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Ashimpa is a quirky tale of a discovered word where the meaning is lost, and people try to use it anyway. They try using it as a noun, adjective, or verb, while never knowing if they are using it correctly. It fits perfectly with the 6-7 trend that also doesn’t really have a known meaning, but is cropping up everywhere. This book would complement a unit on grammar and a study on linguistics and the roots of words. Fans of Frindle by Andrew Clements should give this picture book a try because it is the same play on what language is and inspires the same wonder of how the words we have come to be. The illustrations and larger size of the book fit in with the general feeling of whimsy this tale inspires.