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Description
A dog attempts to cheer up his friend, a despondent bird, in a tale that introduces a series of words from "baby" to "haberdashery."
Quick Summary
Lemony Snicket and Calef Brown team up for a quirky little book that proves big words can be a lot of fun. The story follows a dog who notices his bird friend is feeling down and goes on a mission to help, using some wonderfully strange vocabulary along the way words like "despondent," "panache," and "haberdashery" get tossed in alongside simpler ones. The illustrations are playful and a bit absurd, which makes kids actually want to linger on each page and guess what might happen next. It's short enough for a quick read-aloud but unusual enough that kids will remember it long after, especially the part where things get a little dramatic and then very, very (you'll see). If your kid loves weird humor or you're looking for a book that sneaks in vocabulary without feeling like homework, this one's a gem kind of in the same vein as Jon Scieszka's stuff but with a darker, more whimsical edge that Snicket fans will recognize.