Good book with fun and helpful aides that help students connect the vocab words with images and associations. However, page twenty-seven contains are rather irratating sentence that denotes people of Latino ethniticity as "procrastinators." Pretty unnecessary remark considering the braod usage of this term.

What a great way to learn vocabulary words. This book makes learning vocab. words almost painless.

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Copyright restrictions allow NO copies or transparencies for classroom use to be made. I wish I had known that before I bought both books. It never occurred to me that a book written by educators for educators would have such restrictions.

I rated the item two stars because of the inconvenience and $$$ lost, but to be fair...it is a good book for individual use.

BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT! It was recommended to us by a reading specialist.
It makes it very easy to recall definitions. I actaully bought it for my
6th and 3rd grader. They will read it for fun. LOVE IT!

I am very happy with this book. It's fun and easily to read, my grandson love it. He read it almost every day.

I bought it becuase the reviews are so positive and it's great! it's really easy and fun to recite words with these cartoons and I acutally color them when looking at them make more fun as well as keep me concentrated. I'd definetly recommend it if you consider yourself as a visulizer...just types of people who read best to learn!

This is a fun and easy way to learn vocabulary words. Who doesn't want to learn effortlessly? Now you can "read" cute cartoons and expand your vocabulary at the same time! I've been using this book with my students for years -- always good for a memborable laugh!

I have used these Vocabulary Cartoons since the first editions were available. I think the students enjoy this type of study. I have loaned many of my copies to students and colleagues. I am glad to see the extra vocab in the 2nd edition. I even have some of my own that I have added. This also makes a good project for the "talented artists" who may not enjoy studying vocab, but who learn as they provide cartoons. These students have fun as they learn. They work with students who provide the meanings and links. We highlight a synomym.The name Burchers comes to mind when I think of Vocab Study. You should invite students and teachers to submit their ideas. (I am retired, but I know this would be such a good project.)

Great book, but this book is not suitable for people ages 13 and up. Many of the words, I already know. There are some that I don't know, and it does have great pictures to help you remember words.

The concept is wonderful; however, I wish there had been information on the grade level this book was desinged for. I can use some of the cartoons, but most are more suitable for gifted and talented, upper elementary, and middle school students.

This is a great vocabulary supplement for our home school, for several age groups. The kids hardly notice they are learning yet retain all the words, and they enjoy it, too.

I like the concept and the method. I tried it with a few words, and it really seemed to work. However, some reviewers had suggested this as good preparation for the GRE (and many suggested it for the SATs). I was so disappointed when I got the book and had to get to page 68 before I found a word I didn't know. Granted, I am a reasonably well educated adult, but I don't think my vocabulary is unusually impressive. Who wouldn't know words like "shoddy", "transpire", "abduct", "elegant", and "inhabit"? There are not more than 10 words tough words among the 250 or so presented. When I took a sample GRE test recently, it included words like insouciant, sybarite, artifice, churl, obsequious, tendentious, calumniate, caviler, incentiousness, perspicuity, libertine, etc. There is nothing approaching that level of difficulty in this book. Definitely don't get this to prep for the GRE or the GMAT. I haven't taken the SAT in a long time, so I'll defer to those who know the word lists on the SAT better than I do, but I have a hard time believing that the makers of the SAT consider "survive", "dismantle", and "fetch" to be the sorts of difficult words they want to test. This books seems to be better for elementary/middle school words...?

I bought this book to donate to a teacher of elementary school children. She and they loved it. Makes learning new words fun, interesting and the meanings stick in their minds. I read through it myself before donating it and have to admit I learned a thing or two myself.