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Brian P. Cleary

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in Lakewood, OH, The United States

October 01, 1959

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http://www.brianpcleary.com/

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Children's Books, Nonfiction

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Average rating: 3.91 · 7,939 ratings · 1,459 reviews · 160 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? by Brian P. Cleary, Jenya Prosmitsky (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 1999 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? by Brian P. Cleary, Jenya Prosmitsky (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 1999 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb? by Brian P. Cleary, Jenya Prosmitsky (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2000 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb? by Brian P. Cleary, Brian Gable (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If It Rains Pancakes: Haiku and Lantern Poems by Brian P. Cleary, Andy Rowland (Illustrations) 3.80 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones? by Brian P. Cleary, Brian Gable (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under, Over, by the Clover: What Is a Preposition? by Brian P. Cleary, Brian P. Cleary 3.94 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do You Know Dewey?: Exploring the Dewey Decimal System by Brian P. Cleary, Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun? by Brian P. Cleary, Brian Gable (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 212 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peanut Butter And Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book (Millbrook Picture Books) by Brian P. Cleary, Betsy E. Snyder (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A good friend will help you plant your tulips. A great friend will help you plant a gun on the unarmed intruder you just shot.”
― Brian P Cleary

tags: dark-humor, humor

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“Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames.”
― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now

tags: humor, observational-comedy, observations, storytelling

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“It’s not technically gossip if you start your sentence with “I’m really concerned about __________________ ,” (fill in the name of the person you’re not gossiping about).”
― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now

tags: gossip, humor, observational-comedy, observations

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