Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue by Jon Agee.

A great mix of tongue twisters and poems, this book is such fun to read!  Agee creates silly poems that will have your tongue either dancing in delight or knotted in despair.  That is if you can even get through the lines without giggling.  There are classic twisting combinations like Unique New York but others look so very innocent until you attempt them. 

Agee is a master at word play and that is clear in this book of poems.  If you have a group of kids who claim not to enjoy poetry, this is a great glimpse into one part of the wide-ranging world of the poem that they are guaranteed to enjoy.  Agee’s simple illustrations add a nice dimension to the poems, but the words are the star here.

This book will be enjoyed by any child who can read on their own because everyone wants to give the poems a chance to dance on their own tongues.  Delightful fun for the whole family.  Appropriate for ages 5-9.