Have fun while teaching the parts of speech! Use these picture books to give words like “noun” and “verb” meaning and a visual reminder.
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I love learning through literature! From history to character, books are a way to give a visual to an otherwise abstract idea. Bring the parts of speech to life with these bright and colorful picture books!
Parts of Speech Picture Books
If You Were a Noun by Michael Dahl
If you were a noun, you could be an astronaut! Discover all of the different possibilities you could be if you were a noun! This fun picture book includes regular nouns and proper nouns.
This series also includes the other parts of speech, with a similar theme and style!
- If You Were a Verb
- If You Were an Adjective
- If You Were a Pronoun
- If You Were an Adverb
- If You Were a Preposition
- If You Were a Conjunction
- If You Were an Interjection
An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns by Betsy Rosenthal
Nouns can be more than singular and plural! Discover collective nouns in this picture book.
Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day by Robin Pulver
Uh oh – nouns and verbs are loose! It’s Field Day for Mr. Wright’s class, and the nouns and verbs want to get in on the fun.
It’s Hard to Be a Verb! by Julia Cook
Louis always has trouble focusing! He acts like a verb! This book is fun for those moments when the kids can’t sit still!
A is for Angry: An Animal and Adjective Alphabet by Sandra Boynton
I love Sandra Boynton’s quirky, hand-drawn animals in all of her books! This book introduces young learners to alliteration, adjectives, animals, and the alphabet! (no alliteration was intended)
Me, She, He, We: Pronouns Replace Nouns by Linda Ayers
This book comes with a musical CD, to help you learn about pronouns through song! It helps make it easier to memorize the parts of speech.
Other books in this series includes:
One Sheep, Two Sheep: A Book of Collective Nouns by Patricia Byers
In this charming book with sweet illustrations, learn about collective nouns.
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an adjective? by Brian Cleary
Adjectives are used to describe things! Learn about their power in this fun and descriptive book!
This series also includes:
- A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a noun?
- Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an adverb?
- I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What is a pronoun?
- Under, Over by the Clover: What is a preposition?
- But and For, Yet and Nor: What is a conjunction?
- Cool! Whoa! Ah and oh!: What is an interjection?
Love your uses of these books. What age groups would you suggest these books for?
I’d recommend these for grades K-3!
I love this list! Thank you for sharing your research!
I love all of Julia Cook’s and Brian Cleary’s books. I’m looking forward to trying out their part of speech books that you mentioned in this post. Thanks for sharing this info. 🙂