Alphamaniacs
Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word
$38.99
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2020
Summary
Are you a word person? A curiosity seeker? A story explorer? Meet these twenty-six phenomenal individuals for whom love of language is an extreme sport.
Discover the real-life stories of writers so intoxicated by the shapes and sounds of language that they collected, dissected and constructed verbal wonders of the most extraordinary kind. Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote his memoirs by blinking his left eyelid, unable to move the rest of his body. Jessie Little Doe Baird revived …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780763690663 |
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| ISBN-10: | 076369066X |
| Author: | Paul Fleischman, Melissa Sweet |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Studio |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 128mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Walker Studio |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
Alphamaniacs is informative, zany, and zinging with facts. Sections that will entertain librarians in particular are the etymology of ‘anathema’, or they might like to play a game of ‘Anguish Languish’ with their students. This cornucopia of alphabetic delights includes source notes and a bibliography to provide further entertainment. It is a fun choice for the school library. * The School Librarian *
Paul Fleischman
A prolific author of picture books, novels, choral poetry, non-fiction, screenplays, an opera, adult fiction, and one play (so far!).
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