The right word Roget and his thesaurus /
The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right w...
| Main Author: | Bryant, Jen, 1960- |
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| Other Authors: | Sweet, Melissa, 1956- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Grand Rapids, Michigan :
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers,
[2014]
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
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| Online Access: |
http://melissasweet.net/?page_id=5 http://www.jenbryant.com/books/inprint/bk_roget.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/roget_peter_mark.shtml http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/rogetfrm.html http://machaut.uchicago.edu/rogets |
| Summary: |
The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time"--Amazon.com. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references. The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time"--Amazon.com. 590L Lexile. Decoding: 5 (very hard) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 5 (very hard) Patterns: 5 (very hard) Lexile. Accelerated Reader LG 4.1 0.5. Reading Counts 3-5 3.3 3. Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.1 0.5 168163. Robert F. Sibert Medal, 2015. Caldecott Honor, 2015. NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book, 2015. |
| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Audience: |
590L Decoding: 5 (very hard) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 5 (very hard) Patterns: 5 (very hard) |
| Awards: |
Robert F. Sibert Medal, 2015. Caldecott Honor, 2015. NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book, 2015. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780802853851 0802853854 9781489851840 1489851844 |