Vivid Verbs How about the Ruth Heller books--Up, Up and Away A Cache of Jewels Many Luscious Lollipops Merry-Go-Round Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal! I don't think you can beat Dawdle Duckling for vivid verbs (and what is more, they are paired alliterative vivid verbs :>) I am not sure if Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry would work -- or what about the Fancy Nancy books are there any of those about verbs -Brian Cleary also has books on all the parts of speech --Heller's series on parts of speech What about Robin Pulver's Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Daky Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear by Ken Kesey (of 1 Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest fame). Great language! What about the Words are Categorical Series...What is a verb?