"Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, doggies, kitties and mousies: Welcome to the grand Tongue Twister Tournament! " And so begins this championship in which the best tongue torturer will win the tongue twister trophy. The competitors include a variety of quirky characters, including Lengua de Lagarto, or Lizard Tongue, whose tongue is tied "just so. " There's Grumpy Granny, who raps about a raggedy cat, and El Chupacabras, who loves to eat critters, "even insects are for me / cows and cats and doggies too / chupa chupa chupa cabras, BOO! " Many of the tongue twisters included in this picture book will be familiar to Spanish-speaking children--and their parents too! But the book also includes tried-and-true tongue twisters familiar to English speakers, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. " With colorful illustrations depicting the unique contestants, this bilingual collection of phrases that are difficult to say quickly will challenge children to excel in both English and Spanish.