Most of the illustrations are cute, but the mom looks...off somehow, and kind of creepy. Some of the illustrations just looked messy or rushed. The story was ok. Nothing out of this world. I would have rather learned more about the festival or had them teach the gibberish creatures about the festival and the meaning behind it using their words. Overall I think it was just mediocre.

Indian story of two boys who just want to speak gibberish to their mother, and how annoyed she was when she did it. The boys went on trip in a portal where the land creatures spoke gibberish. They learned their lesson. My son loved this book. He said that he learned a lesson through the boys, and that it is important to comunicate with others clearly.

Use Your Words
by Subhash Kommuru
Two brothers think that gibberish is a funny joke until transported to another world that all that is spoken is gibberish. The brothers learn that not understanding each other causes more problems than they expected.

I thought that this was quite a good book that encourages children to talk using words and not gibberish. The images ae nice and bright - 3 stars from me.

Trifecta! Great writing, fabulous illustrations, wonderful diversity. Love that it teaches children the importance of proper conversation.

When the brothers venture into a portal and meet new creatures they decide to educate them and engage them in conversation. Not only does it teach important cultural information, kids will learn to make a tasty recipe as well.

Although I really liked the concept of this book, I just didn't feel it would drive its point across. I originally got the sense that this book was to help children that suffered with mutism not about two boys who make up their own language and choose to be rude and o their mum.

“Use Your Words” is imaginative, multicultural and creative. It didn’t keep my attention but I’m sure others will appreciate it!

Despite knowing numerous languages, two brothers like to talk gibberish, which pisses Mom off enough to ground them. They don’t care, they go to their room and bounce on the bed until it’s broken so bad they open a hole in reality and end up with some not-so-scary looking creatures who also like to talk gibberish.
Here’s a line you don’t read often: “Then it bent over and held both of its noses.”
The cartoony drawings are helped by the fact the story is Holi (the Indian festival) themed.
I found it a little silly at times, went to extremes for what could have been an easily-taught lesson.

I loved the concept of this book! As someone who speaks multiple languages, it's great to see children's book characters who reflect this image. The artwork was a bit distracting. It combined too many mediums and took away from the story that was being told. I would like to have seen more information about Holi and what they were doing, but it was a delightfully silly book.

This is a good book and illustrations are also nice.