Hornswoggled! - by Josh Crute (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Deer wakes up to find one of his antlers is missing...and there's a tennis racket in its place? One by one his friends also uncover that their important items from glasses to lucky boots have been swapped with silly, useless replacements like donuts and swim flippers. They've been hornswoggled! (Hornswoggled means tricked.) It's pure poppycock! (Poppycock means nonsense.) Once they gather together to find out what happened, will they find the true thief or be outfoxed? Laugh along with a hilarious cast of animal characters searching for the mysterious trickster in this humorous whodunit bursting with exciting, wacky words that kids will love."--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Deer wakes up to find one of his antlers is missing...and there's a tennis racket in its place? One by one his friends also uncover that their important items from glasses to lucky boots have been swapped with silly, useless replacements like donuts and swim flippers. They've been hornswoggled! (Hornswoggled means tricked.) It's pure poppycock! (Poppycock means nonsense.)

Once they gather together to find out what happened, will they find the true thief or be outfoxed? Laugh along with a hilarious cast of animal characters searching for the mysterious trickster in this humorous whodunit bursting with exciting, wacky words that kids will love.

Review Quotes

"Kids will savor the silliness of this vocabulary-boosting treat, love rolling their tongues around goodies like bamboozled, and look for opportunities to use them [...] No snake oil here--just great fun." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Laugh-out-loud funny illustrations join with a witty text to make a mystery forest romp an engaging offering, encouraging all who read it to broaden their vocabularies. Highly recommended." -- School Library Journal, starred review

About the Author

Josh Crute loves silly words like flabbergast and bumbershoot. He is the author of multiple picture books including Oliver: The Second Largest Living Thing on Earth and Jonas Hanway's Scurrilous, Scandalous, Shockingly Sensational Umbrella (both with Page Street Kids). He currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Jenn Harney is the author and illustrator of Underwear! and Swim Swim Sink, and has illustrated numerous other books as well. Along with creating children's books, she is a frequent contributor to Highlights for Children. She enjoys really really bad movies and set painting for a local high school. She lives in Ohio with her family and their corgi named Steve.