Reddit mentions: The best children grammar books

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I also use this handbook for my Grade 10 English class. (I teach English in an International Section in France) https://www.amazon.com/Warriners-Handbook-Introductory-Course-Mechanics/dp/0030986265/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=warriner%27s+handbook&qid=1563871748&s=books&sr=1-11

It says "Grade 6," but it's actually pretty advanced, and the examples are more mature than a grade 6 book.

Nix The Giving Tree -- it's for older kids, and really, for adults.

For the 4-year-old, Flat Stanley is a fun early chapter book series that his parents can read him (there are more books than in the linked boxed set).

Richard Scarry is good for the numerous things to look at. If you only get one, buy Cars, and Trucks and Things that Go. Check the book dimensions first. You want at least a 10 to 12 inch Richard Scarry book, the bigger the better.

There are a ton of pictures books on the market. Go to a good bookstore. Choose ones that have more than a few words per page (because only a few words indicates it's probably a baby book read by a parent). Definitely no board books.

The 9-year-old is probably asking for non-fiction books when he says educational books.

1. Best of Mad Libs is a huge one that will last him a while.
   
   
2. Animal Encyclopedia. There's a whole range of hardcover books like this, lots of color photos with factoids about the subject matter.
   
   Do you know if the 4-year-old is reading yet, or what either of their interests are outside of books? What other types of gifts did they ask for? That might give you a clue. For example, if either of them mention Star Wars, books about Star Wars may get them really excited about reading, or maybe a non-fiction book about space flight, etc.
   

Everything, everything, everything Frozen.

I second the suggestion for art supplies and books. Put it together and go for a doodle book, a kind of middle grade coloring book.

Some great cheap ideas that you can package all together (the more gifts for a little girl, the better)

• Doodle Diary - $9
  
• Frozen Anna Doll - $13
  
• Both the Anna & Elsa plush dolls - $20
  
• Sisters, it's the companion book to Smile (so either or both). These are graphic novels for girls, I work in publishing and they are INSANELY popular for this age range - $7
  
• American Girl Scrapbook Kit (If it has American Girl on it, fourth graders flock) - $7
  
• It's All About Us - Personal Questions Quiz (like a paperbound Buzzfeed) - $12
  
• Madlibs - $3
  
• Mini American Girl Doll - $21
  
• Matching American Girl Novel - $8
  
  Hope this helps!

There is a cute book called "Girls like spaghetti" that illustrates the difference between sentences based on the use of apostrophes. It helps for some students to see it in a picture.

https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Like-Spaghetti-without-Apostrophes/dp/0399247068/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469975200&sr=1-1&keywords=girls+like+spaghetti

My little one just went back to school, my classes start the 26th I think

lunch containers 13.96

phonics book for the kiddo 3.56

Face blotting papers, ill be busy durning the day with school, this will keep my makeup looking nice 3.48 free shipping from Blue Scandal

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College bound sister would love some Mad libs and if so surprise me!

This is an excellent example of how a poorly placed comma completely changes the intended meaning of a sentence.

http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Commas-Difference/dp/0399244913

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Reading-Comprehension-Activities-Grade/dp/164152295X/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=reading+comprehension+for+dummies&qid=1564383718&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

Again, this link is for you. Since you obviously need the assist. Please take note of the keyword search "for dummies" since that seems a fitting descriptor for you =]

Show me the money! I'd love to have these Mad Libs to use for future contests. If you owned them, too, you'd have an advantage! Also, who doesn't like things that are spy-themed?!

I could see this being handy and this being the fun item. I'm a little biased though, I love mad libs hahaa.

College Bound

If I had enough $$, I'd buy myself a new laptop on Black Friday... preferably one WITHOUT Windows 8 because seriously, FTS.

I would love the Best of Mad Libs book from my default WL. My hubby and I do a TON of Mad Libs during the cold months.

Thanks for the contest!!

There's another one I read alot growing up, it was called [Girls Like Spaghetti] (https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Like-Spaghetti-without-Apostrophes/dp/0399247068) which is Eats shoots and leaves but with apostrophes

You need to read Eats Shoots and Leaves and Twenty-Odd Ducks

https://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Commas-Difference/dp/0399244913/ref=pd_sbs_14_img_0/164-2233754-6065008?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=14CTXRBMKY9DKA09X72J

http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Commas-Difference/dp/0399244913

Sorry to blow anyone's bubble, but for those who didn't know, stillnotking didn't make that up:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399244913/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2/182-6518062-1564639?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=0S24V294PX223R3W6X1W&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_i=0786552611

Pay attention the punctuation - they didn't.
https://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Commas-Difference/dp/0399244913

He's trying to be cutesy but it's coming off way weird.

When I received these I would critique their form. (Helps that I'm published. Gives it that extra oomph.) I know you don't have time (hello, baby!) but if you felt like giving it a whirl, it's a fun exercise. Make it as dry and pedantic as possible. These type of people pride themselves on their writing skill and tearing that apart is going to give him pause when being "random" at others in the future. At the very least it will convince him to be more precise in how he uses this particular scattershot approach.

For example:

>>There I was, on the field of battle. With my cat in hand and one majestic arm raised to the sky, I said. This is my land, this is my home.

The response:
No, no, no. A comma splice in your first line is terrible creative writing form. While I understand you were attempting to grab attention, breaking rules in the first line sets the reader up to expect awful flow throughout the rest of your message. Furthermore, your setup is unclear. WHY are you on the field of battle? WHERE in the field of battle were you? WHY is there a battle raging in the first place? Also, while "field of battle" is an acceptable way to place setting, what KIND of battle is it? "Field of battle" is a rather generic phrase. I'd even go so far as to claim that it is trite. Poor writing. Fix.

You state that you have a cat in one hand and an arm upraised. While I personally understand that you are most likely going for a one-arm-up-kitty-in-opposite-hand snapshot this image is still unclear and undefined. For example, a lesser context-clue seeking reader might assume that you are wielding a cat. If so, you wouldn't have the opportunity to be propositioning me as you'd either have a handful of dead feline (disgusting) or your cat would be frantically attempting to claw/bite your hand/arm off for holding it aloft during a conflict previously described as a "battle". Likewise, WHAT makes your arm majestic? Am I, the reader, supposed to take it on faith that your arm is majestic? What constitutes majestic? Is it particularly glittery? Sweaty? Smooth-shaven and now covered in seeping cat scratches due to your irresponsible waving about of felines? This is unclear. Fix.

You lack proper grammatical structure for speech. You are missing quotation marks, have poorly placed commas, and have used a period where a comma is needed. Please go to Amazon and purchase this book (http://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Rules-Grades-High-Interest-Activities/dp/0887249752/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1409156541&sr=8-5&keywords=rules+of+grammar) which I believe you will find an acceptable primer in basic sentence structure. Unacceptable, providing that you are older than eight. Fix.

Why should it matter to me that this is your land or your home? This statement used as a greeting is a non sequitur and highly nonsensical in this particular setting. If a battle is raging around you then positioning yourself to be a larger target (holding up your arm, bringing attention to yourself by displaying an irate cat) would get you killed quite quickly. Furthermore, you've used another comma splice. Two in one paragraph is not poetic, it shows poor grasp of the English language. I am singularly unimpressed.

Overall grade for your first paragraph: F