' Very cute! I can't wait to read it to my class next year. I wish there were more fun books that have a plot and teach the kids word play. Its a book that teaches kids about puns, oxymorons, anagrams, and palindromes. ' I use this book with my fourth grade class, and most of my students get super into the book. ' This is a short but funny book - it would work great in a grade school english class room! ' - Beth, I enjoyed the way Lubar weaves in the concepts of puns, oxymorons, anagrams, and palindromes. I can see possibilities for 7th grade assignments! ' - Joe, ' Kind of a cheesy story-contrived for geeky English teachers like me who love wordplay. ' This would be good to use in an elementary lesson on puns. ' This is the FUNNIEST 'tongue in cheek' book I have ever read. I really enjoyed this book, and I learned a little too! ' - Mallory, ' What a great book to use when teaching about anagrams, palindromes, and oxymorons. ' Very clever book on the use of language. ' This book is also so funny! I like the way Lubar made this boy get those funny words! I never noticed unexpected surprise would be a wrong phrase! I like this book! ' - Minjun, A note to teachers: there are some very good ways of teaching students some parts of speech. I had to buy it and I think you will enjoy reading it. Now you need to enjoy puns for this to work. ' How funny was this book! I literally laughed out loud. Word smiths and librarians should love it. It covers puns, oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes. Also great if you are teaching figurative language. ' very cute, cleaver way to teach some special features of the English language ' - Marcy, The author stretched too far to follow the literay concepts that he tried to share in the book. Bad puns are my favorite type of jokes so I had high expectations. Also appreciates the value of punmanship. Teaches about puns, anagrams, oxymorons, and palindromes. ' Great book to teach lessons about words. ' i thought it was pretty good ' - Reagan, Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.

Punished by david lubar