Eight Ate: A Feast of Homonym Riddles

Normally I don't write reviews. After searching for a book for my son, I stumbled upon this one. He pulls this out every few days and takes a read as if it is new information. I just love the way this book makes him want to learn and know more about words. He has thus graduated to similes and metaphors and he is just 6!!! This book is in black and white, which for us adds to the mystery of determining what the pictures are saying. The ease of simple sentences is another plus. We carry this with us to extended family and enjoy the riddle-like questions. This turned into a full fledged game against groups of family members at once! I'm glad to say I wasn't the only one dusting the cobwebs off my brain while racing against younger opponents. What a surprise! Most delightful and impressive!! Would like to see more with the same structure. Also, a note that having the answers at the bottom of each page sure makes a little fellow feel very in charge of his knowledge. Well done!!! So grateful for such a quality book. I am about to order other texts by the author. Don't change a thing!

This little book is brilliant. I work with children K-5th grade and we either read it together or the older ones can read it themselves. It is an eyeopener for the younger ones, that the homonyms sound the same but have a complete different meaning.The book stimulates different brain cells of the children. The children learn quickly with this book, because it also makes them laugh.

I tutor at our local library, and many children have trouble with Homonyms and Homophones. This book captured their imaginations while providing lots of immersion into the world of words that sound the same. Very cute illustrations too.

As described. Thanks!

Great

Not as helpful as I thought it would be

This is such a neat book- the illustrations are lacking, though. I used this book as a teaching material during a homophone lesson in language arts. Students loved the homophone language in the book. Great addition to a teacher's materials.

I worked in a school system. It helped children a great deal to understand homonym, and in a delightful, entertaining way. It was a fun teaching experience for me, and a fun learning experience for students.

My class thoroughly enjoy trying to work these out and they’re learning homophones along the way! Win-win!

Simple examples given on each page of a homophone. Good for 6-9 year olds prob