The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by:
Melissa Sweet (author)
Jen Bryant (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780802853851 (0802853854)
ASIN: 802853854
Publish date: September 15th 2014
Publisher: Eerdman's, 42 pages, Hardcover" />
Pages no: 42
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Writing,
History,
Humanities,
Language,
Words,
Biography Memoir,
Picture Books,
Historical
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant with pictures by Melissa Sweet is a biography (written for children) of the creator of the Thesaurus, Peter Roget. Some of the most beautiful mixed media art has been used to enhance a subject which I imagine many adults (not to mention kids) wou...
Fantastic picture book biography of the man indirectly responsible for most of the world's purple prose problems. In all seriousness, this book is hard not to love. Bryant's prose is eloquent, Sweet's art is incredible, and the subject matter is presented beautifully. I remember really liking A Rive...
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