A Chocolate Moose for Dinner

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Summary: Great Book For All Ages
Review: "A Chocolate Moose for Dinner" is a great book that shows people of all ages, how the English language isn't always literal. Not only is this book funny, but also has great illustrations!

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Summary: Chocolate Moose?
Review: A very entertaining book full of lively, figurative language and illustrations! A good book to introduce young children to details and literal meanings in a humorous setting. An excellent book for middle and upper elementary ages for descriptive, figurative language as well as literal meanings and context.

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Summary: Homonymic Humor
Review: Fred Gwynne wrote his books for the persons who like to hear words in strange context and see strange intrepretations. Elementary children love to have the Gwynne books and hear the adults read these phrases to them with delightful illustrations that don't say what we have expected to see and hear. Obviously chocolate moose should be spelled mousse and thus we see a real moose being served for dinner. Fred in real life was as diverse as his books with his role in Adams Family. As an adult and teacher, I love these books and think about words that are spelled in several ways.

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Summary: Great Book For All Ages
Review: I took a graduate class this summer in which we had a guest speaker who taught first grade. She was explaining something new in education called "Edible Education." She first read this book to our class of adults. She held our attention as if we were little ones. Then we had some real chocolate mousse. I'm a teacher of French and will use this book to show students how odd our own language is. Then we'll have some real chocolate mousse. I truly adore this book and know that it will be a favorite for my children some day.

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Summary: He's the Town's Favorite Sun.
Review: The English language is all [messed] up. Foreigners recognize that immediately, but it takes we Americans much longer to realize that. Of course, with all the goofy rules and exceptions in English, it can be quite fun to speak it. No more is this more apparent than with homonyms (words that sound the same but have different meanings). Kids love homonyms, and used in an imaginative context can help children gain an appreciation for language. With that in mind, A CHOCOLATE MOOSE FOR DINNER is a delightful book. The sayings and the illustrations that accompany those phrases are a joy to read and usually get several laughs from children. A few of the phrases (shoe tree, and the rowing allusions) maybe a bit unfamiliar to modern audiences. Nevertheless, those terms add to the book rather than detract. Children love this book and it is sure to be a winner in alomst any home.