The Horn Book Guide

LANGUAGE

Cleary, Brian P.

Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-

32 pp. | Millbrook | October, 2013 | Library ISBN 978-0-7613-9031-2 $16.95

(4) K-3 Words Are Categorical series. Illustrated by Martin Goneau. "Prefixes are word parts / that we add onto a word. / They're right at the beginning, / just like pregame or unheard." Cleary's rhyming text is annoyingly distracting, but his introduction to these "word parts" is sound. Examples of the different ways prefixes affect their root words are helpful, and Goneau's hyperactive cartoony cats add (possibly too much) pizazz to the pages.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn