The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

***FIVE STARRED REVIEWS***

Caldecott Honor Winner
Sibert Medal Winner
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Kirkus Best of 2014
Publishers Weekly Best Books
Horn Book Fanfare
Huffington Post Best Picture Books of the Year: Best Biography (Non-Artist)
New York Times Notable Children's Books
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth

Award-winning author Jen Bryant and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet tell the captivating story of the Thesaurus and its inventor Peter Mark Roget.

Words, Peter learned, were powerful things. And when he put them in long, neat rows, he felt as if the world itself clicked into order.

For shy young Peter Mark Roget, 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 used it to organize his ideas and find exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time.

The Right Word is an inviting, visually engrossing portrayal of Peter Mark Roget and the creation of the thesaurus. Jen Bryant's lyrical text and brilliantly detailed mixed media illustrations from Caldecott Honor-winning artist Melissa Sweet celebrate the joy of learning and the power of words.

Other honors

Parents' Choice Foundation Parents' Choice Award Gold Winner
ALA Notable Children's Books
Junior Library Guild Selection
Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature Finalist
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Award
National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Honor
Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year

Author: Jen Bryant
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/15/2014
Pages: 42
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780802853851
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 168163 / Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus


Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Winner
Award: Lupine Award - Winner
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Golden Kite - Winner
Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Honor Book
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Kirkus Prize - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/07/2014
Booklist 08/01/2014 pg. 64
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014
CBA Retailers 09/01/2014 pg. 33
Foreword 08/27/2014
School Library Journal 10/01/2014 pg. 128
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2014 pg. 147
Shelf Awareness 10/03/2014
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2014 pg. 121
PW Best Children's Books 11/03/2014 pg. 40
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2014 pg. 37
Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2014 pg. 57
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 58
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/07/2014 pg. 35
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 26
Entertainment Weekly 12/19/2014 pg. 62
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2015 pg. 16
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Bryant, Jen: - Jen Bryant has written numerous books for young readers, including Georgia's Bones and A River ofWords, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award.Her book A Splash of Red (Knopf)received the Schneider Family Book Award and theNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for nonfiction. She lives inPennsylvania.Sweet, Melissa: - Melissa Sweet (www.melissasweet.net) hasillustrated many award winning books, including ARiver of Words (Eerdmans), a 2009 Caldecott Honorbook, and A Splash of Red (Knopf), an NCTEOrbis Pictus Award winner and a Sibert Honor book. Shealso wrote and illustrated Balloons OverBroadway (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), winner of the2012 Sibert Medal and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award.Melissa lives in Maine.