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Away with Words!

Wise and Witty Poems for Language Lovers

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By Mary Ann Hoberman

Illustrated by Perry Hoberman

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A deliciously clever and entertaining collection of poems that celebrate word play by former Children’s Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Mary Ann Hoberman

Words are remarkable / Here is a book / Where you’ll not only listen / You also will look / Where you’ll not only look / But you also will think / About words and their meanings / And how in the blink / Of an eye or a letter / Their meanings can change / Words are remarkable / Language is strange!

In this poetry collection, the masterful Mary Ann Hoberman celebrates the joy of wordplay with poems about the alphabet, assonance, alliteration, grammar and punctuation, similes, rhythm and rhyme, and so much more!

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  • A Bank Street College Best Children’s Book​ of 2023
  • "Digitally finished pen and pencil spot art with a hand-markered vibe features illustrated alphabets, arrayed creatures, and people of varying skin tones; the standout is a double-page, starry night homage to the word vast ('A tiny word/ That encompasses/ The universe')."
    Publishers Weekly

On Sale
Mar 8, 2022
Page Count
64 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13
9780316167659

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Mary Ann Hoberman

About the Author

Mary Ann Hoberman is a former Children’s Poet Laureate and a winner of the National Book Award. During her tenure as Children’s Poet Laureate, Ms. Hoberman visited numerous classrooms and libraries, introducing both children and adults to the joys of reading and memorizing poetry. She is the author of more than forty books for children, including All Kinds of Families! and the award-winning You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You series.

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Perry Hoberman

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