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Rosenthal, Amy Krouse

I Scream, Ice Cream!: A Book of Wordles

40 pp. | Chronicle | May, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4521-0004-3 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Serge Bloch. Rosenthal has a knack for clever, participatory wordplay; here she offers a series of wordles, a term she's coined for phrases that are homophones, as in the book's title. Coming up with meaningful and humorous phrases that also happen to sound the same isn't easy. Yet Rosenthal manages to do so again and again--with crucial assistance from Bloch's gleefully silly mixed-media illustrations.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2013