FICTION

The Curious Guide to Things That Aren't: Things You Can't Always Touch, See, or Hear. Can You Guess What They Are?

by James F. Fixx
FIXX, John D. & . The Curious Guide to Things That Aren't: Things You Can't Always Touch, See, or Hear. Can You Guess What They Are? illus. by Abby Carter. 112p. Walter Foster. Nov. 2016. Tr $12.95. ISBN 9781633221765.
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K-Gr 3—A playful take on alphabet and concept books, all packaged into one. Noteworthy entries include an itch, a kiss, a memory, the universe, and time. Black-and-white illustrations, punctuated with bright orange accents, provide the perfect backdrop to the miniexploration of the often intangible topics. Children will revel in trying to decipher the clues that precede each item. In fact, they will pick up the work again and again to test their guessing and memorization abilities. Once the subject is revealed, the well-thought-out definitions cover what one would find in the dictionary and then some, including, for example, the word's use in a figurative phrase.
VERDICT Bound to keep young readers questioning the world around them and even giggling about it. No guessing needed—this one is a keeper from A to Z!
Reviewed by Colleen S. Banick, Westport Public Schools, CT , Jan 01, 2017

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