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Cleary, Brian P.

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More About Antonyms

(4) K-3 Words Are Categorical series. Illustrated by Brian Gable. "Antonyms are words that / are quite opposite in meaning, / like sleep and wake, / or give and take-- / like messing is to cleaning." Cleary's wacky cat cartoon characters are back in their second book about antonyms. Though the text's pace is frenetic and the examples can be confusing, some of them are creative.

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