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"Interspersed throughout the story are fact boxes about tongue twisters, how they can be useful especially to those learning English to practice words, but also examples of homophones and rhythm as these words play with tongue twisting activity. This book will be a helpful teaching tool in a word study and includes activities, websites and other books to read at the end.-- ""Reading Today Online"""

Interspersed throughout the story are fact boxes about tongue twisters, how they can be useful especially to those learning English to practice words, but also examples of homophones and rhythm as these words play with tongue twisting activity. This book will be a helpful teaching tool in a word study and includes activities, websites and other books to read at the end.-- Reading Today Online

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Nancy Loewen writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. Recent awards include: 2012 Minnesota Book Awards finalist (The LAST Day of Kindergarten); 2011 Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year (Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story); 2011 Book of Note, Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee (Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes); and 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (Writer's Toolbox Series). She's also received awards from The American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and the Society of School Librarians International. Nancy holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, St. Paul. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two teenage children.

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