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Dear Deer A Book of Homophones Gene Barretta Books

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Dear Deer A Book of Homophones Gene Barretta Books

Story Summary:
Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. She speaks in homophones as she
describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. Among the animals she
sees are a moose, a whale, a deer, a toad and a ewe. This picture book,
with its vivid illustrations, introduces children to homophones and an
interesting cast of characters as well.

Homonyms and homophones are super fun to teach because of the funny scenarios that can be created by combining them into one wacky situation or the comic misunderstandings that can take place when some accidentally conjures up the wrong homonym. "Dear Deer" does exactly that and will have your students laughing out loud at the utter silliness. If you are teaching homonyms and homophones, read them this book and they will definitely (1) get the concept, (2) have fun with it, and (3) be itching to create and share their own funny word play riddles!


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Dear Deer A Book of Homophones Gene Barretta Books Reviews

This book is nicely done. My kiddos love it (8, 7, 6, 4, and 3). The older ones understand now what a homophone is and they have a lot of fun using/spelling words from this book. It has not only (easily) taught them what a homophone is but the different spelling for each as well. I enjoy reading this book with them. It would be great for any at home library or for any teacher who may not have this book. Our school doesn't teach homophones until 2nd grade so I brought this book in as a mystery reader to a first grade class room and donated it. The kids loved it!
Perfect book to teach homophones. I've used it from kindergarten to 6th grade levels with differentiating and all of the age groups enjoyed it.
My young students love this book. Aunt Ant writes a letter to Dear Deer about what all the animals in the zoo are up to. The moose loves mousse so much that he ate eight bowls! Good exposure for words that can often trip them up.
I bought this book along with "Silent Letters Loud and Clear" to help my struggling child learn to read and spell better. I had him read both books daily for a month. The results were great. He was able to perform better in language arts and now teaches his younger cousins.

I recommend this book not only to younger children, but to those who may be struggling to understand some of the rules that can be confusing in the English Language. It is silly and can be read quickly. Repeat exposure will make it second nature.
This is an awfully cute book, and the author clearly got the idea for it from Fred Gwynne's "The King Who Rained" and "A Chocolate Mousse", but that doesn't detract from it's cleverness. It' not as original as Gwynne's books which were really about a child's misunderstanding of colloquialisms in the English language, but it is well loved by my younger grandchildren - 6 years old and a bit older. Of course, the younger ones are too young to appreciate it, and the older children (up to 22) are much too old to do more than get a kick out of their siblings' reactions when they read it to the younger ones. The great-grandchildren are still too young for it, but it will be around for them when they're a little older. I hope that Barretta will put out more homophone books, maybe for an older age group. I work with high school girls who have learning disabilities, and they need a great deal of work on homophones. A book such as this on their level would go a lo-o-o-o-o-ong way to helping my students visualize the differences in the words that are spelled differently as I teach them about the roots of the individual words, and give them mnemonics that help them to kep the words straight. I'd have given the book five stars if it had been aimed at slightly older children and was a bit more ironically written. As it is, it's really enjoyable and I do recommend it with 4.5 stars. Kids will love it. It also makes a great gift.
How wonderful! My niece and I have been "collecting" homophones ever since we've read this book. We write down each set and enjoy challenging each other to identify new ones. The graphics are great. It is suitable for many ages because you can go as far as you like with both homophones and homonyms. A nice book to have.
This was a fabulous book for my ESL students who need more vocabulary. What made this book even more exceptional was that it was accompanied with pictures that matched each essential homophone. All homophones were bolded to show correlation between the 2. For example hymn, him, hoarse, horse etc. It is a truly unforgettable book.
Story Summary
Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. She speaks in homophones as she
describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. Among the animals she
sees are a moose, a whale, a deer, a toad and a ewe. This picture book,
with its vivid illustrations, introduces children to homophones and an
interesting cast of characters as well.

Homonyms and homophones are super fun to teach because of the funny scenarios that can be created by combining them into one wacky situation or the comic misunderstandings that can take place when some accidentally conjures up the wrong homonym. "Dear Deer" does exactly that and will have your students laughing out loud at the utter silliness. If you are teaching homonyms and homophones, read them this book and they will definitely (1) get the concept, (2) have fun with it, and (3) be itching to create and share their own funny word play riddles!