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In this list of silly superlatives, a snake on ice skates is the "wiggliest" and a skunk convention is the "smelliest." Each example is illustrated with a slick, slightly surreal painting that takes full advantage of the wonderfully absurd text. The book ends with a fill-in-the-blank page to be duplicated so kids can create their own examples.