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

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

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

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Title	Season	Lexile	GRL	ATOS	Add to Cart
Words Are CATegorical ® — Audisee®—On Level Set					Audisee®—On Level $944.66, 27 titles
Words Are CATegorical ® — eBook Set					Multi-user eBook $593.73, 27 titles
Words Are CATegorical ® — Hardcover Set					Hardcover $242.29, 19 titles
Words Are CATegorical ® — Interactive Books Set					Interactive Book $971.76, 27 titles
Words Are CATegorical ® — Paperback Set					Paperback $204.94, 27 titles

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Title	Lexile	GRL	ATOS
A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More about Homonyms and Homophones	680	O
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns		O
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?		O	3.3
Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest: What Are Comparatives and Superlatives?	630	O
But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?	580	O
Chips and Cheese and Nana's Knees: What Is Alliteration?	580	O	3.7
Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?	540	O
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?	860	O	3.5
Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals?	640	O
-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix?	670	O
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?		O	3.9
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?	580	O
I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?		O	3.0
I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction?	490	O
Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs	720	O
Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome?	610	O
Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?	510	O	2.8
Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-: What Is a Prefix?	750	O	3.3
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives	790	O	3.6
Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?	560	O
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs	880	O	3.5
Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym?	550	O
Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms	750	O
Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms	620	O
Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word?	710	O
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?		O	3.7
Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?	420	O	3.2

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