Dangerous by Tim Warnes

Mole loved labeling things.  One day he comes across something unusual.  He decides to label this unusual thing in his path.  When that big thing yawns Mole realizes that this unusual thing may just eat him!  This unusual thing is dangerous and soon eats all of Mole's labels!  Mole soon realizes that the words he made might not be the best choices for this unusual creature.  Great use of words - fun describing words.

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Wumbers by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Litchenheld

"It's a book!"  

"It's a game!"

"It's words cre8ed with numbers!"

Always a fan of Rosenthal, I was very exited this summer to see this book was coming out.  I was not disappointed.  "Reading" this book requires some thinking and decoding, even for adults!  Each page 

provides students an opportunity to really use their thinking caps.  

"They are pre10ding."

"I think you'll sur 5"

Great fun that would scan the levels

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Split! Splat! by Amy Gibson

Who knew that rain could be so fun and cheerful!?!  Amy Gibson proves that rain does not have to ruin your day!  Using lots of upbeat language, Split! Splat! is an adventure in words.

"I sing a little sun song, a sun song, a run song, a cloud-gone, green-lawn, raining-is-all-done song."

Love this upbeat book which will have every reader looking at rain a little different.


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Zoola Palooza: A Book of Homographs by Gene Barretta

Warning: You might want to read this book alone - out loud - in a room BEFORE you attempt reading it to kids!
From the author of Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones, comes another study (or picture book) about WORDS. The tricky world of homographs (words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently and have different meanings) is study in this fun animal book with musical animals from a bass to caterpillar to seagulls, these animals will entertain you as they educate you about homophones.
Carmen Chameleon's ENTRANCE will ENTRANCE you.
She's the only singer we know who can PRODUCE a fresh bowl
of PRODUCE and blend into it.
Fun book that could easily be incorporated into the classroom study.

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To see the trailer click here!
Author/Illustrator's website: Click here! Lots of FUN things for kids (and adults)

I Don't Want a Posh Dog! by Emma Dodd

I like Emma Dodd's books for their simple story lines but fun use of words. She always makes great word choices. This was another 1/2 Price Books find this am. This was another book we borrowed from the library and did not take back for a LONG time. The little girl wants a dog....but she knows what kind of dog she does NOT want and explains it through her very precise choice of words.

"I don't want a posh dog. A blow-dry-when-washed dog."
"I don't want a snooty dog. A fancy, attitudey dog."

The dogs to match her words are hilarious and so fitting to her her words. She also has since published the "cat" version of this book, I Don't Want a Cool Cat! Great fun!

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