A trio of wandering wombats with a passion
for words inspire an enthusiastic duckling to transform her town from
dull to dazzling.(goodreads summary)
Evergreen Forest was a very nice and very ordinary place to live. Although, being a very nice place to live, the forest seemed rather quite dull. But nobody seemed to mind or complain about it because they really didn't say many words at all. That was until a trio of wordy wombats arrived ready to show the ordinary inhabitants how extraordinary it could be.
This is a cute and fun book about the power of words and how new ones can fit into our everyday lives. Why use plain simple words when you can use grand and unique word choices instead. The wombats teach a little curious duckling how ordinary things can become more exciting when changing the word choices. For example; hot and thirsty can become sweltering and parched or very hungry and super hungry can turn into famished and ravenous. The illustrations are colorful, expressive and shows how much fun using new words can be. In the end, little ducking becomes an honorary word wombat and makes his own "duck-tionary" to share the meanings of his new found vocabulary words. This is a delightful book that will help kids learn more about descriptive words and aid in the writing process. I think this is a "just right book" for ages 5-7
Title: The Wombats go Wild for Words
Author: Beth Ferry, illustrated by Lori Nichols
Pub. date: June 2025, Random House
Genre: picture book
Hardcover, 40 pgs.
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