This classic children's vocabulary builder features a new format and fresh art by Caldecott honoree Janet Stevens. Ages 9 and up.
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"Each of these twenty-six short stories takes an elaborate, circuitous path that leads to a 'weighty' one-word punch line."--School Library Journal
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Paul M. Levitt teaches in the department of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also the author of Chin Music: A Novel of the Jazz Age and numerous books for younger readers and scholars.
Douglas A. Burger is associate professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Elissa S. Guralnick is professor of English, College of Music, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Janet Stevens has written, adapted, or illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (Child Magazine Best Children's Book List, 2001), Tops & Bottoms (Disney NAPPA Book from LA Parent), and The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Parents Choice Award). --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Douglas A. Burger is associate professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Elissa S. Guralnick is professor of English, College of Music, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Janet Stevens has written, adapted, or illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (Child Magazine Best Children's Book List, 2001), Tops & Bottoms (Disney NAPPA Book from LA Parent), and The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Parents Choice Award). --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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The Weighty Word Book,
By Helen Bingham-Rowles (Tacoma, Washington) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Weighty Word Book (Hardcover)
I have used The Weighty Word Book for 10 years in my third and fifth grade classrooms. The vocabulary words are excellent and the stories that help show the meaning are entertaining and meaningful. The students ask for me to read the book to them and they often not only remember the words, but also the stories for years. This is a wonderful book to show kids that they can have fun learning new "hard" vocabulary words. Try it, you'll find that you'll improve your own vocabulary.
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...Who never to the world has saidI love this book, this children's book... Adults read children's books to children, but seldom pick one up for their own pleasure. They miss a lot by the omission. THE WEIGHTY WORD BOOK is an example of a book written for children that is delightful for adults, at least adults who love words. It's written by three University of Colorado English professors and consists of a series of whimsical and enchanting stories about words -- selected words, useful and syllabic. In the first story, for example, Benjamin Van Der Bellows, a bear "who did not know the things he was supposed to know" is moved each time he makes a mistake to an office on a lower floor. Predictably, he winds up in the basement. "So, whenever a person has been lowered in position or rank or office, we say that person has suffered an abasement." There's an imaginative and articulate story about each letter of the alphabet. Don't miss this one -- it's for all ages and it's loads of fun.
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This review is from: The Weighty Word Book (Hardcover)
The author of this book has found a wonderful techinique for teaching children words. When I was a freshman in high school, our teacher read this book to us. I can still recite all the words and their meanings.
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