play on words

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play on words

Orange pear apple bear

2005
Explores concepts of color, shape, and food using only five simple words, as a bear juggles and plays.

The circus of words

acrobatic anagrams, parading palindromes, wonderful words on a wire, and more lively letter play
2001
A collection of word activities and lessons, including riddles and puns, anagrams, palindromes, acrostics, and alliteration.

Arm in arm

a collection of connections, endless tales, reiterations, and other echolalia
1997
An illustrated collection of verses, tongue twisters, riddles, and seemingly endless tales all of which feature a play on words.

Art

2006
A rhyming tribute to a budding young artist by the creator of the "Mutts" comic strip, Patrick McDonnell.

Superdupers!

really funny real words
1989
Explains the meaning and origins of over 100 nonsense words that make the English language more colorful including such examples as "flip-flop," "fuzzy-wuzzy," "cancan," and "tutti frutti.".

F E G

ridiculous [stupid] poems for intelligent children
2002
A collection of witty and ridiculous poems for children.

Word play ABC

1999
A illustrated alphabet book using puns and wordplay.

Funny you should ask

how to make up jokes and riddles with wordplay
1992
Offers an abundant cache of ideas about using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes.

Double trouble in Walla Walla

1997
It's an ordinary morning in Walla Walla until Lulu, her teacher, the school nurse, and the principal are all infected by a word warp which makes them reduplicate everything they say.

Orange pear apple bear

2007
Explores concepts of color, shape, and food using only five simple words, as a bear juggles and plays.
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