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They are The King Who Rained, A Chocolate Moose for Dinner and A Little Pigeon Toad. Speaking of homonyms and homophones… Fred Gwynne (aka Herman Munster!) has three classic books on this topic.

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Each word gets it own page and is full of information to describe the word.įancy Nancy loves to use fancy words when she speaks and little ones will love to learn from her fancy vocabulary. This book takes a look at words that just can’t be translated in English. What a Wonderful Word: A Collection of Untranslatable Words From Around the World by Nicola Edwards is for kids who really love vocabulary. And, then one day he meets an Allothesaurus and he says a whole new set of words. When the other dinosaurs say something is big, his mind fills with more descriptive words like gargantuan, gigantic, and Goliath. Stegothesaurus by Bridget Heos is the story of a little dinosaur who has a way with words. Will she make it to granny’s house without a run in with the wolf in the woods? Through her alphabet adventure, we are introduced to a new vocabulary word on each page. Then he discovers that all of those words would make a great story.Ĭarmine a Little More Red by Melissa Sweet is about a little girl on her way to see her granny. Pretty soon the word collection grows so much that he’s not sure what to do with all the words. So, Max decides to start collecting words. Max wants to collect something after everyone admires his brothers’ stamp and coin collections in Max’s Words by Kate Banks. The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter is about a boy who loves to collect words! “Selig loved everything about words- the sound of them in his ears (tintinnabulating!), the taste of them on his tongue (tantalizing!), the thought of them when the percolated in his brain (stirring!), and, most especially, the feel of them when they moved his heart (Mama!).” Selig travels around sharing his words with others who need them.

When she runs out of words, she discovers that the people she shared with are now creating their own words and sharing them with others. So, she packs up her words in a suitcase and sets off on a journey to spread joyful words. The Word Collector by Sonja Wimmer is about a little girl who feels that kind words are being lost across the world. It really celebrates just how neat it is to know new words and how they help you to expand your intelligence. Children will read about words such as irate, cooperate, stupendous and persevere. The illustrations really help to support the text.īig Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis is a funny picture book that introduces young children to “big” words. Along the way, we are introduced to lots of new synonyms for words such as play, drink and calls. Thesaurus Rex is a playful dinosaur who gets into all sorts of mischief. Out of the books on this list, Thesaurus Rex by Laya Steinberg is probably geared towards the youngest crowd.

Tell the world who you are and how you will make it better.”

I love what Reynolds writes on the endpage, “Reach for your own words. Most people love to collect things and Jerome loves to collect words. My newest favorite is Word Collector by the great Peter H. But, this list of books features the love of learning new words and building vocabulary. Today, I’m sharing books for kids that will help ignite that curiosity about discovering new vocabulary!įull Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.Īll great written books will help build your child’s vocabulary. At some point, usually in elementary school, many kids lose their excitement over discovering new words. Words, words, words… They are everywhere and little ones are learning new vocabulary words each day.

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