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The great dictionary caper / written by Judy Sierra ; illustrated by Eric Comstock.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781481480048
  • 1481480049
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: When the words in the dictionary get bored and leave to attend a convention in Hollyword, it is up to Noah Webster to restore (alphabetical) order.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook Concepts Sierra Judy Available 33111009173747
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Words have secret lives. On a quiet afternoon the words escape the dictionary (much to the consternation of Mr. Noah Webster) and flock to Hollywood for a huge annual event--Lexi-Con. Liberated from the pages, words get together with friends and relations in groups including an onomatopoeia marching band, the palindrome family reunion, and hide-and-seek antonyms. It's all great fun until the words disagree and begin to fall apart. Can Noah Webster step in to restore order before the dictionary is disorganized forever?

"Teachers will have field day with this wordplay; this caper is clever, capricious, and cunning." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"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)

"A Paula Wiseman book."

Ages 4-8.

When the words in the dictionary get bored and leave to attend a convention in Hollyword, it is up to Noah Webster to restore (alphabetical) order.

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