Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection? (Words Are CATegorical)
This colorful entry in the Words Are CATegorical series defines an interjection as a �word or phrase spoken suddenly and used to show emotion,� then demonstrates its uses in a rhyming, rhythmic text. Throughout, the level of Cleary�s inventive verbal humor is greatly magnified by Gable�s madcap drawings of dressed animals dramatizing the sentences with cartoon-style exaggeration. Unlike earlier subjects covered in the series, interjections can include many parts of speech. Language-arts teachers will appreciate the variety of examples, while children will enjoy the comic relief and, with any luck, absorb the concept along the way. Grades 2-4. --Carolyn Phelan