Llamaphones (A Grammar Zoo Book)

by Janik Coat

Overview

Llamaphones is a bright, colorful rhyming board book in the Grammar Zoo Book series.

Llamaphones, author/illustrator Janik Coat’s much-anticipated follow-up to Hippopposites and Rhymoceros, features witty words that sound the same but are spelled differently—and have different meanings. Like the other books in the series, this one features surprising novelties, including a touch-and-feel element, making homophones (words that sound exactly the same but have different meanings—such as “stair” and “stare”) an easy and fun concept to learn.

The Grammar Zoo Book series:
Hippopposites
Rhymoceros
Llamaphones
Comparrotives

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419728273
Publisher:	Abrams Appleseed
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Series:	A Grammar Zoo Book
Pages:	36
Sales rank:	369,496
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.75(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Janik Coat is an author, illustrator, and graphic designer. She works extensively with agencies, collectives, and various French publishers. She is a frequent guest speaker at fine art schools and regularly exhibits her work in galleries. She currently resides in Nantes and Paris.

Editorial Reviews

★ 04/02/2018
Coat follows up Rhymoceros and Hippopposites with another chunky board book focused on wordplay. This time, the subject is homophones, and Coat casts a blocky green llama in simple scenes to visually express the meanings behind each word presented. Homophone pairs appear opposite one another in each spread. For rose, the llama holds a pink flower in its mouth. In the facing image, the llama is patterned with tactile “rows” of stripes. For fairy and ferry, the llama first wears glittery fairy wings; in the second scene, the llama stands on the bow of passenger ferry boat. For the homophones peak and peek, the llama stands atop a jagged mountaintop; in the other image, the llama is blanketed with a flap, which readers can lift to “peek” at a baby llama underneath. The impact of grasping the meaning behind each picture acts as a veritable tickle to the brain, while the board book’s sizable format lends it gratifying heft. Ages 2–4. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

**STARRED REVIEW**
"French writer and illustrator Coat adds another winner to her series of clever concept books for toddlers . . . Tactile elements are added to many pages, ramping up sensory engagement for little ones. Sturdily constructed and brilliantly simple, tots won’t be bored with this board book."

Booklist

**STARRED REVIEW**
"French writer and illustrator Coat adds another winner to her series of clever concept books for toddlers . . . Tactile elements are added to many pages, ramping up sensory engagement for little ones. Sturdily constructed and brilliantly simple, tots won’t be bored with this board book."—Booklist

**STARRED REVIEW**
"It's a trendy llama, here to introduce witty pairs of homophones with humor, tactile elements, and a whole lotta flare—erm, flair . . . These captivating llamas deliver. Readers won't be bored by this board book!"—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

**STARRED REVIEW**
"French writer and illustrator Coat adds another winner to her series of clever concept books for toddlers . . . Tactile elements are added to many pages, ramping up sensory engagement for little ones. Sturdily constructed and brilliantly simple, tots won’t be bored with this board book."

Booklist

★ 2018-03-27
What's this we "See / Sea"? It's a trendy llama, here to introduce witty pairs of homophones with humor, tactile elements, and a whole lotta flare—erm, flair.How can a flat green silhouette of a llama be so darned hilarious? Drawn with distinctive perked ears, black dotted eyes, and rectangular body with rounded corners, face deadpan, it's the very essence of llama. Llama's hijinks graphically differentiate between the homophones, making them easy to define, such as silvery embossed hoof "prints" trailing behind it on one page and a regally clad "prince" on the other. Coat adds pizzazz as well as contextual clues through a surprising variety of touch-and-feel pieces, among them moving hands on an analog clock marking time on "wait" or a "peek"-aboo baby llama under a lift-the-flap blanket. If it sounds gimmicky, fear not; the book revels in hyperbole. Whether it's a llama biting a pink "rose," tango-style, or an emotionless "fairy" with textured, glittery wings, the contrast of flamboyant effects to solemn llamas is audaciously funny. There is a mismatch between format and concept here; homophones are abstract and better suited to older readers than the tot set. Still, there's a scarcity of quality books about homophones, and the sophisticated humor should beguile big kids. Oversized trim also suits that older audience.These captivating llamas deliver. Readers won't be bored by this board book! (Board book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews