"A Huge Hog Is a Big Pig" and "This Is Not My Hat"

Word games are fun and educational.

A Huge Hog Is a Big Pig
4 stars
Author: Francis McCall
Illustrator: Patricia Keeler

The illustrations are photographs of children meeting the animals used for the word games. Some of the expressions are great.
The text is setting up a game such as huge hog, then turning the page to give the rhyming answer. This gives an opportunity to brainstorm possible answers.
A couple of the answers stretch things a bit. They do build some vocabulary in a fun way.

This Is Not My Hat
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jon Klassen

A little fish steals a hat from a sleeping big fish. The objective is to escape without being noticed. After all, the hat is much too small for the big fish and fits the little fish perfectly.
Then the big fish wakes up.
The story is fun. The illustrations fit perfectly.