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  • Absurd Words: A Kids' Fun and Hilarious Vocabulary Builder for Future Word Nerds

Absurd Words: A Kids' Fun and Hilarious Vocabulary Builder for Future Word Nerds

Author
Publication Date
January 02, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Format
Reference Book
Absurd Words: A Kids' Fun and Hilarious Vocabulary Builder for Future Word Nerds

Description
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! 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!
Publication date
January 02, 2022
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781492697428
Publisher
Sourcebooks Explore
BISAC categories
JNF028000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor | General
JNF021070 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Games & Activities | Word Games
JNF048030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Reference | Dictionaries
JNF029040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts | Vocabulary & Spelling
JNF013120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Words (See Also Headings Under Language Arts)
Library of Congress categories
English language
Vocabulary
Tara Lazar
Tara Lazar finds it fabulous to be foolish about felines. She opened the door to a cat mewling, offered the stray a can of tuna, and the cat never left. She is the author of 7 Ate 9, The Monstore, Bloop and more. You can find them all--Tara, her husband, two daughters and a black cat--somewhere in New Jersey. Flat Cat is her 13th book. You can visit Tara Lazar online at taralazar.com.

Pete Oswald is the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of The Smart Cookie; The Couch Potato; The Cool Bean; The Good Egg; and The Bad Seed, all written by Jory John. Pete's authorial debut, Hike, was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. He is also the illustrator of Sleepy Sheepy, written by Lucy Ruth Cummins, and the indie bestsellers The Attack of the Underwear Dragon and The Return of the Underwear Dragon, written by Scott Roth­man. In addition to making picture books, he works on numerous highly success­ful animated franchises as a character designer, concept artist, and production designer. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three sons. You can visit Pete Oswald online at PeteOswald.com.
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