"Introduces basic parts of a sentence--including subjects, predicates, and modifiers--through the telling of an original story"--
Sasha sings. Sasha sings loudly. Shimmering Sasha sings loudly and softly to her fans. The charming story of Sasha, a flamboyant opera-singing hippo, illustrates sentence construction, starting with a simple subject and predicate and building to include a variety of other parts of speech. Back matter provides a more in-depth look at grammar concepts.
