On my first day of school, my teacher Ms. Beairsto (!) told us that we would learn to read. She wrote on a piece of paper any word we chose so that we could read it to our parents that night. No "cat," "duck," or "ball" for me, for I was a precocious child. I chose "university." I had just begun to grasp, I think, that words were vessels of meaning and reasoned that, the bigger the word, the more meaning, mystery, and magic might be packed into it. I also like the slippery, complicated feeling as big words rolled around my tongue. This, then, is an alphabet book for precocious children (and their parents). Each big word is accompanied by a rudimentary definition and picture suggesting its meaning. Children and parents are encouraged to go to the dictionary together to continue their explorations of the joy and wonder of language.
- ISBN10 1300499680
- ISBN13 9781300499688
- Publish Date 20 January 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 June 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback
- Pages 44
- Language English