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The Weighty Word Book
The Weighty Word Book and Weighty Words, Too by Paul Levitt (CU professor of English), Douglas Burger (CU associate professor of English) and Elissa Guralnick (CU Professor of English at the College of Music). Katherine Karcz, illustrator.
The Weighty Word Book consists of 26 short stories that will appeal to kids who want to sound as smart as they are. It offers a clever, funny way to introduce new words into the vocabulary. There’s one word for every letter of the alphabet. It’s a creative and humorous approach to vocabulary building, and a natural lead in to having students create their own tall tales with multisyllabic conclusions.
University of New Mexico Press; 2009; 96 pages; ISBN 0826345557
