{"id":23274,"date":"2014-02-19T23:23:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T03:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=23274"},"modified":"2014-02-19T23:23:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T03:23:28","slug":"review-of-ann-and-nan-are-anagrams-by-mark-shulman-and-adam-mccauley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=23274","title":{"rendered":"Review of Ann and Nan Are Anagrams, by Mark Shulman and Adam McCauley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ann and Nan Are Anagrams<\/p>\n

A Mixed-Up Word Dilemma<\/em><\/p>\n

by Mark Shulman
\nillustrated by Adam McCauley<\/p>\n

Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2013. 32 pages.<\/p>\n

This book is terribly silly, but it makes me laugh. Throughout the story, there are words and phrases that are anagrams of one another, set off with the same typeface as the other part of the pair.<\/p>\n

Robert (or Bert)\u2019s Grandma Reagan tells him about anagrams. Then she says:<\/p>\n

\u201dAnagrams are easy to SPOT
\nBut hard to STOP.
\nNow take the TOPS
\noff the POTS
\nhurry to the POST office,
\nand bring me your AUNT.
\nShe\u2019s A NUT.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robert doesn\u2019t even have an aunt! GRANDMA REAGAN is in ANAGRAM DANGER!<\/p>\n

You can tell the story isn\u2019t exactly profound. But, combined with the exuberant pictures and more than 101 anagrams hidden in the book, it\u2019s still a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

I like some of the products sitting on the kitchen shelves: Old Nose Noodles, A Mean Noisy Mayonnaise, Mad Scrubber Bread Crumbs, and Eats? Ouch Hot Sauce.<\/p>\n

Some of the anagrams are really a stretch, such as Nature\u2019s Rat Restaurant. But it\u2019s all in good fun, and kids will have fun spotting them all.<\/p>\n

Of course, when he sees that his sisters\u2019 names are anagrams (using the title phrase), he cries out, \u201cSister, resist!\u201d<\/p>\n

If you like word play, it\u2019s hard to resist this silly book.<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time. The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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