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Author Anderson, Beth, 1954- author.

Title An inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution / Beth Anderson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 428.1 ANDERSON    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J428.13 AND    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J428.13 Anderson    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J 428.1 ANDERSON    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 428.1 ANDERSON    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 428.13 ANDERSON    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Children's Department  OUR WORLD JJ ANDERSON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 428.1 ANDERSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J428.1 AND    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 428.13 ANDERSON    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Note "A Paula Wiseman Book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Details the origins of Noah Webster's first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Ben Franklin to help unify the new country through language in the 1780s.
Subject Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 -- Juvenile literature.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (OCoLC)fst00034115
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. (OCoLC)fst00028929
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling -- Juvenile literature.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Spelling reform -- Juvenile literature.
Americanisms -- Juvenile literature.
Americanisms. (OCoLC)fst00807480
English language -- Orthography and spelling. (OCoLC)fst00911459
Spelling reform. (OCoLC)fst01129517
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling.
Spelling reform.
Americanisms.
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Baddeley, Elizabeth, illustrator.
Added Title Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution
ISBN 9781534405554 (hardcover)
1534405550 (hardcover)
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