An inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's spelling revolution /
Anderson, Beth, 1954-
An inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's spelling revolution / Inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's spelling revolution Beth Anderson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Includes bibliographical references.
Details the origins of Noah Webster's first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Ben Franklin to help unify the new country through language in the 1780s.
Ages 4-8.
9781534405554 1534405550
2017061223
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 --Juvenile literature.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Juvenile literature.
English language--Orthography and spelling--United States--Juvenile literature.
Spelling reform--Juvenile literature.
Americanisms--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
An inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's spelling revolution / Inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's spelling revolution Beth Anderson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Includes bibliographical references.
Details the origins of Noah Webster's first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Ben Franklin to help unify the new country through language in the 1780s.
Ages 4-8.
9781534405554 1534405550
2017061223
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 --Juvenile literature.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Juvenile literature.
English language--Orthography and spelling--United States--Juvenile literature.
Spelling reform--Juvenile literature.
Americanisms--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.