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The Very Inappropriate Word

by Jim Tobin

Illustrator: Dave Coverly

Ages: 6+

Published: 2013

Publisher: Christy Ottaviano/Henry Holt BFYR/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-0-8050-9474-9

Keywords: Diversity, Read-Aloud, Vocabulary

Michael loves and collects words. He even shares a word that he knows is....bad. Delightful. humorous ink and watercolor illustrations.