My Freaky Family
Kim Schaedler
Outskirts Press, Inc.
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ISBN 9781432706173, $15.95, www.outskirtspress.com
"My Freaky Family" introduces us to all the family
members using alliterative descriptions.
"That was a short story."
"What did you think of it?"
"I like it and that's it."
"Is your family freaky?"
"No. Read it again Mommy, it's not very long."
"Mommy, why are the flowers growing in there (the mud pie)?
That won't be good. I'll cough at that."
"I like the sister in salad dressing, mommy, and that's
it."
Parent's comment:
The repetition of certain sounds or letters at the beginning of
words is a fun way to get a child interested in words and making
phrases, though at my son's age (4), he is still interested in
content and the pictures. So a lot of the lessons in writing or word
emphasis pass over his head. But "My Freaky Family" can be a
tool to extend out the phrases about other family members and their
follies.
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