Flibbertigibbety words : young Shakespeare chases inspiration / Donna Guthrie ; illustrated by Åsa Gilland.
Material type: TextPublisher: Salem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2020Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781645670629
- 1645670627
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Juvenile fiction
- Words, New -- Juvenile fiction
- Vocabulary -- Juvenile fiction
- English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Terms and phrases -- Juvenile fiction
- Imagination -- Juvenile fiction
- Inspiration -- Juvenile fiction
- Imagery (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
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 Picturebook | GUTHRIE DONNA | Checked out | 05/21/2024 | 33111010395008 | |||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | GUTHRIE DONNA | Available | 33111010394944 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With quotes and sly references to the famous works of William Shakespeare and the words he invented, this adventurous ode to language will delight readers young and old. It all starts one morning when words fly into William's window. He wants to catch them, but they are flibbertigibbety and quick and slip right through his fingers. Soon whole lines of verse are leading him on a wild goose chase as they tumble, dip, flip and skip all through town, past a host of colorful characters the observant reader may find as familiar as the quotes. William remains persistent, and with time and the proper tools he finds a way to keep the words with him.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Can a young WIlliam Shakespeare capture the right words when inspiration strikes? One morning William opens his window and words fly in. But when he tries to catch them, they slip right through his fingers! Leading him on a wild goose chase, the words skip over the balcony of a lady in courtship, flip past an old king with his rose-cheeked daughters, and dip into a boiling pot stirred by three old women where the words bubble, bubble-- they are too much trouble! Will he find a way to capture such fibbertigibbety words before they disappear for good? "--Publisher.