The boy who loved words /

By: Schotter, RoniContributor(s): Potter, Giselle [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged.) ; col. ill. : 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0375836012Subject(s): Language and languages -- Fiction | Self-actualization (Psychology) -- FictionGenre/Form: Fiction. Summary: Selig, who loves words and copies them on pieces of paper that he carries with him, goes on a trip to discover his purpose. Words. Selig collects them, ones that stir his heart (Mama!) and ones that make him laugh (giggle). But what to do with so many luscious words? After helping a poet find the perfect words for his poem (lozenge, lemon, and licorice), he figures it out: His purpose is to spread the word to others. And so he begins to sprinkle, disburse, and broadcast them to people in need.
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Selig, who loves words and copies them on pieces of paper that he carries with him, goes on a trip to discover his purpose. Words. Selig collects them, ones that stir his heart (Mama!) and ones that make him laugh (giggle). But what to do with so many luscious words? After helping a poet find the perfect words for his poem (lozenge, lemon, and licorice), he figures it out: His purpose is to spread the word to others. And so he begins to sprinkle, disburse, and broadcast them to people in need.

AD 780 Lexile.

Reading Counts RC K-2 4.5 2 Quiz: 39078 Guided reading level: Q.

Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.2 0.5 106027.