Absurd words : a kids' fun and hilarious vocabulary builder for future word nerds / by vocab virtuoso Tara Lazar.
Material type: TextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks eXplore, [2021]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 314 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781492697428
- 1492697427
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 428.1 L431 | Checked out | 07/02/2024 | 33111010658561 | |||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 428.1 L431 | Available | 33111010785406 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Why use boring old words when you can expand and build your vocabulary--and have fun doing it! A user-friendly, engaging book about the power of words--perfect for educators, parents, and future word nerds. Build confidence and become a stronger reader, writer, and communicator! The perfect choice if you are looking for back to school books and gifts for kids!
This fun and hilarious vocabulary builder:
Includes over 750 high-level, wondrous, and wacky words! With sample sentences and word history that help new words make sense! Bright and fun illustrations make learning new words fun! Allows to search by category so new word choices are easy to find!Kids with strong vocabularies are better readers, better writers, and even feel more confident tackling math and science. When a kid wants to learn a new word, we often send them to the dictionary or a thesaurus. But dictionaries only work if you know exactly the word you want. This dictionary-thesaurus hybrid is organized by theme and puts words in context with fun, engaging and hilarious sentences, pictures, and fun facts. You'll learn what words mean and then actually use them!
Includes index.
"This revolutionary dictionary-thesaurus hybrid puts more than 750 high-level, wondrous, and wacky words in fun, engaging, and hilarious context"-- Provided by publisher.
Itchy feet -- Hey, Sherlock! -- G.O.A.T. -- Turn it up -- It's lit! -- Style profile -- Head turners -- Shock value -- What a zoo! -- Recipe for disaster -- Say what? -- Word nerds -- Once upon a time -- Fantastic beasts -- All the feels -- Identity crisis -- Stay in character -- Body language -- Spring into action -- Out of this world -- Stretching the truth -- The bad guy -- Off to battle -- Force of nature -- Nom nom nom -- Measure up! -- Timing is everything -- Motormouth -- Class clown -- Comes in handy -- There's a word for that! -- Crashwords!