Away with Words!: Wise and Witty Poems for Language Lovers [Hardcover]

A deliciously clever and entertaining collection of poems that celebrate word play by former Children's Poet Laureate andNew York Timesbestselling 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 this poetry collection, the masterful Mary Ann Hoberman celebrates the joy of wordplay with poems about the alphabet, assonance, alliteration, grammar and punctuation, similes, rhythm and rhyme, and so much more!Mary Ann Hoberman is a former children's poet laureate, recipient of the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children and the National Book Award, and the critically acclaimed author of over forty books for children. Her notable titles include the bestsellingYou Read to Me, I”ll Read to Youand the Sing-A-Long Stories series and the poetry collectionsForget-Me-NotsandThe Llama Who Had No Pajama. 

Perry Hobermanis a media, installation, and performance artist. He has exhibited internationally, with major shows throughout the USA and Europe. He has received the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Fellowships, among other honors, and has taught and lectured widely, most recently at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Perry resides in Twentynine Palms, California, with his wife and three cats. This is his first children's book.
 A Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of 2023"Digitally finished pen and pencil spot art with a hand-markered vibe features illustrated alphabets, arrayed creatures, and people of varying skin tones; the standout is a double-page, starry night homage to the word vast ('A tiny word/ ThlsÊ