Hornswoggled!: A Wacky Words Whodunit -- Josh Crute

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.

Author: Josh Crute
Publisher: Page Street Kids
Published: 11/23/2021
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.40h x 8.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781645672845
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2021
School Library Journal 12/01/2021 pg. 75
Booklist 12/01/2021 pg. 56

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.