Marvin Terban's Books

A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms.

A collection of over seventy riddles using homographs, words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning and pronunciation.

Illustrates and explains over 100 common English idioms, in categories including animals, body parts, and colors.

A practical guide to grammar and usage, covering such topics as parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and idioms.

A collection of progressively harder to guess palindrome riddles.

Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group. For example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and beat around the bush.

Explores the plural of 90 irregular nouns, such as mouse and mice, in humorous rhymes and tongue twisters.

An abundant cache of ideas for using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes.

“Enjoyable and informative . . . Using this humorously presented book, children will truly improve their styles of writing” (School Library Journal). Writing “The road was bumpy” is okay . . . but isn’t it more fun to say “It felt like we were riding on square tires”? This lively guide shows kids how to make their writing more dramatic, more memorable, or just plain funnier—whether they’re writing for school or for creative expression. It explains six techniques: Similes Metaphors Onomatopoeia Alliteration Hyperbole Personification . . . and provides guidelines for their use, plenty of examples, and entertaining illustrations.

A practical guide to grammar, usage, spelling, and vocabulary.

Poochie meets Hover Hound and rescues several of her friends in his hot air balloon.

When his friends tease him for being a "powder-puff," Guff sets out to prove he is a hero

An updated introduction to American slang and phrase origins identifies and defines more than six hundred commonly used idioms, complementing the entries with kid-friendly sample sentences and entertaining illustrations. Original.

Trace the origins of more than 100 eponymous words—words derived from the names of people and places. What food was first cooked up in Hamburg, Germany? Hamburgers What country is named after the Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci? America What do you call people and places whose names become words? Eponyms! Meet the people and places behind more than 100 eponymous words and read the fascinating stories of why words were created for them. What would be the meaning of a word named after you?

A collection of over seventy riddles using homographs, words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning and pronunciation.

Thirty common English phrases, such as "a chip off the old block" and "cry over spilled milk" are illustrated and explained.

A collection of progressively harder to guess palindrome riddles.

Introduces and explains more than 100 expressions which mean something different than the separate words in the group. For example: raise the roof, hold your horses, and beat around the bush.

Explores the plural of 90 irregular nouns, such as mouse and mice, in humorous rhymes and tongue twisters.

Thirty popular expressions such as "straight from the horse's mouth" and "white elephant" are amusingly explained and illustrated.

This collection of original riddles is unlike any other because the main words in each answer sound exactly alike, but have different meanings. Zany illustrations add to the fun and provide clues to the solutions. And the newly designed full-color cover makes the package even more appealing. So dig in--and see why you should play with your words (not with your food)!

An abundant cache of ideas for using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes.

Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places. For example "sandwich" is an eponymous word from the eponym, Earl of Sandwich, the man who invented sandwiches.

A handbook to help students grasp the fundamentals of language arts and composition covers grammar, punctuation, spelling, letter and report writing conventions, composition skills, and other details.

Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

Thirty popular expressions such as "straight from the horse's mouth" and "white elephant" are amusingly explained and illustrated. Full color.

Explains the meaning and origins of over 100 nonsense words that make the English language more colorful including such examples as "flip-flop," "fuzzy-wuzzy," "cancan," and "tutti frutti.

Book's by Marvin Terban

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