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the_knitting_librarian's review against another edition
3.0
Hard to read the words sometimes, more for grammar than anything.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
This ended up being way more fun than I thought it would be!
teddancin's review against another edition
3.0
I loved the idea going in, but I think it's a bit complex and busy. I'm not sure who the audience is? I was thinking a readaloud for story time, but the age being read to would be too young to understand many of the words. Also, someone else pointed it out and now I can't get past the fact that they spelled "rhyming" incorrectly (ryhming!) I gave it 3 stars even though I didn't totally enjoy it because I just love wordplay so much.
blackandbookish's review against another edition
4.0
This was cute! The words in the dictionary get restless so they start to run amuck. This was a painless way to explain some grammar concepts. And the illustrations are fun and colorful. I’d recommend.
agudenburr's review against another edition
5.0
An excellent (and very funny) picture book that shows all the different types of words. Would be a great read aloud for an English lesson for elementary students.
michelle_neuwirth_gray9311's review against another edition
2.0
I thought the book ended really abruptly and some of the illustrations were hard to read, especially ones that had words on top of other words.
backonthealex's review against another edition
4.0
When I first opened The Great Dictionary Caper, I have to admit to more than a little bit of skepticism as I read the first page: "Words can get bored. They sit in the dictionary, day in, day out. It's time for a break." Then I looked down at the illustrations and I began to really chuckle. Sure enough, there were words like skate, truck, ride, and go escaping the dictionary and heading a word parade. Naturally, the onomatopoeia marching band was at the head of the parade, playing such favorite sound words as clang, tra-la-la, boom, and the not often heard Oom-pah-pah, among others.
Every parade needs a grand marshal and this one is led by that "self-centered one letter word 'I'" and followed by the extraordinarily wonderful 34 letter word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." From then on, Sierra introduces young readers to a veritable parade some of the cleverest wordplay about anthropormorphized literary and linguistic terminology that ever marched through Hollyword.
There are homophones tangoing two by two (I, eye), and even three by three (to, too, two), antonyms playing hide and seek, action verbs that jump, bounce and somersault, and in an attempt to avoid any "garboil," archaic words marched with a few oldies but goodies from Shakespeare, like the insulting "sweap".
My kiddos love the subtle but humorous nod Sierra pays to one of last year's favorite books Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Adam Rex under words with no rhymes.
It's not always easy to get kids to really pay attention to terminology, no matter how important a teacher/parent might think it is for them to know. Sierra has presented this otherwise not terribly exciting subject with simple but humorous definitions and has even included some terms that are not usually taught until kids are older, such as palindromes and anagrams, which kids usually love once they grasp these concepts.
Complimenting Sierra's premise, Comstock's digitally rendered illustrations, done in a limited palette of orange, olive green, turquoise blue and black really capture the very essence of each word with a playfulness kids will definitely appreciate.
Alas, all parades must come to an end, and so does this one when none other then Noah Webster corrals all the escaped words back into the dictionary. My conclusion: this is a book that is sure to give your young readers a whole new appreciation for what they can find between the covers of a dictionary.
This book is recommended for readers age 4+
This book was provided by Provato Events
Every parade needs a grand marshal and this one is led by that "self-centered one letter word 'I'" and followed by the extraordinarily wonderful 34 letter word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." From then on, Sierra introduces young readers to a veritable parade some of the cleverest wordplay about anthropormorphized literary and linguistic terminology that ever marched through Hollyword.
There are homophones tangoing two by two (I, eye), and even three by three (to, too, two), antonyms playing hide and seek, action verbs that jump, bounce and somersault, and in an attempt to avoid any "garboil," archaic words marched with a few oldies but goodies from Shakespeare, like the insulting "sweap".
My kiddos love the subtle but humorous nod Sierra pays to one of last year's favorite books Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Adam Rex under words with no rhymes.
It's not always easy to get kids to really pay attention to terminology, no matter how important a teacher/parent might think it is for them to know. Sierra has presented this otherwise not terribly exciting subject with simple but humorous definitions and has even included some terms that are not usually taught until kids are older, such as palindromes and anagrams, which kids usually love once they grasp these concepts.
Complimenting Sierra's premise, Comstock's digitally rendered illustrations, done in a limited palette of orange, olive green, turquoise blue and black really capture the very essence of each word with a playfulness kids will definitely appreciate.
Alas, all parades must come to an end, and so does this one when none other then Noah Webster corrals all the escaped words back into the dictionary. My conclusion: this is a book that is sure to give your young readers a whole new appreciation for what they can find between the covers of a dictionary.
This book is recommended for readers age 4+
This book was provided by Provato Events
calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
This is a fun book, not a story, about the playful nature of words. It was a nice reminder of all those things slipping from my mind. While I would never forget the word onomatopoeia, I did forget the term palindrome. I loved seeing words that were archaic. We’ve been calling each other a sackbut lately.
This was a fun little play with words. The art is simple. The niece had fun with this and she found it useful. She gave this 4 stars. The nephew thought the letters were funny and he did his best to understand. He had a lot of questions about what was happening. He gave this 3 stars and we had fun with this.
This was a fun little play with words. The art is simple. The niece had fun with this and she found it useful. She gave this 4 stars. The nephew thought the letters were funny and he did his best to understand. He had a lot of questions about what was happening. He gave this 3 stars and we had fun with this.
wordnerd153's review against another edition
2.0
As a self-described word nerd, I had high hopes for this book. The idea is interesting, but the narrative is dull and disjointed.