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The dictionary story

"Dictionary wishes she could tell a story like other books. So one day, she decides to bring her words to life. How exciting it is to finally have an adventure on her very own pages! But what will she do when her characters collide and everything gets all in a jumble, causing the most enormous tantr...

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Main Authors: Jeffers, Oliver (Author, Illustrator), Winston, Sam (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024.
Edition:First US edition, Renforced trade edition.
Subjects:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries > Juvenile fiction.
Vocabulary > Juvenile fiction.
Books and reading > Juvenile fiction.
Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
Picture books.
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Summary:"Dictionary wishes she could tell a story like other books. So one day, she decides to bring her words to life. How exciting it is to finally have an adventure on her very own pages! But what will she do when her characters collide and everything gets all in a jumble, causing the most enormous tantrum to explode? This isn't what she wanted at all! Luckily her friend Alphabet knows exactly what to do and sings a song that brings calm and order to Dictionary's pages once again"--
Item Description:Letter "A" is crossed out and replaced with "The" in the title.
"This Dictionary Story was inspired by a book with the same title originally created by Sam Winston in 2001."--Page [6]).
The original work was a lithographic print, written as a concrete poem in 2021 titled: A Dictionary Story.
"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Dust jacket.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
ISBN:9781536235500
1536235504
Author Notes:Oliver Jeffers was born in Port Hedland, Western Australia in 1977. He grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He received a First Class Honors Degree in illustration and visual communication and certificate of foundation studies from the University of Ulster, School of Art and Design in 2001. His work has been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Brooklyn Museum, and Gestalten Space in Berlin.

He writes and illustrates picture books. His debut book, How to Catch a Star, was published in 2004 and won a Merit Award at the CBI/Bisto Book of Year Awards. His second book, Lost and Found, won the Gold Award at Nestle Children's Book Prize and was developed into an animated short film, which has received over sixty awards including a BAFTA for Best Animated Short Film. His other books include The Incredible Book Eating Boy, The Great Paper Caper, Up and Down, Stuck, This Moose Belongs to Me, Once upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All Letters, The Hueys series and A Child of Books. He has won numerous awards including the Smarties Award, Irish Book of the Year, The Blue Peter Book of the Year, and the 2017 Academy of British Cover Design Award in the Children's category.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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