The right word : Roget and his thesaurus / Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet, illustrator.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2014Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802853851 (hbk.)
  • 0802853854 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Roget and his thesaurus
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JUV CT 788 .R534 B79 2014
Summary: The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] 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 turned it to organizing ideas and finding 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"--Amazon.com.
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Juvenile Book Storms Research Center Juvenile Collection JUV CT 788 .R534 B79 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 98648204

The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] 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 turned it to organizing ideas and finding 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"--Amazon.com.

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