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Title The Cat's elbow and other secret languages / collected by Alvin Schwartz ; pictures by Margot Zemach.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [1982]
©1982

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J652.8 SCH    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J652 CAT    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 652.8 SCHWARTZ    Check Shelf
Description 82 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: 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.
Subject Ciphers -- Juvenile literature.
Cryptography -- Juvenile literature.
Ciphers.
Cryptography.
Added Author Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Zemach, Margot.
ISBN 0374312249: 9.95
9780374312244
0374410542
9780374410544
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