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Mr. Putney’s Quacking Dog: Word Play Fun

Mr. Putney’s Quacking Dog by Jon Agee I love puns.  Frankly, I couldn’t have groan up in my family without loving them.    So this book is write up my alley!  Mr. Putney has a lot of animal friends,...

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Review: Take Away the A by Michael Escoffier

Take Away the A by Michael Escoffier, illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo A delightful new approach to the alphabet book, this picture book goes through the alphabet and offers words where you take away a...

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Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word

Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Nancy Doniger Poetry combines with puzzles and playfulness in this book.  Raczka takes the letters from one word and...

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Book Review: Woof Meow Tweet-Tweet by Cecile Boyer

Woof Meow Tweet-Tweet by Cecile Boyer Released June 1, 2011. This inventive picture book begins by asking if readers can tell the difference between a dog, a cat and a bird.  The book goes on to...

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Review: A Zeal of Zebras by Woop Studios

A Zeal of Zebras: An Alphabet of Collective Nouns by Woop Studios Follow the alphabet on a journey through the beautiful and evocative collective nouns in our language.  You will get to see a galaxy...

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Review: Cat Tale by Michael Hall

Cat Tale by Michael Hall This is an exceptional picture book that I’m not sure I will be able to explain well enough.  If I bungle this, just take my word for it that this is a book you want to get...

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Yaks Yak by Linda Sue Park

Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (InfoSoup) This picture book is a wonderful piece of word play. On each page, animals act out the version of...

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A Greyhound, A Groundhog by Emily Jenkins

A Greyhound, A Groundhog by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Chris Appelhans (InfoSoup) Released January 3, 2017. This is a picture book that will leave you breathless in two ways. First, it is an...

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3 New Noisy Picture Books

Blacksmith’s Song by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk, illustrated by Anna Rich (9781561455805) Told in first person, this picture book shows how communication worked for the Underground Railroad. The boy’s...

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3 Silly New Picture Books

If the S in Moose Comes Loose by Peter Hermann, illustrated by Matthew Cordell (9780062295101) This picture book takes wordplay and makes it the focus of the story. When Cow’s friend Moose loses her S...

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