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The Bass Plays the Bass and Other Homographs
Author: Gene Barretta
The Bass Plays the Bass and Other Homographs
$18.99
About This Book
Book Details
A picture book about homographs and wordplay starring a hilarious cast of animal musicians.
The all-animal music festival Zoola Palooza has come to town. With a motley crew of animals playing a variety of instruments, homographs abound. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but sound different and have different meanings. Billy the striped BASS opens the show wearing a big BOW tie. He gives a gracious BOW from the top of his BASS fiddle.
This terrific companion to Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones and The Bat Can Bat: A Book of True Homonyms brings homographs to the spotlight for a show-stopping good time.
Christy Ottaviano Books
Imprint Publisher
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
ISBN
9781250175076
In The News
An IRA Teacher's Choice Reading List Selection
A Keystone to Reading Nominee
“… [kids will] enjoy Barretta's wit and the atmosphere of controlled chaos in the high-energy watercolor illustrations.” —Booklist Online
“Young readers should appreciate Barretta's ability to construct miniature story lines using the homographs, and while phrases sometimes hit clunky notes ("Fortunately, she wound up landing on the back of a jellyfish, wound-free"), they are well-served by his starry-eyed, crowd-surfing menagerie.” —Publishers Weekly
“While teachers are sure to reach for this entertaining resource again and again, the humor, illustrations, wordplay and story are strong enough that casual readers will pick this up, chuckle and even (gasp!) learn.” —Kirkus Reviews
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The Bass Plays the Bass and Other Homographs