Homophones Visualized - by Bruce Worden (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Based on his blog Homophones, Weakly, Worden's <i>Homophones Visualized<i> uses simple but clever graphics to help illustrate the differences between 100 pairs (or triplets or quadruplets) of words that sound alike.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>Homophones Visualized</i> is a witty book that illustrates homophones--words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have completely different meanings.</b> <p/><b>This book uses clever and minimalist graphics to help illustrate the differences between 100 pairs (or triplets or quadruplets) of words that sound alike.</b> <p/><b>From beat and beet to flee and flea, </b> baron and barren to golf and gulf, each spread contains a pair or group of homophones and corresponding illustrations that provide context for each word. <p/>- Based on Bruce Worden's popular blog <i>Homophones, Weakly</i><br>- Illustrations are simple, smart, and humorous<br>- Worden's work has been featured by BoingBoing, Bored Panda, and My Modern Met <p/><b>Do ewe no what homophones are? It's knot always easy to get it right.</b> <p/><b>Word lovers, educators, and kids all will delight in this witty and useful homophone guide to understanding which word is witch.</b> <p/>- A great gift for English and ESL teachers, kids, language and grammar lovers, word nerds, and fans of puns and wordplay<br>- Perfect as a coffee table book to dip in and out of<br>- Add it to the shelf with books like <i>Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World</i> by Ella Frances Sanders, <i>Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition</i> by Ben Schott, and <i>I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like</i> by Dr. Mardy Grothe<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>My daughters and I read through the entire book together in one sitting, enjoying the clever wordplay. I particularly liked it when Worden was able to make similar-looking illustrations for a pair of homophones, with just subtle changes to reflect the differences in meanings. Whether you enjoy wordplay and puns, or if you just have a hard time remembering the difference between 'affect' and 'effect, ' this book is for you!<br>-<i>Geek Dad</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Bruce Worden is an award-winning author and illustrator, and the creator of the weekly picto-blog <i>Homophones, Weakly</i>. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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