Brian P. Cleary

Author of Hairy, Scary, Ordinary

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About the Author

Brian P. Cleary is the author of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical series, as well as the Math Is CATegorical, Food Is CATegorical, and Sounds Like Reading series. He has also written several picture books and poetry books. Mr. Cleary lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Includes the names: Brian Cleary, Brian P Cleary, Brian P. Cleary, Brian P. Clearly

Image credit: Photo courtesy of author.

Series

Words are Categorical

Math Is Categorical

It Could Be Verse

Animal Groups Are Categorical

Sounds Like Reading

Food is Categorical

Phonics Fun

Works by Brian P. Cleary

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Hairy, Scary, Ordinary (2000) 1,261 copies

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink (1999) 1,189 copies

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute (2001) 1,050 copies

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? (2005) 581 copies

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb? (2003) 573 copies

Under, Over, By the Clover (2002) 557 copies

A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime (2006) 503 copies

The Action of Subtraction (2006) 502 copies

I and You and Don't Forget Who (2004) 488 copies

The Mission of Addition (2005) 458 copies

Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky (2007) 420 copies

Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp (2007) 375 copies

Pitch And Throw, Grasp And Know (2005) 350 copies

How Long or How Wide? (2007) 313 copies

Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym? (2006) 275 copies

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More About Antonyms (2009) 169 copies

Eight Wild Nights: A Family Hanukkah Tale (2006) 153 copies

Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors? (2009) 150 copies

Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More About Synonyms (2008) 140 copies

If It Rains Pancakes: Haiku and Lantern Poems (Poetry Adventures) (2014) 138 copies

On the Scale, a Weighty Tale (2008) 124 copies

But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction? (2010) 108 copies

They're There on Their Vacation (Millbrook Picture Books) (1705) 92 copies

Something Sure Smells Around Here: Limericks (Poetry Adventures) (2015) 84 copies

Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally (2008) 84 copies

Underneath My Bed: List Poems (Poetry Adventures) (2016) 83 copies

Rhyme & PUNishment (2006) 81 copies

A Fraction's Goal - Parts of a Whole (1600) 81 copies

I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction? (2010) 79 copies

A-B-A-B-A- A Book of Pattern Play (1656) 62 copies

Do You Know Dewey?: Exploring the Dewey Decimal System (Millbrook Picture Books) (2012) 58 copies

Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Primary… (2001) 57 copies

Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry (2004) 56 copies

A Second, a Minute, a Week With Days in It: A Book About Time (2013) 56 copies

Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word? (2011) 53 copies

A Dollar, a Penny, How Much and How Many? (2012) 51 copies

Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals? (2012) 50 copies

The Punctuation Station (2010) 49 copies

Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection? (2011) 48 copies

Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-: What Is a Prefix? (2013) 44 copies

The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug: A Short Vowel Sounds Book (Sounds Like Reading) (2009) 43 copies

Ode to a Commode: Concrete Poems (Poetry Adventures) (2014) 38 copies

Peanut Butter And Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book (Millbrook Picture Books) (2007) 34 copies

Stop, Drop, and Flop in the Slop: A Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends (Sounds Like Reading) (2009) 32 copies

I Saw an Invisible Lion Today: Quatrains (Poetry Adventures) (2016) 32 copies

Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest: What Are Comparatives and Superlatives? (2013) 29 copies

The Frail Snail on the Trail: A Long Vowel Sounds Book With Consonant Blends (Sounds Like Reading) (2009) 29 copies

The Nice Mice in the Rice: A Long Vowel Sounds Book (Sounds Like Reading) (2009) 29 copies

-ful and -less, -er and -ness: What Is a Suffix? (2014) 28 copies

Windows, Rings, and Grapes - A Look at Different Shapes (2009) 27 copies

A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More About Homonyms and Homophones (2014) 25 copies

Bow-tie Pasta: Acrostic Poems (Poetry Adventures) (2015) 24 copies

Black Beans and Lamb, Poached Eggs and Ham: What Is in the Meat and Beans Group? (2010) 22 copies

The Thing on the Wing Can Sing: A Short Vowel Sounds Book With Consonant Digraphs (Sounds Like Reading) (2009) 22 copies

Whose Shoes Would You Choose?: A Long Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs (Sounds Like Reading) (2009) 20 copies

The Peaches on the Beaches: A Book about Inflectional Endings (Sounds Like Reading) (2008) 19 copies

The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car With the Star: A Book About Diphthongs and R-controlled Vowels (Sounds Like… (2009) 19 copies

Green Beans, Potatoes, and Even Tomatoes: What Is in the Vegetables Group? (2010) 18 copies

Chips and Cheese and Nana's Knees: What Is Alliteration? (2015) 18 copies

Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome? (2012) 17 copies

Mrs. Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Science Facts (Adventures in Memory) (2008) 17 copies

Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries: What Is in the Fruits Group? (2010) 16 copies

Salamander, Frog, and Polliwog: What Is an Amphibian? (2012) 15 copies

Macaroni and Rice and Bread by the Slice: What Is in the Grains Group? (2010) 14 copies

Butterfly, Flea, Beetle, and Bee: What Is an Insect? (2012) 11 copies

Yogurt and Cheeses and Ice Cream That Pleases: What Is in the Milk Group? (2010) 11 copies

Give Me Bach My Schubert (1996) 11 copies

Catfish, Cod, Salmon, and Scrod: What Is a Fish? (2012) 9 copies

Tortoise, Tree Snake, Gator, and Sea Snake: What Is a Reptile? (2012) 8 copies

When I Go to Grandma's House (2000) 8 copies

The Sun Played Hide-and-seek: A Personification Story (2017) 7 copies

Nothing Loopy About This: What Are Loops and Conditionals? (Coding Is CATegorical) (2019) 7 copies

Miss Pell Would Never Misspell and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing How to Spell and Use Wily Words (Adventures in… (2011) 7 copies

Washing Adam's Jeans and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Social Studies Facts (Adventures in Memory) (2010) 7 copies

Dolphin, Fox, Hippo, and Ox: What Is a Mammal? (2012) 7 copies

Run and Hike, Play and Bike: What Is Physical Activity? (2010) 7 copies

Sparrow, Eagle, Penguin, and Seagull: What Is a Bird? (2012) 7 copies

The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Intermediate) (2008) 7 copies

It Looks a Lot Like Reindeer (1996) 7 copies

You can't dance to these rhythms : what are algorithms? (2019) 6 copies

Jamaica Sandwich? (It Could Be Verse) (1996) 6 copies

Bugs That Make Your Computer Crawl: What Are Computer Bugs? (Coding Is CATegorical) (2019) 6 copies

Crunch and Crack, Oink and Whack!: An Onomatopoeia Story (2019) 6 copies

Super-hungry Mice Eat Onions and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Geography Facts (Adventures in Memory) (2009) 5 copies

Oils (Just a Bit) to Keep Your Body Fit: What Are Oils? (2010) 5 copies

The Witch Had an Itch: Short Vowel Sounds with Consonant Digraphs (2022) 4 copies

The Slug and the Pug: Short Vowel Sounds with Consonant Blends (Phonics Fun) (2022) 4 copies

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is a Verb? (Words Are CATegorical ® (20th… (2021) 4 copies

Mom Looks at the Books: Inflectional Endings (Phonics Fun) (2022) 4 copies

This python isn't a snake : what are coding languages and syntax? (2019) 3 copies

The Price of a Slice: Long Vowel Sounds with Consonant Blends (Phonics Fun) (2022) 3 copies

Curious Creatures 3 copies

Reach for a Peach: Long Vowel Sounds with Consonant Digraphs (Phonics Fun) (2022) 3 copies

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely, 20th Anniversary Edition: What Is an Adverb? (Words Are CATegorical ® (20th Anniversary… (2021) 3 copies

Words Are CATegorical Series Set of 6 Paperback Books (Includes: A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?;… (2009) 2 copies

You Never Sausage Love (It Could Be Verse) (1996) 2 copies

Adventures in Grammar Series 7 Yrs. (4 Book Set in Cardboard Container) (2000) 1 copy

Windows, Rings, and Grapes -- A Look at Different Shapes 1 copy

The root to Toot to parachute 1 copy

The Truth Will Out 1 copy

A Cat, a Bat, Your Grandma's Hat: What is a Noun? (Words are CATegorical) (2009) 1 copy

Adventues in Grammar: Dearly Nearly Insincerely, a Mink a Fink a Skating Rink and Hairy Scary Ordinary (2000) 1 copy

Adventures in Grammar (Discovery Toys pack) 1 copy

Phonics Fun Activity Book: Reading and Writing Activities for Kids (2022) 1 copy

Jake Makes a Cake: Long Vowel Sounds (Phonics Fun) (2022) 1 copy

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? What Are Homonyms & Homophones? 1 copy

食物总动员·苹果、香蕉和橙子:水果里有什么? (2015) 1 copy

The Herd Came in Third: Diphthongs and R-Controlled Vowels (Phonics Fun) (2022) 1 copy

The Hen in the Den: Short Vowel Sounds (Phonics Fun) (2022) 1 copy

Hairy Scary Ordinary - What is an Adjective? 1 copy

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