| Description |
82 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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age Children |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-82). |
| Summary |
Presents instructions for speaking thirteen secret languages, including Pig Latin, one of the best known and easiest codes to learn, and Boontling, developed by people in a California town. Thirteen different secret languages and codes are described and explained. Literature of Delight. The famous punster, prankster, and riddle-regaler goes global for a look at the "ecret-say" "anguages-lay" of the world's children. It's the ripest kind of fun, with material ready for readers to bite into. More passive souls can just sit around and laugh with Schwartz's There's a Carrot in My Ear, Tales of Trickery, and more. Several secret languages are explained. |
| Contents |
Pig latin -- Iggity -- Ku -- Obby-dobby, eggo-peggo, ip -- Kinyume -- B language -- Sa-la -- Medical greek -- Cat's elbow -- Ziph -- King Tut -- Thief talk -- Boontling. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
| Subject |
Ciphers -- Juvenile literature.
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Ciphers. |
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Cryptography -- Juvenile literature.
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Cryptography. |
| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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Juvenile works.
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| Added Author |
Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
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Zemach, Margot.
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| ISBN |
0374312249 |
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9780374312244 |
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0374410542 |
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9780374410544 |
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