Seven-year-old Stink Moody, having discovered that he can get free samples by writing letters of complaint to companies, gets so caught up in his letter writing campaign that he misses his best friend's birthday, but he plans a super surprise to make up for his mistake.

"Verbs are easier to show than explain! Luckily, this 20th anniversary edition is chock-full of them. Updated design elements, Try It! features, and brand-new back matter make this a must-have for readers learning about verbs"--

Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of nouns, from "gown" and "crown" to "boat", "coat", and "clown."

If you were a verb, you would add an action or condition to every sentence. Your could run, soar, swoop or feel. You could be helping verb or a linking verb.

Photographs and simple text introduce homophones, words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.

"From scissors to snakes, this title has got S words covered! Each instance of "S" or "s" is bolded so that readers begin to recognize it in words and the sounds it makes. Complete with big colorful photographs, a More Ss Words page, bolded glossary terms, and a picture glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.