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352 pp.
| Greenwillow |
October, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-245550-5$18.99
(3)
K-3
Each page in this inspired vocabulary primer ingeniously visualizes one (or occasionally two) of three-hundred-plus words: "never" sits under a simple digital drawing of a fish riding a bicycle, and so on. A few nouns ("dog," "book," "tree") get straightforward illustrations, but slightly older readers will enjoy interpreting the brainteasers, as when a drawing of chain link illustrates the word "and." Ind.