Brian P. Cleary

Brian P. Cleary is a senior editor at American Greetings, an American humorist, poet, and award-winning author of more than 30 books. He has written for local and national magazines and his cartoon gags have appeared in more than 600 newspapers worldwide. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ebooks

How Long or How Wide?: A Measuring Guide

This Python Isn't a Snake: What Are Coding Languages and Syntax?

On the Scale, a Weighty Tale

Eight Wild Nights: A Family Hanukkah Tale

Windows, Rings, and Grapes — a Look at Different Shapes

Oils (Just a Bit) to Keep Your Body Fit, 2nd Edition: What Are Oils?, Edition 2

The Price of a Slice: Long Vowel Sounds with Consonant Blends

Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?

Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives

Bow-Tie Pasta: Acrostic Poems

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is an Adjective?

Stop, Drop, and Flop in the Slop: A Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends

Macaroni and Rice and Bread by the Slice, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Grains Group?, Edition 2

Yogurt and Cheeses and Ice Cream That Pleases, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Dairy Group?, Edition 2

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is a Synonym?

Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Fruit Group?, Edition 2

The Frail Snail on the Trail: A Long Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends

Tortoise, Tree Snake, Gator, and Sea Snake: What Is a Reptile?

Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs

Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs

The Frail Snail on the Trail: A Long Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends

Tortoise, Tree Snake, Gator, and Sea Snake: What Is a Reptile?

A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More about Homonyms and Homophones

You Can't Dance to These Rhythms: What Are Algorithms?

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?

This Python Isn't a Snake: What Are Coding Languages and Syntax?

Crunch and Crack, Oink and Whack!: An Onomatopoeia Story

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?

I and You and Don't Forget Who, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is a Pronoun?

Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym?

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is a Noun?

The Witch Had an Itch: Short Vowel Sounds with Consonant Digraphs

Nothing Loopy about This: What Are Loops and Conditionals?

Something Sure Smells Around Here: Limericks

I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?

Run and Hike, Play and Bike, 2nd Edition: What Is Physical Activity?, Edition 2

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

The Herd Came in Third: Diphthongs and R-Controlled Vowels

Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest: What Are Comparatives and Superlatives?

They're There on Their Vacation

Bugs That Make Your Computer Crawl: What Are Computer Bugs?

Whose Shoes Would You Choose?: A Long Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?

On the Scale, a Weighty Tale

Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals?

I Saw an Invisible Lion Today: Quatrains

Yogurt and Cheeses and Ice Cream That Pleases, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Dairy Group?, Edition 2

Butterfly, Flea, Beetle, and Bee: What Is an Insect?

Bugs That Make Your Computer Crawl: What Are Computer Bugs?

Chips and Cheese and Nana's Knees: What Is Alliteration?

The Sun Played Hide-and-Seek: A Personification Story

Macaroni and Rice and Bread by the Slice, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Grains Group?, Edition 2

A Second, a Minute, a Week with Days in It: A Book about Time

But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?

Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome?

Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?

-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix?

Dolphin, Fox, Hippo, and Ox: What Is a Mammal?

Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym?

Stop and Go, Yes and No, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is an Antonym?

A Dollar, a Penny, How Much and How Many?

The Thing on the Wing Can Sing: A Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs

Sparrow, Eagle, Penguin, and Seagull: What Is a Bird?

Run and Hike, Play and Bike, 2nd Edition: What Is Physical Activity?, Edition 2

Whose Shoes Would You Choose?: A Long Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs

The Slug and the Pug: Short Vowel Sounds with Consonant Blends

Windows, Rings, and Grapes — a Look at Different Shapes

Do You Know Dewey?: Exploring the Dewey Decimal System

Stop, Drop, and Flop in the Slop: A Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends

The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star: A Book about Diphthongs and R-Controlled Vowels

Catfish, Cod, Salmon, and Scrod: What Is a Fish?

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?

"Super-Hungry Mice Eat Onions" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Geography Facts

Green Beans, Potatoes, and Even Tomatoes, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Vegetable Group?, Edition 2

Butterfly, Flea, Beetle, and Bee: What Is an Insect?

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?

The Mission of Addition

Jake Makes a Cake: Long Vowel Sounds

How Long or How Wide?: A Measuring Guide

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is a Verb?

Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs

Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book

Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-: What Is a Prefix?

I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?

Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry

The Nice Mice in the Rice: A Long Vowel Sounds Book

Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms

Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome?

Ode to a Commode: Concrete Poems

A-B-A-B-A—a Book of Pattern Play

The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor

-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix?

A Fraction's Goal — Parts of a Whole

Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-: What Is a Prefix?

Black Beans and Lamb, Poached Eggs and Ham, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Protein Foods Group?, Edition 2

Reach for a Peach: Long Vowel Sounds with Consonant Digraphs

The Action of Subtraction

A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns

The Thing on the Wing Can Sing: A Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs

The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star: A Book about Diphthongs and R-Controlled Vowels

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?

I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction?

Salamander, Frog, and Polliwog: What Is an Amphibian?

Sparrow, Eagle, Penguin, and Seagull: What Is a Bird?

Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms

I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction?

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is an Adverb?

Mom Looks at the Books: Inflectional Endings

Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word?

A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns

Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs

Eating My Words: And 128 Other Poems

Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?

Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word?

Crunch and Crack, Oink and Whack!: An Onomatopoeia Story

Oils (Just a Bit) to Keep Your Body Fit, 2nd Edition: What Are Oils?, Edition 2

"Washing Adam's Jeans" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Social Studies Facts

The Nice Mice in the Rice: A Long Vowel Sounds Book

The Hen in the Den: Short Vowel Sounds

Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?

Black Beans and Lamb, Poached Eggs and Ham, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Protein Foods Group?, Edition 2

Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals?

Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest: What Are Comparatives and Superlatives?

The Action of Subtraction

"Miss Pell Would Never Misspell" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing How to Spell and Use Wily Words

You Can't Dance to These Rhythms: What Are Algorithms?

Catfish, Cod, Salmon, and Scrod: What Is a Fish?

The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug: A Short Vowel Sounds Book

Green Beans, Potatoes, and Even Tomatoes, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Vegetable Group?, Edition 2

Dolphin, Fox, Hippo, and Ox: What Is a Mammal?

Underneath My Bed: List Poems

The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug: A Short Vowel Sounds Book

Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives

Nothing Loopy about This: What Are Loops and Conditionals?

If It Rains Pancakes: Haiku and Lantern Poems

Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book

Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries, 2nd Edition: What Is in the Fruit Group?, Edition 2

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms

The Peaches on the Beaches: A Book about Inflectional Endings

Rhyme and PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay

Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?

Under, Over, By the Clover, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is a Preposition?

"Mrs. Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Science Facts

Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?

The Punctuation Station

A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More about Homonyms and Homophones

Chips and Cheese and Nana's Knees: What Is Alliteration?

Do You Know Dewey?: Exploring the Dewey Decimal System

The Mission of Addition

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

But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?

A-B-A-B-A—a Book of Pattern Play

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms

Salamander, Frog, and Polliwog: What Is an Amphibian?

The Peaches on the Beaches: A Book about Inflectional Endings