Cdb!
by William Steig
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Author: William SteigIllustrator: William Steig
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2000-05-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 48
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Book Review: excellent word fun
Summary: 5 Stars
Having enjoyed Steig's first such book as an adult, we sent a copy to a budding linguist at college. Upon ordering I was delighted to find this second enjoyable book available. Steig has such delightful images and twists of humor that I could not pass it up. Great fun in drawings and puzzling out the meanings.
Summary of Cdb!
N-R-E S N T-S.
N-Q = Thank you.
S M-T = It's empty.
D N S 5 X = The hen has five eggs.
It looks like a secret code, but read the letters aloud and solve the puzzle!
William Steig--The New Yorker cartoonist and revered creator of the Caldecott Medalist Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and dozens of other magnificent books--first wrote and illustrated the original, black-and-white edition of CDB! more than 30 years ago. Adding splashes of watercolor on larger, broader pages (and an answer key in the back!), Steig brings new life to his well-loved favorite. For the uninitiated, "C D B!" translates to "See the bee!" Other letter codes are more challenging, such as the boy leaning on a tree saying "I F-N N-E N-R-G" or a droopy decrepit man slouching in a chair labeled "O-L H." Once you get used to this abbreviated Steig-speak, all (or at least most) will become clear--"X" sometimes means "eggs," "D" is sometimes "the," and "S" can be "is" or "has," for example. Or, you can just read the letters out loud over and over until the proper phrase emerges plain as day. (The pictures help, too, of course!) Those who crave more wordplay will want to explore CDC? This book is nothing less than X-L-N, and no home where words are celebrated should be without it. (Ages 5 to 105) --Karin Snelson
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