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Gertrude and her girlfriends, get their game on in this supremely sweet story. Forever friends find fun in crafting creative contests. Author Lisa Baker and her cousin Anna Marie Smith team up to create a story of three girls and how they love coming up with games. They decided to merge their love of collective nouns, or animal groupings like a herd of cows, with their newfound knowledge of alliteration where the first letter of each word is the same. ""Lisa Baker's loveable alliterative literature provides a warm welcome to the world of wordplay. Enjoy reading about Gertrude's globetrotting game, during which the friends find fun in coining collective terms. This book carries on the centuries-old tradition of giving groups such glorious names as ""a flamboyance of flamingos"" or ""a bike of bees."" With the perfect pictures to illustrate the imaginings of the trio of tykes, the following is to be read and reveled in by children and adults alike."" -Rob Watts At the end of the story unscramble the fourteen letters to create a two-word phrase and scan the QR code in the back of the book for a freebie with the correct answer. -Helps with pre-reading skills with rhyming text, encouraging children to predict what the word will be (similar to the ""Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"" book) -Encourages creativity -Introduces literature terms -Introduces geography concepts -Interactive

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"""Lisa Baker's loveable alliterative literature provides a warm welcome to the world of wordplay. Enjoy reading about Gertrude's globetrotting game, during which the friends find fun in coining collective terms. This book carries on the centuries-old tradition of giving groups such glorious names as ""a flamboyance of flamingos"" or ""a bike of bees."" With the perfect pictures to illustrate the imaginings of the trio of tykes, the following is to be read and reveled in by children and adults alike."" -Rob Watts"

""Lisa Baker's loveable alliterative literature provides a warm welcome to the world of wordplay. Enjoy reading about Gertrude's globetrotting game, during which the friends find fun in coining collective terms. This book carries on the centuries-old tradition of giving groups such glorious names as ""a flamboyance of flamingos"" or ""a bike of bees."" With the perfect pictures to illustrate the imaginings of the trio of tykes, the following is to be read and reveled in by children and adults alike."" -Rob Watts

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This is Lisa Baker's fifth published book. She started writing during the last couple of years of her 15-year teaching career, where she taught elementary music, and junior high theater and culinary arts. Find out when new books are released and more information at: ReadingRhythmsAndRhymes.com Anna Marie Smith is a teacher of French and music at a small private middle and high school in Beverly, Massachusetts, northeast of Boston. She and Lisa are first cousins and like to write together, feeding off each others' puns and wordplay. Numerous visits to their Grandma's farm in northeast Ohio have inspired the stories of little Gertrude. Anna Marie enjoys playing the piano, gardening, cooking, working on her 1985 Mercedes 300D, traveling, and reading in her spare time. Writing offers a creative channel through which she can play. It's quite similar to a mechanical project for her. Sentences can be tweaked and improved, just like engines. Daelynn Meglasson is an artist who specializes in illustrations and occasionally explores the world of 3D art. Her primary focus lies in creating vibrant and whimsical artworks in a watercolor style. Through her illustrations, she aims to capture the essence of storytelling and bring characters to life. Her work often revolves around cartoons, infused with a touch of personality and charm. With every commission, she strives to evoke joy and a sense of nostalgia, inviting viewers like you to step into a world filled with imagination and wonder.

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