The Weighty Word Book

Author: Paul M. Levitt; Douglas A. Burger; Elissa S. Guralnick; Janet Stevens (Illustrator)

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Price : 41.00 AUD
ISBN : 9780826345554
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Imprint : University of New Mexico Press
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Weight (g) : 0.64
Publication date : 15 April 2009
Dimensions : .6 Inches X 9.29 Inches X 9.35 Inches
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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

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