Mike Dammer - Wacky Word Play

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The titles are set in Aachen.
The text is set in Bones. Additional illustrations
David Helton: pages 2, 16, 20, 37, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 64, 84, 128, 137, 151, 156, 157, 163, 177, 180, 189, 193, 203, 208, 214, 217
Andi Butler: pages 6, 42, 114, 116, 226, 229
Pete Whitehead: pages 23, 67, 123
David Coulson: pages 47, 74, 171
Jim Steck: pages 69, 107, 231
Hey Kids!: pages 95, 140, 147, 174, 210, 219, 225 Anagram A word or phrase made by mixing up the letters of another word or phrase Example: a gentleman / elegant man Homonym Two words that sound the same but have different meanings Example: ate / eight Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like what it means Example: buzz Oxymoron A combination of words with opposite meanings Example: jumbo shrimp Palindrome A word or phrase that reads the same backward or forward Example: go dog Spoonerism A mix-up of the first sounds or letters of two or more words Example: tip of the slung / slip of the tongue Oh, Onomatopoeias murmur eek achoo boom plop squeak hiccup Whats the Word? Flip every other letter to read a message. Picture Puzzler What tasty snack does this picture represent? Tongue Twisters Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar. Will walks on the red rock wall.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Palindromes, Please In words, alas, drown I. Madam, Im Adam. Evil Olive Never odd or even Ma has a ham. Loopy Letters Use the letters of the alphabet that are missing from the circle to find a barnyard sound. opus coat west takes hilic ladsa regrub rist-yfr Loony Spoonerisms freer dends My zips are lipped. fighting a liar Loopy Letters Use the letters of the alphabet that are missing from the circle to find a team sport. fighting a liar Loopy Letters Use the letters of the alphabet that are missing from the circle to find a team sport.

Word Ladder We started with snake and changed one letter at a time, each time creating a new word, to turn it into a shark :

SNAKE SHAKE SHARE SHARK Now, can you change DOGS into CATS? DOGS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CATS Laugh Library Pen Pals by Anita Letterback Dont Jump to Conclusions by Megan Assumption How to Pet an Alligator by B. Careful The Waters Surface by Al G. Loopy Letters Use the letters of the alphabet that are missing from the circle to find a tool. Tongue Twister Read this aloud as fast as you can. Betty Botter had some butter, But, she said, this butters bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, It would make my batter bitter.

But a bit of better butter, That would make my batter better. So she bought a bit of butter Better than her bitter butter And she baked it in her batter; And the batter was not bitter. So twas better Betty Botter Bought a bit of better butter. Riddle-Dee-Dee What is stranger than seeing a catfish?

Whats the difference between here and there? What word has the most letters in it? Picture Puzzlers Loony Spoonerisms runny babbit wave the sails had as a matter shoving leopard Palindromes, Please Ew, eat a ewe? a nut for a jar of tuna Is it I? It is I! to idiot Todd erases a red dot. llama mall Loopy Letters Use the letters of the alphabet that are missing from the circle to find a big cat. ing + + m = ? 2. n + +