The Weighty Word Book

University of New Mexico Press

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$13.11 - $35.54
UPC:
9780826345554
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
4/15/2009
Author:
Paul M. Levitt;Douglas A. Burger;Elissa S. Guralnick
Language:
english
Edition:
Illustrated
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[The Weighty Word Book] will appeal to kids who want to sound as smart as they are. It offers a clever, funny way to introduce new words into the vocabulary. . . . There's one word for every letter of the alphabet--wait until you see what they do with dogmatic, juxtapose and zealot. --The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado)


Each of these twenty-six short stories takes an elaborate, circuitous path that leads to a 'weighty' one-word punch line. . . . It's a creative and humorous approach to vocabulary building, and a natural lead in to having students create their own tall tales with multisyllabic conclusions. --School Library Journal