An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution
Beth Anderson$15.29
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"Delightful, relatable, and eye-catchingly illustrated." --School Library Journal
"Deelytful and iloominaating for noo and seesuned reeders alyk." --Kirkus Reviews
"Thought-provoking and entertaining." --School Library Connection
"Engaging...A comprehensible, lively read." --Publishers Weekly Do you ever wish English was eez-ee-yer to spell? Ben Franklin and Noah Webster did Debut author Beth Anderson and the New York Times bestselling illustrator of I Dissent, Elizabeth Baddeley, tell the story of two patriots and their attempt to revolutionize the English alphabet. Once upon a revolutionary time, two great American patriots tried to make life easier. They knew how hard it was to spell words in English. They knew that sounds didn't match letters. They knew that the problem was an inconvenient English alphabet. In 1786, Ben Franklin, at age eighty, and Noah Webster, twenty-eight, teamed up. Their goal? Make English easier to read and write. But even for great thinkers, what seems easy can turn out to be hard. Children today will be delighted to learn that when they "sound out" words, they are doing eg-zakt-lee what Ben and Noah wanted.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 09/25/2018
ISBN: 9781534405554
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.40w x 0.50d
Review Citations: School Library Journal 07/01/2018 pg. 87
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly 08/13/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 197764 / Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
"Deelytful and iloominaating for noo and seesuned reeders alyk." --Kirkus Reviews
"Thought-provoking and entertaining." --School Library Connection
"Engaging...A comprehensible, lively read." --Publishers Weekly Do you ever wish English was eez-ee-yer to spell? Ben Franklin and Noah Webster did Debut author Beth Anderson and the New York Times bestselling illustrator of I Dissent, Elizabeth Baddeley, tell the story of two patriots and their attempt to revolutionize the English alphabet. Once upon a revolutionary time, two great American patriots tried to make life easier. They knew how hard it was to spell words in English. They knew that sounds didn't match letters. They knew that the problem was an inconvenient English alphabet. In 1786, Ben Franklin, at age eighty, and Noah Webster, twenty-eight, teamed up. Their goal? Make English easier to read and write. But even for great thinkers, what seems easy can turn out to be hard. Children today will be delighted to learn that when they "sound out" words, they are doing eg-zakt-lee what Ben and Noah wanted.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 09/25/2018
ISBN: 9781534405554
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.40w x 0.50d
Review Citations: School Library Journal 07/01/2018 pg. 87
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly 08/13/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 197764 / Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5