![]() ![]() I had the opportunity to talk to the author about her background, and the reasons she was inspired to write this book. Kids will love the funny pictures, while adults will appreciate the fun introduction to collective nouns. ![]() The illustrations are adorable, featuring big eyed cartoon images of the different animals taking part in silly activities. Each two page spread features a different animal group and the name given to them. This adorable book uses a fun rhyming text full of alliterations to introduce kids to collective nouns for animal groups. ![]() All thoughts and opinions are my own.ĭoes a Gaggle of Geese Giggle? was written by Julia Lynne Cothran and illustrated by Leigh Ellen Stewart. I received a copy of this book and compensation in exchange for my honest review. I may receive a commission from purchases you make through the links in this post. Standard Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I also had the opportunity to interview the author, and created some fun activities to pair with the book. Today I am happy to share a cute kids book about language arts, collective nouns, and animals. Some of them are funny, some of them are the same across different species. ![]() As a result the book may be entertaining but it is hard for me to take it seriously as a reference.Did you know that a group of geese is called a gaggle? How about a group of dolphins being a pod? I have always found collective nouns to be interesting. The Internet has seen a blossoming of homegrown collective terms: Some of them are quite terrible, and some were clever enough to include here, but for the most part we tried to list only those that have some attributable source or, barring that, a prettiness to their turn of phrase that we couldn’t resist." The problem is that the entries in the book do not cite sources or otherwise inform the reader of which entries are jest, of dubious merit or included simply for prettiness of phrase. We include many modern terms, some presented in jest, some presented in the same respectful spirit as the classic terms of venery. We include many phrases that would probably make a well-schooled English lord from the fifteenth century scoff at our ignorance (Shakespeare himself often made game of gentlemen who did not, as in Hamlet, know “a hawk from a handsaw”), and some whose etymological lineage is of dubious merit. The introduction clears up some of the mystery, "We approach them as they were originally presented: a healthy and lively mixture of terms of utility, terms of jest, and terms of poetry. Rereading the forward and the introduction, I found that, in the forward, the claim is made that the authors did not create any of the nouns themselves. Though there is a business in Alaska called Aardvark's Armory. For both terms the source referenced in the internet listings which I consulted is this book itself. Why would a group of aardvarks be called an armory other than the sound of the words? The same is true for a zeal of zebras. The cover itself contains two of those about which I have doubts. This review is from: A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras (Kindle Edition)įrom the beginning I was suspicious of the validity of some of these collective nouns. A source of entertainment perhaps but not to be relied upon., May 31, 2016 Some of the nouns appear to be made up with no academic provenance. ![]()
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