The Weighty Word Book - Hardcover

Name: The Weighty Word Book - Hardcover
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SKU: 9780826345554
Price: 21.95 USD
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by Paul M. Levitt , Douglas A. Burger , Elissa S. Guralnick

$21.95

Book Overview

As seen on TikTok: the viral children's book sensation beloved by kids of all ages. Learn and remember the definitions of words like felicity, truculent, and vacillate with the help of funny stories and beautiful illustrations.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, one big word, correctly used, is worth numerous little words. The big words in this book--one for each letter of the alphabet--have been selected not only for their frequency in the written language, but also for their sound. In every instance, the word has more than one syllable and the sound of the word lends itself to a pun.

The stories in the book are, as you will see, suggested by the pun. Although the stories are fanciful, they lead to the correct meaning of the words. By recalling the story and the concluding pun, children ought to remember what each word means. The stories and the puns, therefore, serve as memory hooks and encourage children to increase their vocabulary by forming their own mnemonics for any new words they encounter.

Front Jacket

Each of these twenty-six short stories takes an elaborate, circuitous path that leads to a 'weighty' one-word punch line.--School Library Journal

ISBN	9780826345554
Author	Paul M. Levitt , Douglas A. Burger , Elissa S. Guralnick
Publisher	Unm Press
Genre	Children
Format	Hardcover
Published	April 2009
Language	ENG- English
Pages	96
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Kids
Print Size	Standard Print

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