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To NoreenB.P.C.

Noun: A wordthat names aperson, animal,place, or thing

by Brian P. Clearyillustrations by Brian Gable

MILLBROOK PRESS / MINNEAPOLISJ

4and so is Peru.

A jet is a noun,

like chimp

or the zoo.

A netis a noun,

Friend is a noun,and so is your dad,

6

7ice creamand bagels

and Boston

and Brad.

If its a hippo,

house, or ham,

8

if its your coach ,a roach ,

or ram,

thenoh my gosh, Joshits a noun!

9

if its a rock,

a clock, or clown,

And so is a comma

10

a baby llama,a billy goat,

andyour momma,

a doorway, Norway,hand-me-downs

all the things you see are nouns.

11

If its a person,place , or thing,

12or shiny bling,

a palace,pal,

a shack or sheriffin your town,

its fundamentalits a noun!

13

But there are nounsyou cannot touchor smell or hear or see.

This type is called an

14like joy and harm

ony.abstract noun

,

Love and hate areabstract nouns,and so are peace and hope .

You cannot taste or hold them,

15

like atart or teles

cope.

Proper nounsall name specific

people, things, and places.

Like Uncle Louor Timbuktu,

they start with upper cases. 16

Pizza Petes and Mings Chinese,

proper nounsname each of these.

17

theSeven

teenth Street Gallery,Like Ma

llory or Valerie,

Or Branniganand Flannigan,

parading in with Anne again.

18

and your dog,Chopper

Paris, France ,

all these nounsare mighty proper !

Whether theyre abstractor proper or neither,

20

or Timmyor teether,

whether its

talent

talked to, or walked to,its surely a noun!

21

ridden uptown,

if itcan

be thought about,

Like beagleor eagle,

a robinor wren,

22

a scooter,a tutor,

a pig, or a pen.

A lime,a dime,

a poolof slime,

a breeze, a sneeze,

a scary mime.

25

Nouns are words like

26

and hatsand pearls.

cats and flats,g

irls and curls,

A crumb, some gum,

a noun can bewhats in your pocket.

27

a tiny rocket

If its a tape or ,

a teachers aide or Germany,

a coat thats made of

then say it with meits a noun!

29

woolor down,

So, what is a noun?

30

o you know?

Text copyright 2006 by Brian P. ClearyIllustrations copyright 2006 by Millbrook Press, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cleary, Brian P., 1959A lime, a mime, a pool of slime : more about nouns / by Brian P. Cleary :

illustrations by Brian Gable.p. cm. (Words Are Categorical)

ISBN-13: 978-1-57505-937-2 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)ISBN-10: 1-57505-937-1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)1. English languageNounJuvenile literature. I. Gable, Brian, 1949

II. Title. PE1201.C577 2006

428.1dc22 2005025888

Manufactured in the United States of America1 2 3 4 5 6 JR 11 10 09 08 07 06

ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR

BRIAN P. CLEARY is the author of the Words Are Categorical andMath Is Categorical series, as well as Rainbow Soup: Adventures inPoetry and Rhyme and PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay. He livesin Cleveland, Ohio.

BRIAN GABLE is the illustrator of several Words Are Categoricalbooks, the Math Is Categorical series, and the Make Me Laugh! jokebooks. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his wife and two children.

eISBN-10: 0-8225-7184-6eISBN-13: 978-0-8225-7184-1

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