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Dubosarsky, Ursula. The Word Snoop.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

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| September 01, 2009 | Diorio, Geri | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

DUBOSARSKY, Ursula. The Word Snoop. illus. by Tohby Riddle. 246p. chron. glossary. CIP. Dial. 2009. Tr 516.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3406-7. LC 2009008306.

Gr 5-9--This "wild and witty tour of the English language" is a fun read for kids who love words. The author writes in the voice of a detective who is working to uncover all the mysteries of the language. Beginning with a history of the alphabet, chapters discuss punctuation, word puzzlers (anagrams, lipograms, etc.), palindromes, code languages (Pig Latin, rebuses, rhyming slang), puns and tongue twisters, euphemisms and cliches, …

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