Did You Say Pears?

by Arlene Alda

Book Overview

"If horns played cool music, and pants were just clothes...." Horn, pants, nails, trunk, pitcher -- all words that can mean more than one thing. Arlene Alda has put together words and images in a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887767397
• ISBN13: 9780887767395
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Really neat book

When my precocious kindergartner and I (being quite the opposite myself) seemed continually to be reminding ourselves about the difference between homonyms and homophones, I happened upon this book. It's a really neat book. It's great fun because of the simple pictures and homophones (and homonyms of course), and it helped with spelling, understanding, and anticipating homophones/grams/nyms or whatever they are called these days. I've given this book as a gift to K/1st-graders often.

Kids learn about the double meaning of words and enjoy a format which is fun to think about

Very early picturebook readers will relish large, page-sized color photos paired with simple one-line statements and a zany outlook inviting kids to think about words. From animal 'pants' to trunks, pitchers, glasses and more, kids learn about the double meaning of words and enjoy a format which is fun to think about. Even parents will find it thought-provoking and filled with insights into language's oddities.