Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky

Title: Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Informational Nonfiction

     This is a cute little book about adjectives and how they are used.  The whole book rhymes along with helping children to understand what an adjective is and how to use them.  The text is in a fun font and I really like how it is black except for every adjective, that is a bright color.  This makes the adjectives in every sentence stand out so that students can see examples of their use.  Almost every sentence is an example of how adjectives are used in everyday conversations to describe music, the temperature, actions, food, etc.  Although this would not be appropriate for very young readers, it might be necessary to explain the pictures shown in the book.  The illustrations contain animals as if they are humans, which is obviously not nonfiction even though the context is.  Otherwise I think this would be very helpful for an upper elementary to even middle school student struggling with parts of speech.