L Is for Lollygag: Quirky Words for a Clever Tongue

A is for apple? B is for ball? Humbug! Forget about that hackneyed hogwash. In this extravaganza of linguistic delights A is for alley-oop, B is for brouhaha, and L is for, well, lollygag!

Packed with oodlesof tongue-tickling words and a hodgepodgeof curious illustrations, fun trivia, and lists within lists, L Is for Lollygagis one humdingerof a dictionary. Huzzah!

Genre
humor
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 125 pages

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