The Word Snoop: A Wild and Witty Tour of the English Language! (Hardcover) by Ursula Dubosarsky

from gemerritt

Dubosarsky's love of the English language and her ability to reach children comes through very well in this book. More guidebook than textbook, this fun and conversational little book will introduce many lovers of language to all the many sides of what makes language fun, from formation of alphab...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

10 year-old me would have rated this 5 stars, and at age 15, perhaps 4*s. By now I've seen so much of what's shared here, and am so inured to the hyper jollity of sentences such as All you have to do is open this book, take a deep breath, and dive inside," that I cannot say I enjoyed it anymore t...

from debnance

Dubosatsky loves word play. And that's what she takes on in this little book for children. It's a fun romp.

from jfoster_sf

So much fun! This was a highly entertaining book on the history of the English language, and how fun language can be. There were some things I already knew, like acronyms, euphemisms, and pig latin, but I guarantee you that you will learn a lot of new tricks and interesting information in here, a...

from Herenya

A book for children about the history and quirks of the English language. I've been reading another book about the development of the English as a language, so those parts in The Word Spy mostly just summarised what I already knew - but I am not the book's intended audience. And I was thoroughly ...