Hornswoggled!
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2021 · Est. 4 min read-aloud

Hornswoggled!

Written by Josh Crute · Illustrated by Jenn Harney

Animals find their belongings swapped with silly items. Can they catch the trickster?

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32 pages· 444 words· Est. 4 min read-aloud· ~400L
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Deer wakes to a missing antler replaced by a tennis racket. His friends face similar swaps—glasses for donuts, boots for flippers. They've been tricked! Together, they embark on a quest to unmask the mischievous thief. Will they solve the mystery or be outsmarted? Join this hilarious animal crew in a whimsical whodunit filled with unexpected twists and playful language.

From the publisher

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.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Words
444
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
~400L
Themes & topics
Books about animalsBooks about deer and fawnsBooks about tricksters
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
2.8
F&P level
~L
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
518785
Publication
Published
November 23, 2021
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781645672845

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