The right word Roget and his thesaurus
The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] 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 w...
| Main Author: | Bryant, Jennifer (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Sweet, Melissa, 1956- (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan :
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers,
2014.
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Series: Incredible lives for young readers
A bird or two: a story about Henri Matisse
A river of words: the story of William Carlos Williams
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
The fantastic jungles of Henri Rousseau
The right word: Roget and his thesaurus
Fur, fins, and feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the invention of the modern zoo
Only Margaret: a story about Margaret Wise Brown
Friend of numbers: the life of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan