tongue twisting time
I have a marvelously creative friend at work. We have very much in common and I’m fairly positive she is a sister of mine seperated at birth. We were actually married on the same day, although technically she has an hour and a half more experience at the wife thing since her wedding ceremony took place at 5pm and mine at 6:30. She’s insanely giggly, but one of the most intelligent and level headed women I’ve ever met. She’s an amazing writer, like put anything I could do to shame. And she’s only 22 years old! I’ve been proof reading and critiquing a story of hers for a few months now. Amazing story line and development, it’s only a matter of time before we see her name in print.
Anywhoo today between taking calls and processing claims and solving some of the many mini disasters that constantly arise at our job,we got a little “slap happy” as she puts it and decided to play a little game. Originally we were just being silly and coming up with strange nonsensicle phrases to giggle at. But then they began to get really good and I had this great idea to come up with a childrens book of Tongue Twisters A-Z.
The first page will be the letter A in very large print and on the page opposite the tongue twister to go along with it and a small illustration and so on through the entire alphabet. I’m not going to attempt publication or anything but something put together nicely that I can give to my daughter and neices and nephews. I think it’s a cute idea. what do you think?
here are a few examples of the twisters we came up with….
A- Able ambled aimlessly, acting addled and abstractly angry!
B- Billy blew big bubbles, but bigger boys burst billies bubbles brutishly
C- Cuz cats can claw cruely, catherine came closer cautiously
D- Dudly didn’t dance the diddly doo dully, Duddly diddly dooed Dandily
……………..But I was thinking I would put Aiva as the A, Nick for the N, Drew for the D and so on. Personalize it a little but so were I to get the idea to someday publish this they could see their names and know I had written it for them. Anywhoodles. What fun! And we work. I promise,lol.
How fun! Check out Lulu.com. They offer publishing at great prices (soft cover or hardback), and you can purchase as few or as many as you like. AND, you can leave them on the site and re-order, AND, if you like, you can make them public so folks can purchase them if you like. But at the very least, you could get copies for yourself.
How are you going to illustrate it? If you need any photos, let me know
Thats an absolutly great idea!
I think this is a super idea, and kids would love it! You and your friend might have a future in book publishing.
How professional! I think I need to read and learn more in future.