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Clever Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. Speaking in homophones, she describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. There's the MOOSE who loved MOUSSE and ATE EIGHT bowls, and the WHALE who was ALLOWED to WAIL ALOUD―and that's just for starters.
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“Youngsters will be tickled by the homophones and the brightly colored, appealing illustrations. Beware: Children will gain not only prowess in recognizing homophones but also the ability to produce bad puns!” ―Kirkus Reviews

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Gene Barretta is the author and illustrator of Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin; Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci and Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives. He is also author and illustrator of Dear Deer, which was a Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts and listed on the Parenting Magazine Mom-Tested Books of the Year List. He holds a B.F.A. in Film Studies from New York University, and has worked for many years in film and television production. He lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania with his son.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Square Fish; Reprint edition (July 20, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312628994
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312628994
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 9 years, from customers
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.05 x 0.1 x 9 inches

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Gene Barretta is an award winning author and illustrator of children’s books.

Among his honors are an NAACP Image Award nomination, winner of the Carolyn W. Field Award and the Bank Street Cook Prize Honor.

His books include, "Starring Steven Spielberg: The Making of a Young Filmmaker," "The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver," “Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin,” "The Bat Can Bat: A Book of True Homonyms," “Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare,” “Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo Da Vinci,” "Muhammad Ali: A Champion is Born," “Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones,” and “Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives.”

Gene has contributed illustration and animation to Sesame Street and Between the Lions. He has also designed characters for The Jim Henson Company.

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Mary Ann

A great kids book

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2023

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This is such a fun book helping children learn about synonyms.

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2022

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I bought this to use in the classroom, but my daughter, son-in-law, and husband read it first. They were laughing so hard and enjoyed it so much, it was difficult to get it out of their hands and to my class! Highly recommend!!

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Homonyms and Homophones

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2016

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Story Summary:
Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. She speaks in homophones as she
describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. Among the animals she
sees are a moose, a whale, a deer, a toad and a ewe. This picture book,
with its vivid illustrations, introduces children to homophones and an
interesting cast of characters as well.

Homonyms and homophones are super fun to teach because of the funny scenarios that can be created by combining them into one wacky situation or the comic misunderstandings that can take place when some accidentally conjures up the wrong homonym. "Dear Deer" does exactly that and will have your students laughing out loud at the utter silliness. If you are teaching homonyms and homophones, read them this book and they will definitely (1) get the concept, (2) have fun with it, and (3) be itching to create and share their own funny word play riddles!

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Nate

Great fun book!

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2020

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My preschooler loves this book even if he doesn’t get all the jokes yet, he still thinks it sounds hilarious, and asks me to read each page again and again as he laughs, and he notices that the words sound the same yet are spelled different, which is why I bought it.

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2021

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Great way to introduce homophones, one of the trickiest parts of the English language. My third graders loved it.

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2013

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This book is nicely done. My kiddos love it (8, 7, 6, 4, and 3). The older ones understand now what a homophone is and they have a lot of fun using/spelling words from this book. It has not only (easily) taught them what a homophone is but the different spelling for each as well. I enjoy reading this book with them. It would be great for any at home library or for any teacher who may not have this book. Our school doesn't teach homophones until 2nd grade so I brought this book in as a mystery reader to a first grade class room and donated it. The kids loved it!

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SHAR

We love it!

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018

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How wonderful! My niece and I have been "collecting" homophones ever since we've read this book. We write down each set and enjoy challenging each other to identify new ones. The graphics are great. It is suitable for many ages because you can go as far as you like with both homophones and homonyms. A nice book to have.

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Great Litle Book on Homophones

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015

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This is an awfully cute book, and the author clearly got the idea for it from Fred Gwynne's "The King Who Rained" and "A Chocolate Mousse", but that doesn't detract from it's cleverness. It' not as original as Gwynne's books which were really about a child's misunderstanding of colloquialisms in the English language, but it is well loved by my younger grandchildren - 6 years old and a bit older. Of course, the younger ones are too young to appreciate it, and the older children (up to 22) are much too old to do more than get a kick out of their siblings' reactions when they read it to the younger ones. The great-grandchildren are still too young for it, but it will be around for them when they're a little older. I hope that Barretta will put out more homophone books, maybe for an older age group. I work with high school girls who have learning disabilities, and they need a great deal of work on homophones. A book such as this on their level would go a lo-o-o-o-o-ong way to helping my students visualize the differences in the words that are spelled differently as I teach them about the roots of the individual words, and give them mnemonics that help them to kep the words straight. I'd have given the book five stars if it had been aimed at slightly older children and was a bit more ironically written. As it is, it's really enjoyable and I do recommend it with 4.5 stars. Kids will love it. It also makes a great gift.

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Jennifer

Cute educational book

Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2022

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Loved this book as a gift to my niece

Sabrina C. Coronata

super clever & engaging!

Reviewed in Germany on October 29, 2019

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I am so happy to finally have found a really accessible, fun, intellectually-charged book about homophones. What a winner this one is. Thank you for writing it and for sharing it. I used it in the classroom with 4th Graders, and they were tickled pink. Now they know how to write right! (you know what I mean)

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Reviewed in Italy on October 25, 2016

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gli omofoni sono un fenomeno davvero divertente della lingua inglese. la storia è semplice e i disegni nella norma, niente di che, cmq un utilo strumento per illustrare omofoni agli studenti di inglese.

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Gill James

Two Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2015

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Disappointed with the book and the fact that it had American spelling for some of the words.

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