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An inconvenient alphabet Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution

Details the origins of Noah Webster's first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Ben Franklin to help unify the new country through language in the 1780s.

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Main Author:	Anderson, Beth, 1954- (Author)
Other Authors:	Baddeley, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Webster, Noah, > 1758-1843 > Juvenile nonfiction. Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Juvenile nonfiction. United States > History > Dictionaries > Juvenile nonfiction. Picture books. Instructional and educational works.
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Summary:	Details the origins of Noah Webster's first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Ben Franklin to help unify the new country through language in the 1780s.
Item Description:	"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781534405554 1534405550
Author Notes:	Beth Anderson, a former English as a Second Language teacher, thinks her students would have appreciated Ben and Noah's big idea. An Inconvenient Alphabet is her first book. Born and raised in Illinois, she now lives in Colorado. You can visit her at BethAndersonWriter.com. Elizabeth Baddeley is the illustrator of the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark , written by Debbie Levy. She also illustrated A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country ; The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers (and How They Shaped the Nation) ; An Inconvenient Alphabet ; and Are We There Yet? . Elizabeth graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a degree in illustration and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Learn more at EBaddeley.com.