Pub Date: January 23, 2018
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2017014379
Lexile Code: 0400
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 11.20" L x 8.60" W ( 1.05 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Words | Humorous Stories | Imagination and Play
Description: When all of the words escape from the dictionary, it's up to Noah Webster to restore alphabetical order in this supremely wacky picture book that celebrates language. Full color.
Brief description: Judy Sierra is the author of many award-winning books for children including the bestsellers Antarctic Antics, illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey; Wild About Books, illustrated by Marc Brown; and The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School, illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Sierra holds a PhD in folklore and mythology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has received the Children's Choice Award from the International Reading Association, two Aesop awards from the American Folklore Society, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Prize from the Association of Booksellers for Children. She lives with her husband in Eugene, Oregon. Visit her online at JudySierra.net.
Review Quotes: "Bored with sitting in a dictionary "day in, day out," the words make a break for it and organize a parade which... introduce linguistics terminology in just about the most playful way possible." Publishers Weekly, starred review--Publishers Weekly *STARRED REVIEW "October 23, 2017"