What is a homonym? It's a word that has different meanings but is always spelled the same. This informative book, set at a sporting event, includes a BAT who can BAT! A karate-chopping bulldog who is tough enough to BREAK five boards without taking a BREAK, and a STEER who tried to STEER his skateboard, but accidentally fell into a well-and that's just for starters. The clever wordplay introduces children to the richness of language through homonyms. A Christy Ottaviano Book

Author Biography

Gene Barretta has written and illustrated many award-winning books, including two other books in this series on language: Deer Dear: A Book of Homophones and Zoola Palooza: A Book of Homographs, as well as Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare; Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives; Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci; and Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin. He lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, with his son.