I’m not usually a fan of poetry books but Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue had some great poems and tongue twisters in it. The layout of the book is set up like a picture book so each poem has a related picture. The tongue twisters were funny and what makes them even more funny is attempting to read them out loud and fast. Poem titles such as Wacky Wheelies, Rotten Writing, Undies, The Can't-Get-Inn and Hugh's Yo-yo are sure to catch the child's attention. They are a great way to get children interested in poetry.
The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn By Shawn Harris New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. Picture book. Do not be fooled into thinking this is like other unicorn books you have read, this one is much better. The teeny-weeny unicorn is truly teeny-weeny -- far and away the smallest member of his unicorn family. His older (much bigger) siblings, Fancy Annie and Prince Butterscotch, pick on him constantly. They use him as a pawn when they play chess, they refuse to let him jump into their castle's moat, and they warn him he'll get lost in the lawn. Fed up with being picked on, he runs away and does, indeed, get lost in the lawn. He quickly learns about perspective when an even teenier-weenier gnome chastises the teeny-weeny unicorn for stepping on and crushing his car. Eager to make this right, and also a little proud of his size, the unicorn and gnome gallop back to the castle to make amends. In the end, the teeny-weeny unicorn stands a little bit taller with his new perspective. A wholly origina
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