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At once funny and informative, Yaks Yak presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names.Illustrations rich in comic details show hogs hogging, slugs slugging, and other spirited creatures demonstrating homographs, words with different meanings that are spelled and pronounced the same. A chart listing the words, their meanings, and their history is included.
Ideal for sharing, this book offers a sprightly and fanciful introduction to a fun form of wordplay
from Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park.
An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year * A Nonfiction Shelf Awareness Best of the Year
About the author
Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medal winner for A Single Shard and #1 New York Times bestseller for A Long Walk to Water, is the renowned author of picture books and novels for young readers. She lives in Western New York. Learn more at lindasuepark.com.
Jennifer Black Reinhardt has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including Yaks Yak and Gondra's Treasure, by Linda Sue Park, and Sometimes You Fly, by Katherine Applegate. She has also written and illustrated her own books, including Playing Possum. Jennifer lives with her family in Iowa City, Iowa. Visit her online at jbreinhardt.com.
Summary
As yaks yak to one another and ducks duck rams who ram, Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park presents a sprightly and comic introduction to a fun form of wordplay, homographs, as engaging animal characters enact verbs made from their names. “Young readers will love this hilarious, informative book.”—Booklist
At once funny and informative, Yaks Yak presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names. Illustrations rich in comic details show hogs hogging, slugs slugging, and other spirited creatures demonstrating homographs, words with different meanings that are spelled and pronounced the same. A chart listing the words, their meanings, and their history is included. Ideal for sharing, this book offers a delightful introduction to a fun form of wordplay.
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Amazon Best Children’s Books of the Year: NonFiction Shelf Awareness Best of 2016 "Details such as hats and teacups carry through from picture to picture, and on each spread the animal’s behavior and interaction with other animals of its kind are spot-on...Children will recognize the behaviors from their fellow humans while learning new vocabulary in a memorable way." –Horn Book * "Gleeful linguistic fun that kids will wolf down." –Publishers Weekly, STARRED review * "Animal and word lovers alike will enjoy this clever take on homographs..." –School Library Journal, STARRED review "Young readers will love this hilarious, informative book." –Booklist
