Carol Littlejohn » All Ages http://www.carollittlejohn.com Carol Littlejohn, Author of Booktalks Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Orangutan Tong: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue http://www.carollittlejohn.com/2009/12/oragutan-tongue-poems-to-tangle-your-tongue/ http://www.carollittlejohn.com/2009/12/oragutan-tongue-poems-to-tangle-your-tongue/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:13:34 +0000 admin http://www.carollittlejohn.com/?p=456 Orangutan Tong: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue by Jon Agee. New York, NY: Hyperion Books, 2009.
Ages 5-8
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Booktalk: Anyone know what a tongue twister is? That’s when your tongue gets twisted when you say words very fast and they sound like—well, nonsense. Here are some tongue twisters for you.

Note to adult sponsor: Tongue twisters are used by speech pathologists to help children enunciate. More tongue twisters are available on this Web site:indianchild.com

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All Ages
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Booktalk: Who likes dinosaurs? Maybe you wouldn’t want to meet one, but most of us love reading about dinosaurs. This book, Dinothesaurs, has a poem for every type of dinosaur. Want to learn more? Then listen.

Note to adult sponsor: The bold illustrations were created on a paper bag with a variety of media, providing an entertaining collage. The humorous text provides a playful look at each type of dinosaur with helpful pronunciations. The back lists a glossary, list of dinosaur museums and fossil sites and a selected bibliography. Could also be useful for all types of older readers, especially reluctant readers. For a Web site with dinosaur activities and coloring pages, trywww.ivyjoy.com/coloring/dinosaur.shtml

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