If You Were an Adjective

Word Fun

by Michael Dahl, Sara Jean Gray (Illustrator)

Provides an introduction to adjectives. Includes an activity.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Nonfiction, Writing

Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Michael Dahl is the author of over 200 books for children and young adults, including the acclaimed Finnegan Zwake mystery series and The Library of Doom. His works have earned Edgar and Anthony Award nominations and national design honors. As Editorial Director at Stone Arch Books, he champions engaging, award-winning stories that inspire young readers everywhere.

He also writes under aliases Chris Carey, Rick Thomas, and Mark Ziegler.

Reviews

[Deborah Schultz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. It was fun to read and had teachable moments like the little bird cleaning the alligator’s teeth. The students really enjoyed it. At the end I came up with adjectives using their initial.

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[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

the date you completed reading the book: 10-29-20
a star rating (1 to 5): 5
the date: 10-29-20
the genre: informational
appropriate grade range: K-2
a written book review:
A great way to help teach about adjectives.

[Elizabeth Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great way to think about working with adjectives and how they work, where 2 use them, all that jazz. so fun. great illustrations. so colorful, what fun, very teachable moment

[Suzanne Lorraine Kunz Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learning what adjectives are are so much more fun from this colorful, engaging book than the grammar books I grew up with! Thank you Michael Dahl!

[Maya Geissinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grade Level: 2nd- 5th Genre: Informational
This book is so good with teaching adjectives and different ways to use them in a sentence. It is the perfect book to introduce adjectives into a lesson.

[Amanda Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genre: Informational Nonfiction Age: K-1st
This book was so fun to read! This would be a great book to use in the classroom when you are teaching students about different aspects of grammar. This book gives many practical examples of what adjectives are and how they are used in everyday language. I will for sure utilize this book in my classroom!

[Nancy Patterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Date I completed reading the book: 10-29-20

My star rating (1 to 5): ***

The date: 11-25-20

Genre: Fiction

Grade range: 2-4

Book review: This book would be a great book to use during reading when talking about adjectives.

[Chelsea Hoschar · Rating 4 out of 5]

If You Were an Adjective teaches kids about the noun-describing part of speech in a colorful, easy way. Examples of each "lesson" on adjectives are given to show readers how to do what is being taught. Readers learn all the different things that adjectives describe as well different kinds of adjectives like comparative and superlative. If You Were an Adjective is a fun, engaging way for kids to learn about a specific part of speech.
This book would be valuable to me as a reading specialist because it not only helps kids learn to read better, but it teaches them a part of speech which, in the future, will help their reading comprehension even more. The engaging style of the book makes the English lesson fun, not boring. The pictures on every page enhance the fun words and language and can also help kids understand what is being said. Three things I absolutely love about this book are on the last page. There is an name acrostic activity that kids can use to practice with adjectives as well as an explanation about what abbreviation is used for an adjective in the dictionary. On the opposite side of that page is a small glossary with some definitions of terms used throughout the book. This book is a wonderful teaching tool that goes above and beyond simply teaching kids through the main text.
Dahl, M. (2006). If you were an Adjective Minneapolis: Picture Window Books

[Melba Deoleo]

If you Were an Adjective is a great book that teaches kids what an adjective is and what it is supposed to do. Throughout the book it provides kids with a large number of examples that can be very beneficial to them. It has colorful and vivid illustrations that go hand in hand with what the book is saying, it gives the kids an image to what the book is describing. It lets them know that an adjective describes how something sounds, how it behaves, that it might be a proper adjective and plenty of other things. I would use this book in my class to introduce adjective and also to reinforce the concept. It can be used as a book that the kids can use as a help source that they can go back to whenever they need clarification on the characteristics of an adjective.

[Amy Landers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fantastic to use when introducing adjectives to children. The book overall provides children with many examples of exciting descriptive words that they can use in their own writing. The colourful and bright illustrations will draw the reader in and provides a visual example of the nouns/adjectives. The book is a wonderful tool to use in the classroom. I have used it myself when teaching pupils about adjectives and they really enjoyed the book which supported them to learn. The book is set out in a way that makes it easy for readers to understand the concept. I really like that at the back of the book there is a small glossary which provides definitions of terms used throughout the book. This book is very colourful and exciting for children.

[Jennifer Park · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this story. This book is also full of amazing animal illustrations and an activity. The illustrations were very colorful and reflected the story well. It is good to use when introducing adjectives. The story demonstrate ways to use adjectives in sentences. It talks about if you were an adjective and list many examples of adjectives.

[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great book to introduce adjectives. This book is also full of amazing animal illustrations and an activity. The book can also be read before a field trip to the zoo or aquarium to introduce the different types of animals.

[E · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great books to introduce adjectives to students. It also has a fun adjective activity that students would enjoy. Students can learn what an adjective is, how its used, and several examples can be learned from the book as well.

[Whole And · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply terrific.

The most fun I've ever had learning about adjectives and a five year old easily understands the concept as well.

Hallelujah! This is how grammer should be taught!

Highly recommend this colourful, extraordinarily fun and easy to do exercises book.

Loved it!

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely love this grammar series by this author. What a perfect way to bring the description of an adjective home. This book was fun. Not only definitions were given, but also creative sentences and illustrations to partner.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad for a books about grammer. They actually diagram in these books but not too much. And they try to make the examples interesting. Overall not bad. Grades 2+

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for an introduction of adjectives and a review of nouns!

[Brittany White · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book to read when teaching parts of speech. I think children will enjoy looking back at it as a fun reference.

[Audrey Harlan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good to use when introducing adjectives to students.

[Andrew Perry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be great for a lesson on adjectives. Everything is written in simple phrases and paired with amazing illustrations that really highlight each adjective covered.

[Teri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picture books can help reinforce anything, even grammar. I learned articles (a, an, the) are adjectives. Who knew?

[Tylor Romero]

A great book to show students what an adjective is and how they work in sentences. They will soon find out that without an adjective that world would just not be the same.

[Mrs. Garza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interactive ebook/audiobook. Part of our Capstone Interactive collection Some of these books are for our English as a Second Language students.

[Tiffanni Dean]

This book is useful for introducing students to adjectives and what they are used for.