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BrainJuice: English, Fresh Squeezed!

Handprint Books By Carol Diggory Shields
Illustrated by Tony Ross

5-1/2 x 7-1/2 in; 64 pp ; two-color spot illustrations, ages 7-11
Hardcover
Published in December, 2004
ISBN 1593540531
ISBN13 9781593540531

$14.95  

BrainJuice: English, Fresh Squeezed! -- Only Carol Diggory Shields could reduce a whole body of knowledge to forty incisive, hilarious, and all-encompassing poems!
In this newest addition to the BrainJuice series, Carol Diggory Shields undertakes to impart all the really important facets of the English language -- and impart she does! Do you want the last word on punctuation? Spelling? Diagramming a sentence? Drafting a letter, keeping a journal, writing poetry? No aspect of English is left unexamined, and both students and teachers will not only find BrainJuice: English extremely cool, but they will be forever grateful to the author for supplying them with "36 Ways to Say Cool" (see sample below*).
Supporting the author's heroic efforts to make English funny, comprehensible and comprehensive, as well as irresistible, Tony Ross offers art that is funny, comprehensible, comprehensive, and extremely irresistible!
*A small sampling from "36 Way to Say Cool": Groovy, great, the cat's meow, awesome, chill, phat, wow, marvy, dandy, swell, divine, nifty, peachy-keen, fine!

Carol Diggory Shields is a poet, a humorist, and a librarian -- the perfect qualifications for reducing immense bodies of knowledge into a very few lines of extremely funny verse. Grateful teachers and students can direct fan letters to her in Salinas, California, where she lives with her family and assorted pets.

Tony Ross is the internationally renowned artist and author of more than 100 books, including I Want My Potty, Meanwhile Back at the Ranch, and The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Dark. He lives in Cheshire, England with his wife Zoe and daughter, Kate.