"This volume has been updated with the addition of about 275 new entries. Front matter and alpha sections A and Z plus back matter section on Punctuation supplied"--

An enhanced edition of the classic writing manual features humorous art by a popular children's book illustrator and New Yorker cover artist, in a volume that provides visual and whimsical embellishments to the original instructive text.

A creative introduction to the concept of alliteration for young readers.

Words are essential to our everyday lives. An average person spends his or her day enveloped in conversations, e-mails, phone calls, text messages, directions, headlines, and more. But how often do we stop to think about the origins of the words we use? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, Dutch, or Portuguese? Try admiral, landscape, and marmalade, just for starters. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging...

Photographs and simple text introduce homonyms, words that are spelled and sound the same but have different meanings.