About this item
When all of the words escape from the dictionary, it's up to Noah Webster to restore alphabetical order in this supremely wacky picture book that celebrates language.Words have secret lives. On a quiet afternoon the words escape the dictionary (much to the consternation of Mr. Noah Webster) and flock to "Hollyword" for a huge annual event--Lexi-Con. Liberated from the pages, words get together with friends and relations in groups including an onomatopoeia marching band, the palindrome family reunion, and hide-and-seek antonyms. It's all great fun until the words disagree and begin to fall apart. Can Noah Webster step in to restore order before the dictionary is disorganized forever?
About the Author
Judy Sierra has been writing laugh-out-loud picture books for 25 years. Besides inducing giggles, Judy's books expand children's vocabularies, extol the virtues of kindness, perseverance, and friendship, and celebrate the joy of a life filled with books. "I write stories and rhymes to entertain children ages four to eight," she explains. "Also, because picture books are shared across generations, I always add a bit of humor and wordplay for adults. I'm very pleased when an online reviewer says they enjoy reading my books to children again and again."Illustrators such as Marc Brown, Melissa Sweet, J. Otto Seibold, Will Hillenbrand, and Stephen Gammell have expanded her work's humor exponentially, creating read-aloud classics like Wild About Books, Sleepy Little Alphabet, Counting Crocodiles, and The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the SchoolJudy Sierra lives in Oregon with her husband Bob and their library-card-carrying poodle, Keiko. Visit her (and Keiko) at judysierra.net
