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The Right Word: Roget And His Thesaurus (2014)

by Jennifer Fisher Bryant(Favorite Author)
4.62 of 5 Votes: 4
ISBN
0802853854 (ISBN13: 9780802853851)
languge
English
genre
History & Biography
publisher
Eerdman's
review 1: I'll be honest, a picture book biography of Peter Roget wouldn't have caught my eye if not for the review in Kirkus. It's a short but highly enjoyable read with absolutely stunning illustrations and creative page layouts. I love the incorporation of archival documents in the illustrations. It's the type of thing I hope could inspire kids to go digging around in history themselves someday, and just complements the text perfectly.
review 2: So interesting (alluring, fascinating, and thought-provoking)! Everyone should read this - because everyone has used Mr. Roget's Thesaurus at some point and they should know how it came into existence or being. For example, the book was just lists of related words at first. Roget had an index at the back to help people locat... moree the word they were looking for, because he wanted his book to be used by everyone. But it was not in alphabetical order. And the illustrations are also fantastic. less
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supergn
A delightful book about Roget's lists, which eventually became his thesaurus. Loved the Latin pages!
joliethequeen
The illustrations are wonderful in this book and I learned so much!! Roget did so many things!
inaReadingzone101
I'm not very interested in the story, but the illustrations are really amazing!
oologah3
What a life! He never stopped learning and teaching.
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