Brian P. Cleary

Brian P. Cleary, (born October 1, 1959, in Lakewood, Ohio) is an American humorist, poet, United States patent holder, inventor and author. The bow-tie wearing children’s author is best known for his books that explore grammar in humorous ways written for grade-school children.^[1]

Education and career

One of nine children, Cleary graduated from Saint Ignatius High School, a private Roman Catholic Jesuit high school for young men in Cleveland, Ohio. He then graduated with a degree in Communications from John Carroll University in 1982, also located in Cleveland.^[2]

Since 1982, he has worked for American Greetings Corporation—one of the largest creative divisions in the world—where he is currently the Senior Editor working on product from greeting cards to songs, and electronic greetings. He also tours the U.S. and Europe as an author visiting schools and presenting to students and staff.

Writing

Cleary created the best-selling "Words are CATegorical" series for grade school readers, a 17-volume set with more than 2 million copies in print published by Lerner Publishing Group.^[3] He has also written humor essays for national and local magazines and newspapers. His cartoon writings have been published in more than 600 newspapers worldwide. His books have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.

Cleary's literary influences include Ogden Nash, Shel Silverstein, and E.E. Cummings.

Awards

International Reading Association/Children's Book Council Children's Choice Award
American Booksellers Association Kids' Pick of the List
Benjamin Franklin Award (First Place)
Society of School Librarians International Book Awards, Honor Book

Bibliography

All of Cleary's children's books have been published by Lerner Publishing Group and are written for grades K-6.

"Words are CATegorical" Series

Cleary's best-selling "Words are CATegorical" series include 20 titles, published from 1999 to 2012.^[4]

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?
I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns
Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs
Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym?
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?
Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?
Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms
Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms
Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?
But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?
Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?
Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals?
I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction?

"Sounds Like Reading" Series

An 8-book series written for 1st graders and "English as second language" students, published in 2009.^[5]

The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug
Stop, Drop, and Flop in the Slop
The Nice Mice in the Rice
The Frail Snail on the Trail
The Thing on the Wing Can Sing
Whose Shoes Would You Choose?
The Peaches on the Beaches
The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star

"Math is CATegorical" Series

A 7-book series that introduces math concepts to 3rd graders.^[6]

The Action of Subtraction
The Mission of Addition
How Long or How Wide? A Measuring Guide
On the Scale, A Weighty Tale
Windows, Rings, and Grapes: A Look at Different Shapes
A Fraction’s Goal: Parts of a Whole
A-B-A-B-A: A Book of Pattern Play

Other Lerner Book Titles

Eight Wild Nights: A Family Hanukkah Tale (Carolrhoda Picture Books series)^[7]
Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book (Millbrook Picture Books series)^[8]
"Mrs. Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Science Facts (Adventures in Memory series)^[9]
Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry^[10]
The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor^[11]
Rhyme & PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay^[12]
The Punctuation Station
Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters"

Books for Adults

You Oughta Know by Now (Perseus 2010)

References

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