Murphy, Diane

Danica Patchen is a former secondary English teacher, a talkative wife to her talkative husband Jason, and a mother of three very verbal children. There is never a shortage of words in their home. She wrote this book with the belief that memorable alliteration or even the lilt of an unusual word can spark curiosity and a love for language in a young child. Diane Murphy, retired from teaching art, now enjoys joint adventures with her daughter. A toy frog belonging to one of Diane's grandchildren became the patient model complying with needed manipulations for his character. The duck is a compos...