An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution

"Delightful, relatable, and eye-catchingly illustrated." --School Library Journal "Deelytful and iloominaating for noo and seesuned reeders alyk."...
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Author: Beth Anderson
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Language: English
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An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution by Anderson, Beth

An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution

€29,27

An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution

€29,27
Author: Beth Anderson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
"Delightful, relatable, and eye-catchingly illustrated." --School Library Journal
"Deelytful and iloominaating for noo and seesuned reeders alyk." --Kirkus Reviews
"Thought-provoking and entertaining." --School Library Connection
"Engaging...A comprehensible, lively read." --Publishers Weekly

Do you ever wish English was eez-ee-yer to spell? Ben Franklin and Noah Webster did Debut author Beth Anderson and the New York Times bestselling illustrator of I Dissent, Elizabeth Baddeley, tell the story of two patriots and their attempt to revolutionize the English alphabet.

Once upon a revolutionary time, two great American patriots tried to make life easier. They knew how hard it was to spell words in English. They knew that sounds didn't match letters. They knew that the problem was an inconvenient English alphabet.

In 1786, Ben Franklin, at age eighty, and Noah Webster, twenty-eight, teamed up. Their goal? Make English easier to read and write. But even for great thinkers, what seems easy can turn out to be hard.

Children today will be delighted to learn that when they "sound out" words, they are doing eg-zakt-lee what Ben and Noah wanted.

Author: Beth Anderson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 09/25/2018
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781534405554
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 197764 / Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's Spelling Revolution


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/2018 pg. 87
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly 08/13/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
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); and An Inconvenient Alphabet. 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.

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