Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Primary Grades) [School & Library Binding]

Brian P. Cleary (Author), Steve Mack (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2011 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Primary Grades

Time for tricky tongue twisters? Try these! She let the sheik sleep on the sleek sheet. Fred frowned and fled frantically when he found the flounder in his bed. Get ready to take on these and many more mouth manglers in this madcap book! How many can you say three times fast?

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About the Author

Brian P. Cleary is the author of the Math Is CATegorical® series, the Adventures in Memory(tm) series, the Sounds Like Reading® series, the Food Is CATegorical(tm) series, and the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series, including Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym?, How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?, and To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb? He is also the author of Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry, Rhyme and PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay, Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book, The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor, and The Punctuation Station. In addition to his work as a children's author, Mr. Cleary has served as a tutor in an adult literacy program.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 31 pages
• Publisher: Millbrook Pr (T) (March 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580135854
• ISBN-13: 978-1580135856
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #734,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian P. Cleary is the creator of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series, now a 16-volume set with more than 2.4 million copies in print. He is also the author of the Math Is CATegorical® series and several single titles including The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor and Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of Fun!, March 18, 2011

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Kristi L. Grady (Amarillo, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Primary Grades) (School & Library Binding)

I read this book to my three year old daughter and she LOVED it. I received this digital copy from the publisher via NetGalley, and I couldn't be happier with the result. We all enjoyed looking at the illustrations, and we got many laughs trying out each tongue twister. There are some which are better than others, and I can see where some kiddos just won't be into this sort of thing. But, if you're like us and have a toddler that is into the constant chatter phase, this at least provides some new material. She's a bit young yet to make up anything on her own, but for our "overly-verbal" toddler, this has been a hit. Definitely adding this to the nightly reading list!

3.0 out of 5 stars Tongues Tied Tightly, March 15, 2011

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Suzanne Morris "KidLitReviews" (OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Primary Grades) (School & Library Binding)

Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes has enough tongue twisters to challenge kids and adults. This is not a story in the usual sense. The only connection between the pages is the ability to tie your tongue into knots. The illustrations playfully express the words on the page, but will not help you read them aloud. These are truly trying twisters for your tongue. Kids will enjoy the entertainingly silly sentences that will have them "giggling, groaning and guffawing" as they (try to) read each aloud.

This unusual book is bound to break up a boring afternoon, add laughter to your day, and have you and your child writing your own tongue twisters after reading Mr. Cleary's instructions, at the end of the book. If six sheep sipping thick shakes does not trip you up, just wait, there might be "two-ton trains transporting twelve three-toed turtles twist trickily on the twin tracks" waiting to trip your tongue and tie it into knots.


Note: received galley from Net Galley, courtesy of the publisher

5.0 out of 5 stars Who doesn't love tongue twisters!, March 13, 2011

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Lori Katz "Librarylady" (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Primary Grades) (School & Library Binding)

Most of us grew up with "She sells sea shells by the seashore" and "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickeled pepper" that we were challenged to say three times fast. A new generation will get a new slew of tongue twisters courtesty of Brian Cleary. In Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes, lusciously illustrated by Steve Mack, we are introduced to 23 new ones and children (and adults) will enjoy saying them aloud. For instance "The water in Flo's Inn flows in frozen." Mack has shown a penguin in the shower with ice cold water pouring out of the faucet and a Flo's Inn sign outside the bathroom window. Another cute one is "As a favor my favorite flavor was placed on my plate." A turtle is being served green leaves! Readers will enjoy the tongue twisters as well as the illustrations. Read as an ebook arc courtesy of Lerner Publishing Group via Netgalley.