Heller, R. Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives. NY,NY: Putnam ISBN 0698116410
Author: Ruth Heller
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Illustrator: Ruth Heller
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Media Used: Colored Pictures
Publisher: Putnam
Year of Publication: 1989
ISBN: 0698116410
Annotation: A colorful and fun book about adjectives.
Personal Reaction: What a fun book from the rhyming text to the luscious pictures. This is surely a reader’s delight! Whether used to help older readers brush up on the parts of speech or in an ESL class everyone will be draw to the illustrations and enjoy the simple rhymes to explain a subject that is not always easy to understand.
Illustration: The illustrations are the stars of this book. The brightly colored and vibrant pictures are hard to resist for any reader. They grab the reader from the front cover to the end and the text comes right along with them. Each drawing is a visual feast not only of color but precision. The explanation of curly, curlier and curliest hair is a full 2 page spread.
Use of Media: The full color pictures exquisitely illustrate the explanations of adjectives. Even students with reading difficulties can grasp the concepts easily from the pages.
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