Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes
And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters
From best-selling author Brian P. Cleary, Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes is a real mouthful! Presenting readers with twenty-four challenging and hilarious tongue twisters, Cleary’s inventive sentences and Steve Mack’s appealing art will leave readers tongue-tied―and laughing through their teeth.
| Format | Your Price | Add |
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978-1-4677-6935-8
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$21.99 |
| Interest Level | Kindergarten - Grade 4 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 2 |
| Genre | Picture Books |
| Copyright | 2011 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Publication Date | 2014-08-01 |
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Brian P. Cleary is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best known for his books written for grade-school children that explore grammar, math and poetry in humorous ways. In his role in the digital division of American Greetings, he’s put words in the mouths of Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, William Shatner, Meghan Trainor and more. The multi-million selling author has performed poetry workshops in 500 elementary schools across the county. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Illustrator: Steve Mack
Steve Mack has been drawing for as long as he can remember. His first lessons in art were taught to him by watching his grandfather do paint-by-numbers at the summer cottage. Later, he took every drawing class he could find at the local community center and spent every hour of math class sharpening his drawing skills. After graduating from college as a Visual Communications know-it-all, he instead turned from graphic design back to his roots as an illustrator. Steve started freelancing in the year 2000 and has had a steady climb upwards since that time. Steve now lives and illustrates on a small farm with his wife and two young children.
Awards
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books
Reviews
The Horn Book Guide
“A pleased penguin takes a shower as ‘The water in Flo’s Inn flows in frozen.’ A Christmas elf faces down a menacing dog: ‘Sammy stammered as he told the stray in the sleigh to stay.’ Brightly colored, bold-hued pictures add clarity and humor. An appended ‘Make Your Own Tongue Twister’ page helpfully provides letter combinations that ‘can be particularly difficult to pronounce.’” —The Horn Book Guide
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“Tongue twisters constitute one of the few challenges in which failure is as much fun as accomplishment, and here Cleary offers two dozen originals that should reduce the most eloquent youngster to a state of giggling babble. . . Surely there’s a phonics lesson in here somewhere.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Booklist
“Anyone who struggles with Dr. Seuss’ Fox in Socks (1965) will enjoy these silly sentences that simply must be read out loud…. Colorful, stylized illustrations feature human and animal characters, and each image and sentence form a discrete package, one to a page or to a spread.” —Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
“Readers who take this on should prepare their tongues for a wicked tangling…and their stomach muscles for a workout…. Not for the faint of heart; tongues should really be limbered up before tackling these.” —Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly
“This high-energy collection of pleasantly rhythmic tongue twisters features a screwball cast of cartoon animals rendered in digital collages. . . . An appended guide provides tips for creating effective tongue twisters―something readers are likely to try out once they master the satisfying sounds of these silly, slippery, serpentine selections.” —Publishers Weekly