The Right Word

For shy young Peter Mark Roget, books were the best companions and it wasn t long before Peter began writing his own book But he didn t write stories he wrote lists Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time. Best Read The Right Word by Jen Bryant For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Stunning, remarkable, extraordinary, staggering, incredible, outstanding, amazing, astonishing, marvelous, phenomenal, splendid.This book captures the work of geniuses Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet, and Peter Roget From cover to cover, Melissa Sweet s illustrations are a feast for the eyes I felt like I was rummaging in a curiosity cabinet there s so much to see Jen Bryant creates an accessible and engaging figure out of Peter Roget, who was a brilliant scientist and word collector I will look Stunning, remarkable, extraordinary, staggering, incredible, outstanding, amazing, astonishing, marvelous, phenomenal, splendid.This book captures the work of geniuses Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet, and Peter Roget From cover to cover, Melissa Sweet s illustrations are a feast for the eyes I felt...When it is so easy to go to the internet and find a whole list of words for synonyms or antonyms it is difficult to understand the importance of this work at times It seems so easy now.This is the biography and story of Peter Roget He was an amazing person, of course He was a list maker He began making lists in a notebook when he was 8 years old I love this art for this Adore it The art is collage and putting things together with lists all over the place It s bringing things together Su When it is so easy to go to the internet and find a whole list of words for synonyms or antonyms it is difficult to understand the importance of this work at times It seems so easy now.This is the biography and story of Peter Roget He was an amazing person, of course He was a list maker He began making lists in a notebook when he was 8 years old I love this art for this Adore it The art is collage and putting ...Words, Peter learned, were powerful things Based on the life of Peter Mark Roget, this beautifully illustrated book brings to life the making of the iconic Roget s Thesaurus A shy boy born in London, Peter made lists as a coping mechanism to deal with the personal hardships in his life In words, Peter found confort and as...SuperbMarvelousExcellent FabulousOutstandingWonderfulFrom my blog.I love words and I love art that plays with words ABC books, abecedarian novels, lipograms, everything and anything that plays with the art of words is art right up my alley And so having adored Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet s glorious Caldecott Honor A River of Words, I was agog with anticipation waiting for their latest, The Right Word Roget and His Thesaurus And now that I ve seen it, let me tell you it was worth the wait Bryant again captures the essence of a complica From my blog.I love words and I love art that plays with words ABC books, abecedarian novels, lipograms, everything and anything that plays with the art of words is art right up my alley And so having adored Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet s g...Narratively and with this I of course mean from an entirely textual point of view, Jennifer Fisher Bryant s The Right Word is an absolutely perfect junior level biographical introduction to both the life and times of Peter Mark Roget and his famous still now in use and also having been globally imitated for many languages other than English thesaurus Both clear in general set up and written in a style that is neither too complicated nor too simplistic, the author presents not only Peter Mark Narratively and with this I of course mean from an entirely textual point of view, Jennifer Fisher Bryant s The Right Word is an absolutely perfect junior level biographical introduction to bot...The illustrations and end papers in this picture book are stunning This is an informational picture book of how Peter Roget came to the idea of creating a thesaurus, a lifelong endeavor and one that started at a very early age I learned that thesaurus means treasure house in Greek This informational picture book would be great for introducing students to the joy of being curious about words, motivating students to be a collector of words, and selecting just the right word to communicate ide The illustrations and end papers in this picture book are stunning This is an informational picture book of how Peter Roget came to the idea of creat...This biographical picture book has it all It has gorgeously detailed illustrations, an inspiring story, a historical timeline and even a reference section Wonderfully done a beautiful celebration of words and the man who valued them enough to make them available for everyone.OH MY GOD If there were any book DESIGNED to delight the wordhounds, the crossword puzzlers, the librarians, Joseph Cornell fans and Adrian Belew AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS IT.I grabbed this when it was on the new display at my library, and loved it then and loved this reread for the Caldecott club, too I appreciate how the illustrations are so full they give me the impression of the artist trying to find just the right image, in a way Sort of like visual lists, if you will Imo.So fascinating to learn that Roget wasn t just a word geek, but like other people of his time he was trying to use principles from the studies of natural history to make sense of I grabbed this when it was on the new display at my library, and loved it then and loved this reread for the Caldecott club, too I appreciate how the illustrations are so full they give me the impression of the artist trying to find just the right image, in a way Sort of like visual lists, if you will Imo.So fascinating to learn that Roget wasn t just a word geek, but like other people of his time he was trying to use principles from the studies of natural history to make sense of the world as a whole, not just one niche of it My parents have an older edition of the Thesaurus, from when it w...

• English
• 03 March 2017
Jen Bryant
• Hardcover
• 42 pages
• 0802853854
• Jen Bryant
• The Right Word