Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes (2003) by Margaret Atwood is one of the most unusual picture books I've ever seen! The story is written with as many words that begin with the sound of "r" as could possibly be arranged into comprehensible sentences. For example, " Rude Ramsay resided in a ramshackle rectangular residence with a roof garden, a root cellar, and a revolving door." The entire book is written in this way! Rude Ramsay runs away from his revolting relatives and tunnels through a wall (with "a rubicund rodent"). On the other side of the wall, he finds a garden of radishes "rotating rambunctiously." Beyond the radishes he finds Rillah and a new life. The illustrations by Dusan Petricic complement the idiosyncratic quality of this story. One thing you can say about this book is it is replete with challenging vocabulary for any age reader!
