By combining fable and pun, the authors have created a refreshing approach to the often dull task of vocabulary-building. This fully illustrated collection of stories offers a witty and wonderful alphabet soup that is designed to introduce children to new and unusual words. n n[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) n n nEach 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 Journaln
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By combining fable and pun, the authors have created a refreshing approach to the often dull task of vocabulary-building. This fully illustrated collection of stories offers a witty and wonderful alphabet soup that is designed to introduce children to new and unusual words. n n[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) n n nEach 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 Journaln
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