Monstrous Cursive Book 2

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Nika Dubrovsky and Noel Bush

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HUH?!?

What we mean is this: You can make copies of this book. You can give them to your friends, your students, your teacher—whoever you like! Just be sure to keep our names on it.

And please be so kind as to let us know how you liked the book, and how you've used it. You can write to us at

[email protected]. Better yet, visit our web site and post a message that everybody can read! Check out http://kurlymurly.org. If you want to make changes to this book, we can send you the source files—we only ask that you grant the same rights to copy and modify this work as we've granted to you. (Of course, in that case you should also add your name to ours!)

If you want to sell copies of this book, please get in touch with us first.

MONSTROUS CURSIVE BOOK 2: MONSTROUS CURSIVE! by Nika Dubrovsky and Noel Bush

Illustrated by Nika Dubrovsky and Benjamin Bush ISBN: 9780983002109

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this!

Hi there! This is a book about learning ccuurrssiivvee. You know...

the writing that

It can take a little time to learn how to read cursive, and a little more time to learn how to write it. But once you've got it down, it's really handy! Even if you do most of your writing using a computer, there are times when you need to write something by hand, and cursive is a lot

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In this activity book, we're asking you to help translate what our friends the Cursive Monsters are

saying, or to tell us what you think they are doing.

Just like when you first see

cursive, some people might think what they are saying and doing is

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In some cases, we will ask you to "translate" what the monsters are saying. Don't worry, there are no

wrong answers. Use your imagination! We also need your help to give the monsters names, and to tell us what you think they are doing.

On the left-hand pages, you'll find outlines to help you practice writing

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A a B b C c D d E e F f

G g H h I i J j K k L l

M m N n O o P p Q q R r

S s T t U u V v W w X x

Y y Z z Gor Shleem Meep

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Gor! Shleem! Zablamor? Meep! %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%

What does that mean?

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Daha daha smorto Smoto

Noo noo flan Flan patata

Patata char Char Kirat kirat

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

aha mor lan atat har ira

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Daha,

smorto! Noo, flan patata_{char? Kirat.}

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Moonast den perwan.

Thamatosis tal. Ab Ba Ca Da

Ef Fa Ga He Ib Je Ka Le

Ma Ni Po Qu Ri So Te Uv Vu

Xy Za moon june spoon

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Moonast den perwan. Thamatosis tal. %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Name of Monster: Translation:

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A a B b C c D d E e F f

G g H h I i J j K k L l

M m N n O o P p Q q R r

S s T t U u V v W w X x

Y y Z z Eh eh Tikvor bort

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Eh, eh, eh! Tikvor moonadyoo, klyovatsim. Bort. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Name this Monster:

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A a B b C c D d E e F f

G g H h I i J j K k L l

M m N n O o P p Q q R r

S s T t U u V v W w X x

Y y Z z you she he it they

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Remember me? What do you think I am doing in this picture?

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elf wizard dragon knight

princess king pirate witch

dwarf troll giant ogre spell

potion magic sword quest

treasure ghost legend queen

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Name of Monster:

What do you think this monster is thinking?

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A a B b C c D d E e F f

G g H h I i J j K k L l

M m N n O o P p Q q R r

S s T t U u V v W w X x

Y y Z z lion tiger bear snake

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Oooo: This must be something very interesting!

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Mother mother Mom Mum

Father father Dad Daddy

brother sister cousin uncle

aunt nephew niece grandma

grandpa husband wife friend

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A a B b C c D d E e F f

G g H h I i J j K k L l

M m N n O o P p Q q R r

S s T t U u V v W w X x

Y y Z z

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Sun sun Mercury Venus

Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn

Uranus Neptune Pluto comet

asteroid galaxy cosmos star

black hole Universe Big Bang

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apple banana celery date

endive fig guava horseradish

ita palm jalapeño kohlrabi

lemon melon nori orange

plum quince radish spinach

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Smort? Seet! Seet! Gof. Borton buzzy grass slahm. Fennem mennem blenn.

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Name of Monster:

This monster seems to be saying something interesting.

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head hair ears eyes nose lips

teeth tongue forehead cheek

chin neck shoulder arm elbow

wrist finger thumb palm chest

belly button hip thigh knee

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Are these two friends? _{What are they doing?}

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in out around through between

inside outside upside down off

on stop go start pause play

rewind forward reverse along

backward among within atop

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Russia Germany France

Japan Italy Sweden Nigeria

Egypt Haiti Belize Chile Togo

Denmark Pakistan Iraq USA

Jordan Morocco Djibouti

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store movie theater park plaza

playground mall house bank

supermarket library school

station museum pool beach

forest stadium ice skating rink

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