Very funny.

Great gift for Teachers

This is a really creatively written book that kids will enjoy. It will help those having confusion with the English language on the different meanings of same words in a fun manner. Great gift idea for teachers who are just starting out or have been teaching for a long time.

Homonyms!

Excellent book for all language arts teachers in primary and middle schools (use for review). This is another book in Cleary's series and it gets the job done! Excellent springboard book to focus the students!

A Fun Series

My 6-year-old son loves this book. I would have given this book five stars, but for the typography; the font is a little too wacky for beginning readers. "How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?" is written in fun and engaging rhyme, with quirky and creative illustrations by Brian Gable. Homonyms and homophones are combined in silly yet perfectly understandable sentences -- A SIOUX might not SUE if he KNEW that the GNU that he bought wasn't NEW like you said. -- which make this book not only a great teaching tool, but also a very fun read. I'm looking forward to checking out the other titles in this series.

What would we teachers do without Cleary and Gable?

This book EXPLODES with great word play!! My favorite? "My Niece can see Grease, both in Greece and in Nice, a Czech could be writing a check. A maid could be made to be very afraid if she heard a big herd on the deck." I've read all the books on homonyms and homophones that are out there, and nothing comes close to this exciting text and those lovable cartoon cats.