Last week my six-year-old grabbed A Chocolate Moose for Dinner and climbed into my lap. I was pleased. It was a favorite from my own childhood. And then we started reading. Oh my. Picture this. (Because words alone won’t do it.) A car perched on a diving board, ready to jump into the “carpool.” Airplanes hang from actual hangers. A girl is chased by a herd of disembodied arms—the “arms race.” Get it? When I was a kid, I did not get it. Through Augie’s eyes, I saw this book for the first time, understanding what I didn’t when I was six. That language is wonderful but also bizarre. That words often don’t mean what they claim to. That one sound can have two (or three!) very different definitions. That words are pure treachery. What’s a kid to do? Keep reading, of course. Now a writer for children, it’s my job to unlock the power and perfidy of language for the next generation—helping new readers see that however slippery words might often seem, they help us connect more deeply, understand more acutely, feel more precisely, and have a few good laughs along the way. My deepest gratitude to this book for getting the (figurative) ball rolling.”
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