In this poetry collection, Mary Ann Hoberman celebrates the joy of wordplay with poems about the alphabet, assonance, alliteration, grammar and punctuation, similes, rhythm and rhyme, and so much more!
“Words are remarkable Here is a book Where you’ll not only listen You also will look Where you’ll not only look But you also will think About words and their meanings And how in the blink Of an eye or a letter Their meanings can change Words are remarkable Language is strange!”
Reviews
Publishers Weekly
“Digitally finished pen and pencil spot art with a hand-markered vibe features illustrated alphabets, arrayed creatures, and people of varying skin tones; the standout is a double-page, starry night homage to the word vast ('A tiny word/ That encompasses/ The universe').”
The Wall Street Journal
“Fellow grammar nerds, rejoice! With an illustrated collection of humorous poems, Mary Ann Hoberman and Perry Hoberman make it easier for us to induct unsuspecting children into our persnickety cadre. Ms. Hoberman’s verses in “Away With Words!” take on puns, homonyms, punctuation, similes and all manner of syntactical nicety, while Mr. Hoberman’s playful, childlike pictures keep the mood light.”
— Meghan Cox Gurdon