Words Are CATegorical ®

The best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series introduces young readers to different types of words through rhyming verse and illustrations of comical cartoon cats. Offering a lighthearted perspective, each title shows readers the fun and entertaining world of language.

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

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

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

Title	Lexile	GRL	ATOS	©
A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More about Homonyms and Homophones	680	O		2014
Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest: What Are Comparatives and Superlatives?	630	O		2013
But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?	580	O		2010
Chips and Cheese and Nana's Knees: What Is Alliteration?	580	O	3.7	2015
Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?	540	O		2011
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?	860	O	3.5	2003
Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals?	640	O		2012
-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix?	670	O		2014
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?		O	3.9	2000
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?	580	O		2005
I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?		O	3.0	2004
I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction?	490	O		2010
Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs	720	O		2008
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns		O		2006
Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome?	610	O		2012
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?		O	3.3	1999
Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?	510	O	2.8	2005
Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-: What Is a Prefix?	750	O	3.3	2013
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives	790	O	3.6	2007
Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?	560	O		2009

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Title	Season	Lexile	GRL	ATOS	©	Add to Cart
Words Are CATegorical ® — Audisee®—On Level Set					2015	Audisee®—On Level $944.66, 27 titles
Words Are CATegorical ® — Paperback Set					2015	Paperback $220.14, 27 titles

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