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Cleary, Brian P.

Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters

32 pp. | Millbrook | March, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-1-58013-585-6 $16.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Mack. A pleased penguin takes a shower as "The water in Flo's Inn flows in frozen." A Christmas elf faces down a menacing dog: "Sammy stammered as he told the stray in the sleigh to stay." Brightly colored, bold-hued pictures add clarity and humor. An appended "Make Your Own Tongue Twister" page helpfully provides letter combinations that "can be particularly difficult to pronounce."

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan