Explains the concept of homonyms and homophones.

Presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names, including hogs hogging, slugs slugging, and other creatures demonstrating homographs, words with different meanings that are spelled and pronounced the same.

"Based on a popular blog with a simple idea, Homophones Visualized illustrates groups of words that are spelled differently but pronounced the same, putting them in a context everyone can understand. For example, the golf/gulf spread shows someone hitting a golf ball across a gulf on the course. Or a sail on a boat is paired with a boat for sale. The images are often related in some way, adding extra laughs, like when someone is beating someone else...

Provides an introduction to the basic concept of homophones by showing simple homophones, indicated by bold type, being used in sentences.

Homonyms cause great confusion as an increasingly cranky yam tries to make introductions and provide explanations to a newly-arrived and rather silly donkey.

Humorous text and illustrations introduce a variety of homonyms and figures of speech.

When clever Aunt Ant moves to the zoo, she describes the quirky animal behavior she observes by speaking in homophones, from the moose who loved mousse to the fox who blew blue bubbles.

A little girl pictures the things her parents talk about, such as a chocolate moose, a gorilla war, and shoe trees.

"Let's get real--the English language is bizarre. A might be for apple, but it's also for aisle and aeons. Why does the word "gnat" start with a G but the word "knot" doesn't start with an N? It doesn't always make sense, but don't let these rule-breaking silent letters defeat you! This whimsical, funky book from Raj Haldar (aka rapper Lushlife) turns the traditional idea of an alphabet book on its head, poking fun at the most mischievous words in...