The Made-Up Words Project: An Illustrated Collection of Invented Family Phrases

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Every family has random words they invent for things—like sticking cold feet under someone's butt ("nurdeling"). Author/illustrator Rinee Shah collected real-life phrases from families around the world, and then whimsically illustrated the results.

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  • Hardcover; 5 x 6.5 inches; 208 pages; full-color illustrations
SKU: 50047