中文简介：

在这本由深受读者喜爱的作家兼插画家朱莉·帕施基斯（Julie Paschkis）创作的有趣绘本中，帮助小鳄鱼 ZigZag 找回他的元音！

ZigZag蕞喜欢的事情莫过于在使用、玩耍和欣赏文字的过程中品尝文字的味道，因为ZigZag是文字爱好者！但是有Ⅰ天，他兴奋不已，在探索和享受手鼓“tambourine”这个单词时，咽下了所有的元音。没有了 A、E、I、O 和 U，ZigZag 的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化：没有了可爱的手鼓“tambourines”，只有索然无味的“tmbrns”；没有了酸甜的青平果“apples”，只有令人失望的“ppls”。可怜的 ZigZag 甚至无法在舒适的大床上入睡，因为大床现在太短了。但是，ZigZag 的周围到处都是元音，从他奶奶满意的“啊”声到他好朋友Beanie惊讶的“噢”声。你能帮助 ZigZag 重新找到元音ma？

这是一本奇妙的语言漫游书，它提醒读者即使冒着被吞下的风险，也要品尝自己的语言——否则怎么知道它们是甜的还是苦的；是咸的、脆的还是滑的？这本书也是帕施基斯的《字词书》（The Wordy Book）的姐妹篇。

英文简介：

Help ZigZag the alligator get his vowels back in this playful picture book from beloved author-illustrator Julie Paschkis!

There's nothing ZigZag enjoys more than tasting his words as he uses them, plays with them, and enjoys them, for ZigZag is a lover of words! But one day, excited and energized, he gulps down all his vowels while exploring and enjoying the word "tambourine." Without A, E, I, O, and U, ZigZag's life is turned upside-down: no more lovely tambourines, only tasteless and dull tmbrns; no more tart green apples, only disappointing ppls. Poor ZigZag can't even get any sleep in his comfy, cozy bed, which is now a too short bd. But vowels are all around ZigZag, from his grandmother's satisfied "Aaahs" to his best friend Beanie's amazed "Ooohs." Can you help ZigZag find his vowels again?

This is a wonderful romp through language that reminds readers to taste their words, even at the risk of swallowing them—for how else to know if they are sweet or bitter; salty, crunchy, or smooth? It is also a companion volume, with a twist, to Paschkis's The Wordy Book.