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Doudna, Kelly

Bow Wow

(4) K-3 SandCastle: Sound Words series. Following a brief definition of onomatopoeia, Doudna offers examples ("Al answers the phone. Ring! Ring!") dramatized by color photos of people enacting the situations described. More engaging are the more-complex sentences toward the end of the book featuring manipulated photos of kids appearing to stand next to giant household items (e.g., a girl pushes a doorbell the size of her face). Glos., ind. Review covers these SandCastle: Sound Words titles: Bow Wow, Clink Clank, Splish Splash, Swish Swoosh, Tee Hee, and Tick Tock.

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