a lime, a mine, a pool of slime

by Brian P. Cleary
illustrated by Brian Gable
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To Noreen
—B.P.C.
Noun: A word
that names a
person, animal,
place, or thing
by Brian P. Cleary
illustrations by Brian Gable
MILLBROOK PRESS / MINNEAPOLIS
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and so is
Peru.
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j
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s
a
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o
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n
,

like chi
m
p
or the zoo
.
A
n
e
t
i
s
a
n
o
u
n
,
Friend is a noun,
and so is your dad,
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r
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.
If it’s a
hippo
,
house,
or

ham,
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if it’s your coach
,
a
r
o
a
c
h
,
or ram,
then—oh my gosh, Josh—
it’s a noun!
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a
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c
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c
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,
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r
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,
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a door
w
ay, Nor
w
ay,
hand-
m
e-do
w

ns—
all the
things you see
are nouns.
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If it’s a person,
place,
or thing,
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s
h
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y
b
l
i
n
g
,
a
p
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a
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,

p
a
l
,
a shac
k
or sheriff
in your
t
o
w
n,
it’s funda
m
ental—
it’s a noun!
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But there are nouns
you cannot touch
or smell or hear or see.
This
t
ype is called an
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y
a
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d
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.
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b
s
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r
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c
t
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n
,
L
ove and hate are
abs
t
rac

t
nouns,
and so are peace and hope.
Yo u c a nno
t taste or hold the
m
,
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l
i
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a
t
a
r
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r
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c
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p
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.
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r
ope
r
nouns
all name spec
ifi
c
people, things, and places.
Like
Uncle Lou
or Timbuktu,
they star
t
wi
th upper cases.
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Pizza Pete’s and
M
i
ng
’
s
C
hinese,
proper nouns
name each of these.
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e

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a
l
l
o
r
y
o
r
V
a
l
e
r
i
e
,
Or Brannigan
and Flannigan,
parading in
with Anne again.
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and your dog,
C
h
o
pp
er
—
P
a

r
i
s
,
F
r
a
n
c
e
,
all these nouns
are mighty proper!
Whether they’re abstract
or p
r
op
er
or neither,
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r
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i
m
m
y
o
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t

e
e
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r
,
w
h
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t
h
e
r
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t
’
s
t
a
l
e
n
t
tal
k
ed to, or walked to,
it’s surely a noun!
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r

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d
d
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u
p
t
o
w
n
,
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f
i
t
c
a
n
b
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t
h
o
u
g
h
t
a
b

o
u
t
,
Like beagle
or eagle,
a
robin
or wren,
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a scooter,
a
tutor,
a
p
i
g
,
o
r
a
p
e
n
.