Freshly Baked

Nanette's Baguette by Mo Willems

It's frogs. It's France. It's the irresistible aroma of freshly baked bread. It's an understanding mother. It's eye-popping illustrations. It's wordplay and rhyming.
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It's Nanette's Baguette.  

​It's Mo Willems at his best.

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​How many words rhyme with baguette?

Ready. Set. Go.
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Nanette  Juliette regret  beset  yet  forget  pet  wet  get  jet, quartet Georgette  Suzette  Bret  clarinet  Antoinette...

​Check out this stop motion video of Willem's paper-crafted recreation for the French village that is featured in his latest picture book.
​C'est magnifique!

Fun Things to Do:

• Using small milk cartons and other boxes, make a paper model of your own community.
• Learn about baking bread. Try making mini-loaves of bread, either from scratch or from frozen bread dough. Use all the senses to see, smell, touch, taste, and eat the bread. Discover what makes freshly-baked bread irresistible.
• Discover rhyming words. Make your own display of rhyming words, maybe with a cloud of words, either with colored paper or digitally.​
• ​Read the book to a friend and share your favorite words, sounds, pictures. Then let your friend read the book to you and discover your friend's favorite words, sounds, and pictures.