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Circus of Words
Lederer, Richard. Illus: Morice, Dave
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Description for Circus of Words
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Morice, Dave. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: YQC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 244.
Language skills will fly through the air with the greatest of ease as kids join in The Circus of Words. Children of all ages are delighted by anagrams, palindromes, acrostics, alliteration, riddles, and puns, yet few books on wordplay are addressed to middle-schoolers. This creative and challenging activity book shows kids how to juggle letters to become ringmasters of wordplay. “The Shrinking Spotlight” shows how larger words become smaller words when certain letters are removed. “Clown Cars” introduces the idea of words hiding within words, and “The Acro Bat” and “Silver Spoonerisms” show off letter clusters that change from one ... Read more
Language skills will fly through the air with the greatest of ease as kids join in The Circus of Words. Children of all ages are delighted by anagrams, palindromes, acrostics, alliteration, riddles, and puns, yet few books on wordplay are addressed to middle-schoolers. This creative and challenging activity book shows kids how to juggle letters to become ringmasters of wordplay. “The Shrinking Spotlight” shows how larger words become smaller words when certain letters are removed. “Clown Cars” introduces the idea of words hiding within words, and “The Acro Bat” and “Silver Spoonerisms” show off letter clusters that change from one ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781556523809
SKU
V9781556523809
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Lederer, Richard. Illus: Morice, Dave
Richard Lederer is a humorist whose syndicated column, Looking at Language, appears in newspapers across the country. He is the author of Anguished English, Get Thee to a Punnery, and A Man of My Words. He lives in San Diego. Dave Morice is a writer and illustrator whose books include Poetry Comics and Alphabet Avenue. A longtime columnist for Word ... Read more
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