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Wordplay

Ivan Brunetti, illustrated by Ivan Brunetti

Annemarie explores compound words by using her imagination. Comics show familiar terms such as housefly, grasshopper, and strawberry as literal visual ideas, producing surprising results. The book uses sequential panels and digitally colored cartoon illustrations to place these word combinations in context. Its story follows a young student having fun with language as the meanings of compound words become images within the comics.

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Themes
Humor · Imagination · Language And Communication · School
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Published
May 2, 2017
ISBN-13
9781662665219
Language
English
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