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Author Solomon, Jane, author, compiler.

Title The dictionary of difficult words / compiled and written by lexicographer Jane Solomon ; illustrated by Louise Lockhart.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019.
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 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J423 SOLOMON    Check Shelf
Description 108 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Note Cover title.
"With more than 400 perplexing words to test your wits!"--Cover.
Summary "What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more....Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured...are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions...celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page"--Page [4] of cover.
Subject English language -- Dictionaries, Juvenile.
Picture dictionaries -- Juvenile literature.
Vocabulary -- Dictionaries, Juvenile.
Vocabulary -- Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Reference / Dictionaries.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities / Word Games.
Picture dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01063730
English language. (OCoLC)fst00910920
Vocabulary. (OCoLC)fst01168328
Genre/Form Picture dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01919951
Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Dictionaries.
Picture dictionaries.
Instructional and educational works.
Picture books.
Added Author Lockhart, Louise, illustrator.
ISBN 9781786038111 (hardcover)
1786038110 (hardcover)
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