Beyond the laughs, THE FUTURE BOOK encourages children to think about how language works. It invents new words, dumps old ones, introduces new phrases and takes a look at social norms too.
In the future, you don’t say THANK YOU… you do something else instead.
And saying “Goodbye” or “See you later,” is so passé… In the future, you say, “YOU SMELL LIKE A BABY!” when you’re leaving…
This book is so silly, and really clever. It helps build metalinguistic awareness — the ability to notice, discuss and experiment with how new words can be created and the way in which sentences can take on new meaning.
It’s a great read-aloud book for families, classrooms and speech pathology settings.
And the pictures are super cool.
BEWARE: Some of the sayings may just stick!