“It was an absolutely wonderful, positively perfect, especially terrific idea.”
Keven Henkes sentence almost sings with fun sounds. Henkes isn’t afraid to use big words, then he strings them together in a musical way. Here the first word in each pair has four syllables which lends a poetic touch. I’ve blogged about this prolific children’s writer before because he understands words and kids so well. In this book titled Owen, a little boy has trouble giving up his blanket when it’s time to start school.
Grown-up writers can learn from good kids’ books. I dare you to read one aloud today… whether there’s a kid present or not!
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