Boris Ate a Thesaurus.Boris Ate a Thesaurus Neil Steven Ste´ven n. 1. Voice; speech; language. Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven. - Chaucer. 2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. To set steven to make an appointment. Klayman, author Barry Barry, Welsh Barri, town (1991 pop. 45,053) and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more diversified export products include cement, flour, and steel products. M. Chung, illustrator Carson-Dellosa Publishing 7027 Albert Pick Albert Pick (born 15 May 1922, Cologne) is a retired German numismatist. An internationally acknowledged specialist author on the subject of paper money, Pick wrote the first modern catalog of banknotes in 1974, and is widely credited with establishing the modern face of banknote Road, Greensboro, NC 27409 9781600952586, $14.95 Boris Ate a Thesaurus is a children's picturebook about a young boy who happens to eat a thesaurus--and suddenly starts talking in synonyms! His fame and popularity increase, and he is even invited to meet the President and deliver a big, giant, huge speech to all of America. But is one boy up to giving a great speech, or will his grand words suddenly disappear, evaporate e·vap·o·rate v. 1. To convert or change into a vapor; volatilize. 2. To produce vapor. 3. To draw or pass off in the form of vapor. 4. , vanish? He discovers the answer in the Library of Congress: "All the words in the world are right here in these books. The secret to remember is that books are for reading, not for eating. Every time you read, you discover new words that last a lifetime." Playful play·ful adj. 1. Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive: a playful kitten. 2. illustrations by artists Barry M. Chung round out this friendly picturebook ideal for encouraging young people to read more. |
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