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Barretta, Gene

Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones

(4) K-3 Aunt Ant moves to the zoo and writes to her "Dear Deer" about the goofy animal life she observes there--a moose eating mousse, a hoarse horse, etc. Though the wordplay is trite and the "story" is a stretch, the silliness of the text and the watercolor cartoon illustrations may help kids remember some homophone rules.

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