Will I love Du Iz Tak??

This gorgeous book is set like a stage and populated with a variety of bugs who speak a language invented by the author. Within the short space between the covers, our cast experiences the full gamut of life, death, villainy, victory, nature, building, community, beauty, growth, decay, loss, hope, and transformation – an amazing feat! While the invented language is full of delightfully silly words, every sentence can be accurately decoded by tracking how individual words and phrases are reused and by looking for context clues. A sampling of the nonsense you’ll find: “Du kimma plonk?” “Iz unk gladenboot.”… show more.

Du Iz Tak is probably the most creative picture book I have ever read! Ever! It is written in bug language. At first, it’s hard to understand what’s going on, but on careful study of the illustrations along with the dialogue, the story unfolds. This book is perfect for pre-readers because the story is told through the illustrations. It’s so fun to read aloud and try to figure out what the bugs are saying. My favorite sentence in the book is, "Unk scrivadelly gladdenboot!" So fun to say. You will have to get the book so you can figure out… show more.