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A Is for Aarrgh!
By Brooke, William J.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06023-393-8
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1999
Gr 4-7 A tongue-in-cheek, novel-length folktale about early man and the emergence of language. Caveman Brog is strong and brave, and, therefore, is the headman of his tribe. His son, Mog, is too small and weak to follow in his footsteps. However, Mog has a talent that is about to change their lives: he uses mouth noises to name objects-papa, sun, rock-and when the Tribe understands what these noises are all about, they find speech to be useful. Mog moves on from nouns to inventing adjectives, adverbs, and verbs; and te...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
