An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns
by Betsy R Rosenthal (Author) Jago Silver (Illustrator)
Have you ever heard of a prickle of porcupines? Or a tower of giraffes? What about a parcel of penguins? This fun-filled romp through the animal kingdom introduces collective nouns for animals through wordplay. Clever rhymes and humorous illustrations bring these collective nouns to life in funny ways, making it easy to remember which terms and animals go together. A glossary in the back matter offers further explanation of words used as collective nouns, such as sleuth meaning detective. This crash course in juxtaposition and imagination should be celebrated with a peal of bells.
An inspiring addition to any poetry collection. --starred, School Library Journal
Cleverness abounds in Rosenthal's latest. . . .The tongue-in-cheek text never falters in its rhythm and rhyme. . . .The illustrations are a perfect match for the text's wit. . . .Collective nouns have never been this much fun. --starred, Kirkus Reviews
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While several picture books have tackled collective nouns, Rosenthal and Jago's collaboration stands out for the sheer inventiveness they bring to the subject. Rosenthal frames her rhymes as rhetorical questions that often make surprising (and wonderful) interspecies connections: 'When a murder of crows/ leaves barely a trace, / is a sleuth of bears/ hot on the case?' she writes as Jago pictures fedora-wearing bears snuffling around with magnifying glasses while crows flee, swirling past a luminous full moon. Witty delights abound as a shiver of sharks bundles up in winter knitwear and a bouquet of pheasants peers glumly out of a tall vase.
―starred, Publishers Weekly. "Journal" (3/9/2015 12:00:00 AM)
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
JNF029040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts | Vocabulary & Spelling
