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Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters
Make Your Own Tongue Twisters
You can make tongue twisters of your own! To find out how, first you'll need to learn how tongue twisters work—and just why...
This book includes twenty-four challenging and hilarious tongue twisters.
You can make tongue twisters of your own! To find out how, first you'll need to learn how tongue twisters work—and just why...
This book includes twenty-four challenging and hilarious tongue twisters.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2010
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March 15, 2011
Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes has enough tongue twisters to challenge kids and adults. This is not a story in the usual sense. The only connection between the pages is the ability to tie your tongue into knots. The illustrations playfully express the words on the page, but will not help you read them aloud. These are truly trying twisters for your tongue. Kids will enjoy the entertainingly silly sentences that will have them “giggling, groaning and guffawing” as they (try to) read each aloud.
This unusual book is bound to break up a boring afternoon, add laughter to your day, and have you and your child writing your own tongue twisters after reading Mr. Cleary’s instructions, at the end of the book. If six sheep sipping thick shakes does not trip you up, just wait, there might be “two-ton trains transporting twelve three-toed turtles twist trickily on the twin tracks” waiting to trip your tongue and tie it into knots.
Note: received galley from Net Galley, courtesy of the publisher
This unusual book is bound to break up a boring afternoon, add laughter to your day, and have you and your child writing your own tongue twisters after reading Mr. Cleary’s instructions, at the end of the book. If six sheep sipping thick shakes does not trip you up, just wait, there might be “two-ton trains transporting twelve three-toed turtles twist trickily on the twin tracks” waiting to trip your tongue and tie it into knots.
Note: received galley from Net Galley, courtesy of the publisher
March 12, 2011
I asked for a copy of this book through NetGalley, in the hopes that it would effectively hold the attention of my boys. Tongue twister books are excellent tools for little ones in speech classes or any children learning to clearly pronounce words. The tongue twisters in this book felt a little simple at first but I now feel they are perfect for my boys, who are in a younger age group. I recommend this book for parents and teachers interested in focusing on speech and language devleopement. The illustrations were especially brilliant and extremely effective at holding the attention of my kids.
March 8, 2011
Brian Cleary brought us delightful series of books about parts of speech, and now has put out a book of tounge twisters designed for those just beginning to read. They are not too tricky, but work for younger folks still mastering reading. I especially liked the instructions on how to make a tounge twister, I wish there had been more on that. I think it would emphasize the ways the sound works. The illustrations are bright and cheerful. A good choice for libraries looking for updated riddle books for early readers. From NetGalley
May 23, 2011
Who doesn't love tongue twisters? This book is filled with clever ones and some that are quite unexpected as Cleary plays with language in his usual delightful way. Although the artwork is interesting as well, one of the attractions of this picture book is how the author offers suggestions for how to create your own tongue twisters. Here's hoping that this book will inspire a few more tongues to get tangled as readers try to wrap their mouths around phrases that are almost impossible to pronounce together. This book is tons of fun!
May 6, 2025
Cute but not as tongue-twistery as I expected. Did like that it had a guide at the back for kids to come up with their own tongue twisters. Recommended by Bringing Up Bookmonsters: The Joyful Way to Turn Your Child into a Fearless, Ravenous Reader.
October 31, 2017
Miss 3 and I like to explore different books at the library and try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.
Maybe not so great as a bedtime book but I did have fun trying to say the twisters fast and I think that older kids would have fun attempting to say them as fast as they can!
Maybe not so great as a bedtime book but I did have fun trying to say the twisters fast and I think that older kids would have fun attempting to say them as fast as they can!
February 2, 2019
I never read this book and when I seen the cover of it I was thought to myself, well this should be interesting. It goes through different seasons and events and talks in a way like it says under the title, a bunch of tongue twisters for sure! I laughed throughout this book, I enjoyed it and I'm sure any child will too!
April 25, 2021
Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes sticks to your thick tongue.
If you can say “Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes” six times, you should have no problem reading this book…maybe. Then again, what fun would it be reading a book of tongue twisters without tripping over the words? And there are plenty of them in this book, some more twisty than others, but all of them unique.
If you can say “Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes” six times, you should have no problem reading this book…maybe. Then again, what fun would it be reading a book of tongue twisters without tripping over the words? And there are plenty of them in this book, some more twisty than others, but all of them unique.
November 10, 2022
Read this to a crochet student while on a repetitive part of her project.
Fun illustrations. Some of these are really long, and some are not that tough to say. But some are excellent! I also like that the end has tips on how to make your own tongue twisters.
Fun illustrations. Some of these are really long, and some are not that tough to say. But some are excellent! I also like that the end has tips on how to make your own tongue twisters.
May 17, 2018
Kids will love all of these tongue twisters with bright and fun illustrations. This would also be a great book to share with a classroom during a poetry/tongue twister lesson. Fun!
September 16, 2019
A silly book of silly tongue twisters and funny pictures. A great library choice.
September 20, 2019
My son and I truly enjoyed this picture book. He really wanted to write his own tongue twisters at the end. That is a successful book.
May 21, 2020
Super fun to take turns saying these tongue twisters!
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January 20, 2024A sublime sets of silly sentences; some twistier than others; fun illustrations
February 27, 2011
Title: Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes: and other tricky tongue twisters by Brian P. Cleary illustrated by Steve Mack
Summary: A cheerful twist on tongue twisters.
Age: 6-8 years
Rating: Yes
Pros:
As promised, this book features new and tricky tongue twisters. My favorite twister is: “Sasha shifted as she sifted through the thistle for her sisters whistle”.
The illustrations are delightfully bold and feature diverse characters.
The back of the book features a tutorial on how to make tongue twisters. This is an excellent feature for teachers looking to use the book for a lesson on tongue twisters.
Cons:
Many of the twisters are quite difficult and a bit too long. I struggled with a few and likewise some children might be discouraged by the difficult. (However, a clever educator could easily modify or shorten some of the twisters to offer a greater range of difficult for students.)
The book is not a story but rather a series of different tongue twisters that have been illustrated and packaged in picture book form.
Usage: The book would work best in a classroom setting, particularly as the opener to a lesson on tongue twisters.
Summary: A cheerful twist on tongue twisters.
Age: 6-8 years
Rating: Yes
Pros:
As promised, this book features new and tricky tongue twisters. My favorite twister is: “Sasha shifted as she sifted through the thistle for her sisters whistle”.
The illustrations are delightfully bold and feature diverse characters.
The back of the book features a tutorial on how to make tongue twisters. This is an excellent feature for teachers looking to use the book for a lesson on tongue twisters.
Cons:
Many of the twisters are quite difficult and a bit too long. I struggled with a few and likewise some children might be discouraged by the difficult. (However, a clever educator could easily modify or shorten some of the twisters to offer a greater range of difficult for students.)
The book is not a story but rather a series of different tongue twisters that have been illustrated and packaged in picture book form.
Usage: The book would work best in a classroom setting, particularly as the opener to a lesson on tongue twisters.
April 7, 2012
This is a fun book of tongue twisters. Reading them aloud is a challenge, but trying to say them three times fast is hilarious. The illustrations are colorful and cartoonish and quite nicely depict the funny sayings. We had fun reading them together and taking turns slipping up on the alliterative phrases. We also liked the explanation in the back that describes how to make tongue twisters and which combinations that work particularly well. Overall, this is a silly, but entertaining book.
March 11, 2011
I love this collection of tongue twisters! It will be both fun and challenging for emerging readers, but the whimsical illustrations make it fun to read to younger children too. The combinations of sayings and pictures are just silly enough to keep tongue twisters from being a boring collection of words, but not so far out that they don't make any sense. "Six Sheep" is a little slice of Dr. Suess!
March 25, 2011
Brian Cleary creates another great book celebrating language. This time it's silly tongue twisters. Includes information about the construction of tongue twisters and why they're difficult to pronounce. Best read out loud!
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July 21, 2018Presenting readers with twenty-four challenging and hilarious tongue twisters, Cleary's inventive sentences and Steve Mack's appealing art will leave readers tongue-tied and laughing through their teeth.
March 12, 2011
The tongue twisters are fun to try to say and the pictures are colorful and hilarious.
April 3, 2011
For patrons in search of tongue twisters, this book will not disappoint. Illustrations add nicely to the funny factor of this title.
June 4, 2011
Kids love these! Best part is the how-to at the end.
June 9, 2011
some fun tongue twisters, plus the author teaches you how to make your own twisters.
September 15, 2011
28 months - My daughter didn't quite get the humor of Momma trying to read this one and getting all twisted up... maybe when she's older.
February 9, 2012
will use during my src school visits this spring
April 4, 2015
Talk about tricky tongue twisters! This book has them! Accompanied by cute illustrations for each sentence.
August 1, 2016
Fun tongue twisters to memorize and recite.
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