The Bat Can Bat: A Book of True Homonyms
Animals love playing sports! Come to the baseball game to see the BAT BAT! There’s a karate-chopping bulldog who’s tough enough to BREAK five boards without taking a BREAK, and a dolphin who can WAVE from the top of a WAVE – and that’s just for starters. This clever wordplay picture book introduces children to the richness of language through true homonyms – words that are spelled the same and sound alike but have different meanings.
Reviews
School Library Journal: “. . . this is a fundamental purchase for school libraries and public libraries with heavy educator usage.”
Kirkus Reviews: “Barretta is a master of wordplay (Dear Deer, 2007; Zoola Palooza, 2011), and his hugely expressive, brightly hued watercolor cartoons certainly depict both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, all with endless humor and charm.”
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HONORS
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2017 - A painting from "The Bat Can Bat" became part of the Mazza Museum collection!
