From School Library Journal
Grade 2-3 Barber Bear and Handy Hound live in Puntown, and they're purveyors of goofy puns. Barber Bear, the town barber, has a busy day getting everyone in town in shape for a dance that night. Handy Hound is a Mr. Fix-It, and in the course of his working day he meets town residentsall animalswhose broken objects provide raw material for quick punsat least one per page. (Incidentally, both of these characters begin their working days by being told what to do by nagging wives.) These are not subtle puns; they require an understanding of homonyms and therefore may present a problem for fledgling readers, but all puns are capitalized so they can't be missed. The punning depends on stretched pronunciations such as oily for early and mower for more, or on sharper tricks like ewe for you . The cheerful illustrations are cartoon-like, with bright orange and green predominating. While not as clever or funny as Wiseman's Morris and Boris (Dodd, 1974) , these books will fit neatly into collections where there's strong demand for word play, and they could also be useful as a language arts teaching tool. Leda Schubert, Grand Avenue School, Uniondale, N.Y.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
Presents the adventures of Handy Hound in puns and illustrations.
