The Greatest Gatsby: A Visual Book of Grammar

Tohby Riddle

The Greatest Gatsby: A Visual Book of Grammar
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Australia
Country
Australia
Published
25 March 2015
Pages
112
ISBN
9780670078684

The Greatest Gatsby: A Visual Book of Grammar

Tohby Riddle

Introducing a new, visually engaging way of presenting grammar. Appealing to the senses and the emotions with colour, texture, humour and drama, this book seeks to make the subject of grammar not only more intelligible to more people, but more memorable.

Review

In The Greatest Gatsby, Tohby Riddle makes grammar come alive with stylistic images and typography. The premise is simple: grammar is the intangible building blocks of our language and the best way to make an abstract concept understandable is through images.

The book is structured in a logical order, starting with the fundamentals of grammar: letters and words. Riddle then goes on to explore the word classes, such as nouns and verbs, in detail and then moves on to affixes and sentence structure. The content is comprehensive although nothing new (after all, grammar is grammar) however Riddle’s clever use of imagery and texture gives this often dry topic a new energy and engages the reader to delve deeper into the nitty gritty of the English language.

For ages 8 and up.


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