Away with Words!: Wise and Witty Poems for Language Lovers New or Used:New

Away with Words!: Wise and Witty Poems for Language Lovers New or Used:NewA deliciously clever and entertaining collection of poems that celebrate word play by former Children's Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Mary Ann Hoberman Words are remarkable Here is a book Where you'll not only listen You also will look Where you'll not only look But you also will think About words and their meanings And how in the blink Of an eye or a letter Their meanings can change Words are remarkable Language is strange! In

A week ago

dismantles cheery narratives of progress through tech and “streamlined” education

and not always learning from them

But it seems it isn't enough

less captivating brother

and her best friend

Connecticut

”—The New Yorker

On burning sands

With his heart suddenly at war with his instincts

so he summons his seductive wife home

What he finds there will change Mack's world forever