The Weighty Word Book - Hardcover

Levitt, Paul M.; Guralnick, Elissa S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570983135 ISBN 13: 9781570983139

Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1999

Synopsis

This new edition of the longtime favorite of teachers, parents, and children introduces beginning readers to multisyllabic words, such as "zealot" or "abasement," with whimsical stories and puns.

About this title

Review:

[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."" - Library School Journal

Synopsis:

Provides definitions for twenty-six vocabulary words from abasement to zealot with stories containing puns that provide mnemonic devices for remembering the definitions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1570983135
• ISBN 13: 9781570983139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Stevens Janet