Books published by Six Foot Press

Innovative and engaging Grammaropolis content is available in print for the first time. The award-winning mobile apps have been downloaded over 2M times, and the web-based site license is currently used in almost 10,000 schools nationwide.  Promotion available on YouTube channel with over 17,500 channel subscribers and over 6,500,000 views. Grammaropolis addresses common core and other state standards for grades K-12.

Featuring vocabulary in context, definitions and pronunciation, synonym and antonym activities, sentence-writing exercises, hilarious story prompts, and more! Don't be a vocabulary milquetoast! Feel lachrymose no more as you wow the world with your mastery of the funkiest big-brained words the English language has to offer. These words aren't for the hebetudinous, and with all the fun you'll have learning them, your knowledge will not be fugacious.From Grammaropolis, the revolutionary "Schoolhouse Rock! for the 21st Century," comes a vocabulary journal that will actually make you want to write! And not only will you learn 84 funky, fantastic, and fun-to-say words, you'll also have the chance to put those words in action as you write original stories of your very own!

Innovative and engaging Grammaropolis content is available in print for the first time. The award-winning mobile apps have been downloaded over 2M times, and the web-based site license is currently used in almost 10,000 schools nationwide. Promotion available on YouTube channel with over 17,500 channel subscribers and over 6,500,000 views. Grammaropolis addresses Common Core and other state standards. (Please see link to K-6 standards correlation document.)

Vinny the Action Verb & Lucy the Linking Verb may disagree on some things, but they both love teaching about verbs. It's book two of the Meet the Parts of Speech series, in which the eight parts of speech are personified based on the roles they play in the sentence. Vinny and Lucy approach life differently. He's all action, while she's content to sit back and be. With their friend Jake the adjective in trouble, however, the two verbs must put aside their differences and work together to save the day. Clear and informative back matter includes textbook-style definitions and usage examples of transitive action verbs, intransitive action verbs, and linking verbs. In Grammaropolis, adverbs don't just modify verbs; adverbs are bossy. They tell the verbs where to go, when to leave, and how to get there. A pronoun doesn't just replace a noun; Roger the pronoun is a shady character who's always trying to trick Nelson the noun into giving up his spot. The Meet the Parts of Speech series uses the mechanics of character and story (plot, motivation, setting, etc.) to breathe life into what has traditionally been unengaging subject matter. Our story-based approach combines traditional instruction with original narrative content, which appeals to different learning styles, increases both engagement and retention, and encourages students to make a deeper connection with the parts of speech and punctuation marks.

Learn how a sentence is put together with character-based instruction, engaging practice worksheets, dynamic writing prompts and exercises, and quizzes to check comprehension. Based on the revolutionary Grammaropolis approach, this skill-building workbook makes learning grammar fun!The Sentence Factory is hiring! Now that you know the parts of speech and punctuation, we need you to help us build our town's #1 export: grammatically correct sentences. Let the Mayor take you on a tour of the factory, where you'll learn about subjects and predicates, phrases and clauses, types of sentences, direct and indirect objects, subject and object complements, and more!The ultimate goal of learning grammar isn't to do well on worksheets and quizzes, though, which is why we've included sentence and paragraph writing exercises to put every grammatical concept into practice.Aligned to Common Core and state standards.

A 2021 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens pick.When angsty teenager Mary Shelley is not interested in carrying on her family¿s celebrated legacy of being a great writer, but she soon discovers that she has the not-so-celebrated and super-secret Shelley power to heal monsters, just like her famous ancestor, and those monsters are not going to let her ignore her true calling anytime soon.Everyone expects sixteen-year-old Mary to be a great writer. After all, her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother are all successful writers (as they constantly remind her)¿not to mention her famous namesake, the OG Mary Shelley, horror author extraordinaire. But Mary is pretty sure she¿s not cut out for that life. She can¿t even stay awake in class! Then one dark and rainy night, she¿s confronted with a whole new destiny. Mary has the ability to heal monsters¿ and they¿re not going to leave her alone until she does.With the help of a mysterious (and mysteriously cute) stranger, a Harpy, a possessed stuffed bunny, and her BFF Rhonda, Mary must uncover her family¿s darkest secret if she¿s going to save the monster world¿ and herself.

Published to accompany the first major museum exhibition of Lawrence's Struggle series, opening at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, in January 2020. The exhibition then travels nearly two continuous years around the United States. The museums hosting this landmark exhibition are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Birmingham Museum of Art (AL), the Seattle Art Museum, and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. The museums and SFP will be posting on YouTube a series of videos of the 35 teens whose works featured in the book. They will be reading their entries and talking about how this project pertains to their lives. Coordinated publicity and marketing campaign with Peabody Essex Museum. Readings, workshops, and other events scheduled with the four other venues.

Get to know the eight parts of speech with character-based instruction, engaging practice worksheets, dynamic writing prompts and exercises, and quizzes to check comprehension. Based on the revolutionary Grammaropolis approach, this skill-building workbook for fifth grade makes learning grammar fun!In Grammaropolis, adverbs don't just modify verbs; adverbs are bossy. They tell the verbs where to go, when to leave, and how to get there. A pronoun doesn't just replace a noun; Roger the pronoun is a shady character who's always trying to trick Nelson the noun into giving up his spot. Grammaropolis personifies the parts of speech based on the roles they play in the sentence, increasing both engagement and retention. Our story-based approach combines traditional instruction with original narrative content, appealing to different learning styles and encouraging students to make a deeper connection with the eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections.Aligned to Common Core and state standards.

"Lovely and timely. So glad Joshunda is telling our stories." - Jacqueline WoodsonEight-year-old Ava Murray wants to know why there¿s a difference between the warm, friendly Bronx neighborhood filled with music and art in which she lives and the Bronx she sees in news stories on TV and on the Internet. When her mother explains that the power of stories lies in the hands of those who write them, Ava decides to become a journalist.I Can Write the World follows Ava as she explores her vibrant South Bronx neighborhood - buildings whose walls boast gorgeous murals of historical figures as well as intricate, colorful street art, the dozens of different languages and dialects coming from the mouths of passersby, the many types of music coming out of neighbors¿ windows and passing cars. In reporting how the music and art and culture of her neighborhood reflect the diversity of the people of New York City, Ava shows the world as she sees it, revealing to children the power of their own voice.

Would you give up your pet to save your country?During WWII, the U.S. Military established the Fort Robinson War Dogs Training Center in western Nebraska, training over 17,000 "dogs for defense" and deploying them to battlefields and installations all over the world. This book tells the incredible story of the War Dog program as seen through the eyes of Major, a World War Two soldier dog.At the beginning of the program, without a ready supply of dogs to train, the U.S. government asked civilians throughout the region to volunteer their dogs for service. Thousands answered the call, and their pets served our country courageously as guards, scouts, messengers, sled runners, and more. Told from the point of view of Major, a border collie based on a real dog from North Dakota, Major: A Soldier Dog tells the incredible story of the War Dog program through his eyes, following him through the heartbreaking separation from his family, the training at Fort Robinson, his harrowing war service in Italy, his return home for detraining and discharge, and finally the wonderful reunion with his family.